Every once in a while I get a chance to let my imagination run wild, this happens to be one of those times.
A friend of mine was retiring and I couldn’t think of a better thing to make for him than a clock, since now he doesn’t have to look at one except to get to the golf course on time.
This piece started out as an aluminium cut off from a plasma cutter with a few pieces of Wenge added in for good measure. The aluminium body is a full 1” thick X 15” long and 6” tall. The aluminium was in bad shape when I got it and it required a fair bit of sanding to get it where you see it now. I finished off the aluminium with 0000 steel wool and wax.
The 12”X12” Wenge clock body has 3/8” diameter aluminium rods installed at the 4 major hours (3, 6, 9, and 12) and they are held in place by epoxy. The Wenge clock body is being held up off of the main aluminium body by two 3/8” aluminium rods.
The piece measures a total of 15” wide X 19” tall, with the feet being 7” wide X 2” tall. All of the Wenge pieces received three coats of shellac followed by two coats of wax.
All the best
Gord
1 comments:
WILD is right, but I love the designs, Gord!
I am glad to are going in this direction, as it might encourage me to try some of this WILD stuff too.
Great-looking effort so far with the blog. I look forward to a LOT more. Thanks!
------ Al
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