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Allubo

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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.
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I started by cutting the front panel and side panels and assembling from there.
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Dry fit to check everything's nice.
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2 biscuits along each side and a groove along to long back edges and one on the top panel for the removable back.
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Left the back panel oversize for the time being.
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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.
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Bigger shot.
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Veneered and secondary top panel added.
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Mocking up the beading.
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Trial fitted next to the original yew clock.
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Mocked up with inlay.
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I routed out the grooves for the inlay and then clamped it in.
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Sanded back.
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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.
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My other bro thought he could do better. ( I quite liked it)
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And finished in a precat lacquer.
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