Grover Irish Clock

[Albertaal]

Hi all

I have never posted here before or tried to post a picture either so here goes. :?

The picture is of a clock that I made to celebrate our 30th wedding anniversary. It is made of oak with mahogany as a contrasting wood. The mahogany does not show up very well in the picture but it looks good in bright sunlight. Our anniversary is not until August 14th so we get to enjoy it earlier. Hope you like it! :D

Cheers Al

[Dave in Lower Sackville]

Excellent work!! I have an anniversary sometime this year. Do you suppose...
Dave

[Tony in A'burg]

I like it!! Where did you get the clockworks from. BTW I have an anniversary every year.

Tony

[Albertaal]

Hi Tony

I got the clockworks from Kidder in Ontario. I find it a lot faster than ordering from the U.S. and the price after duty, shipping and taxes is about the same.

Here is the website for Kidder

http://kidder.ca

Cheers Al

[Stevefromnfld]

VERY beautiful!!!I've never made a clock before,but that one really insires me..Steve...

[wooden splinter]

Beautiful work. Its an ispiration to us newbies.

[Edward G. Burlington]

Very Nice work. How about a picture from the side. I would like to see the scroll work from that point of view as well. This piece will proudly be displayed for generations I am sure.

Edward G.

P.S. How about some comments on the finish and how it was applied. I know from experience these detailed pieces have their challenges when it comes to imparting a nice finish. It looks like you did and exceptional job there.

[Albertaal]

Hello Edward G.

Here is side picture of my clock:

The finish for this clock is simple. All I did was put a 50/50 mix of BLO/MS on the clock to bring out the grain of the wood. Then I sprayed water based lacquer on as a final finish. Thanks for asking.

Cheers Al

[Edward G. Burlington]

Al: Where do you find time to do such work with all the diggin for Oil? :lol:

My family and I lived in Camrose and Edmonton for 25 years and saw a few boom and bust years. Glad things are going well now.

Anyway you did a great job, I like the upper side design as well.


Cheers.

Edward G.

[Albertaal]

Hi Edward G

I do not work in the oil patch. I am employed as a road maintenance operator (grader operator) for one of the counties here in Alberta. I only work 8-10 hours per day with weekends off, so I have lots of time to play with my scroll saw. Actually the Grover Irish clock did not take that long to build, about 18 hours, from start to finish. I am now just putting the finishing touches on another clock for my boss ( not a Grover Irish clock) but of another design and will be posting it when I get it finished. Thanks for asking.

Cheers Al

[Edward G. Burlington]

Albert: Wow that goes fast. It takes me 120 to 200 hrs. to finish a typical project, and I have 4 day weekends every week. I get about 20 hrs. per weekend to do projects so it takes me 2 to 3 months per piece. The clock looks like it would take me at least 30 hrs. so I guess I need to work on my scrolling skills. :oops:

Looking forward to seeing the next one.

Edward G.

[Marsha]

That's a beautiful clock Al.
I just started doing some fret work, I mostly do compound scrolling, but seeing some of these clocks has inspired me to try fretwork, hopefully when I feel confident enough I too will post a clock like that.
Wonderful Work
Marsha