Carriage clock wedding gift

[Allubo]

Back in march I made a carriage clock commissioned by a family friend for his granddaughter wedding, he had one made for his daughters and wanted the same thing for her. Although not really my thing, I did enjoy making it and it helped the guy out at short notice.

The piece was made mainly from solid oak with a veneered front, I basically looked at his daughter version and copied it's methods with a few adaptations, mainly thicker material and a sliding back panel rather than those nasty spinning things you get on the back of picture frames.

I started by cutting the front panel and side panels and assembling from there.

Dry fit to check everything's nice.

2 biscuits along each side and a groove along to long back edges and one on the top panel for the removable back.

Left the back panel oversize for the time being.

 

[Allubo]

I post veneered the entire front, again just copying toe original piece, I used 12mm mdf I stead of ply though. Veneered in the bag press with a board over the top to keep it flat.

Bigger shot.

Veneered and secondary top panel added.

Mocking up the beading.

Trial fitted next to the original yew clock.

Mocked up with inlay.

I routed out the grooves for the inlay and then clamped it in.

Sanded back.

I mitred the beading a work with a mitre guillotine for accuracy then glued it with PVA with a dab of mitre mate to hold it.

My other bro thought he could do better. ( I quite liked it)

And finished in a precat lacquer.

 

[mailee]

That looks lovely. I like the addition of the banding it really sets it off.

 

[Allubo]

Thanks, again it's not normally my working style but I enjoyed making it

 

[Baldhead]

I like that, your brothers has a certain childish charm to it :lol: :lol:

Baldhead

 

[UTMonkey]

Lovely.

 

[Melinda_dd]

Really nice. I like that.

Thanks for doing the wip too