Mid-Century Modern Clock // Woodworking & Metalworking | I Like To Make Stuff

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Check out this mid-century modern inspired clock! TOOLS & SUPPLIES: https://kit.co/iliketomakestuff/my-woodworking-tools https://kit.co/iliketomakestuff/shop-safety-gear After moving to our new house, I stumbled upon a broken mid-century modern clock that I wanted to recreate out of better quality materials.  This clock had a classic and retro look to it that I liked, but not its current, busted-up state.  I wanted to stay as close to the original design as I could, primarily as an exercise in reverse engineering the angles and the style and secondly because the contrasting brass and walnut looked really great together. The pointed arms presented more of a challenge on the table saw because of the compound angles involved, but after some trial and error I was able to recreate the walnut points. Fortunately, I recently built a metal break that made quick work of the brass arms and it was on to the clock body. I chose to remake the body out of solid walnut instead of the original brass face attached to a thin ring. I needed to round out the body and add a lip so that the arms' connection point would be hidden; this was a perfect job for the wood lathe. But before I started turning, I needed to scribe the clock angles and find the center to drill out later.  I used a 30 degree protractor to mark each hour's location and mounted the lathe's faceplate dead center of those marks. After turning the clock body, I went over to the drill press and used the angles I drew to drill

Published 2017-11-02 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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