Creative Woodworks & crafts 2000-10, страница 51

INSTRUCTIONS

Make the clock case

Note: the clock case is constructed in layers and can be made to any desired thickness simply by varying the dimensions of each layer or the number of layers used. Attach the patterns using spray adhesive and make all cuts. The opening for the clock movement is designed large enough for a chiming movement. If a non-chiming movement is used, the opening can be reduced to fit.

The clock pictured is made up of two 1/2" thick outer layers and a 3/4" thick middle layer. Use the lightest colored piece of pine or fir that you can find. That way you have a good contrast between the raised areas on the outside of the case, which will be left natural, and the areas in between, which will bo shaded using the flat, upward turned pen (see Fig. 1). Do not chamfer burn the edges. Burning should be done before gluing the layers together.

Make the clock face support

Transfer the clock face support pattern to the 1/4" Baltic birch plywood and cut it to shape. Edge burn all edges of this piece, as well as a 1/2" wide area around the face

■ plate area (see Fig. 1), again using the flat, upward turned pen. Only the face plate needs to be chamfer burned. Drill an appropriate sized hole for the movement being used.

Burning leaves

Place the two pieces of 1/8" oak plywood together with the good sides facing each other. Transfer the oak leaf and acorn patterns and stack cut the pieces. This will result in two sets of oak leaves and acorns which are mirror images of each other (a right and a left facing leaf pair). One set of each pair is required, except for No. 4, which requires two of each set.

You need three of the acorn clusters designated as A-1 and A-2 to exactly duplicate the clock pictured, but you can use more or less to suit your individual taste.

Detail burn the veins into each leaf as indicated on the pattern using the large knife blade pen on a fairly high heat setting to achieve a dark line. Next, edge and chamfer burn using the flat, upward turned pen. Add a small amount of shading, using the same tool, to each leaf blade by randomly, quickly, and lightly stroking each leaf in between the vein areas. Use a low to medium heat setting for this step. The best way to do this is to hold each leaf by the stem and use a "slide, hit, lift" motion. Vary the angle of the "hit" so that all burns are not aimed directly toward the tip. Crosshatch the acorn caps using a small or large knifeblade pen, then edge and chamfer burn all pieces.

Glue down the leaves

. Begin gluing the leaf pairs, starting with No. 1, onto the support ring as shown on the Assembly Detail Drawing located in Full Size Pattern Section No. 2 (see Fig. 2). Leaves should be placed in pairs, beginning at the top and working around the circle. Allow each pair to dry thoroughly before continuing.

Use weights to hold the leaves in place as the glue dries and to assure good contact at both the tip and stem ends of each leaf. Note: most of the pairs, except for No. 5 and No. 7, should be positioned with the right pointing leaf tip on the west side of the circle and the left pointing leaf tip on the east side.

As each leaf pair is glued in place, make sure that the support ring is completely hidden. Before gluing, mark the spot on the clock face support ring where the end of the leaf stem should go. Place the next set on top of the set just glued to be sure that the support ring will not show.

October, 2000 continued on page 52

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