Clocks

[john taylor]

A few Burr Chestnut clocks

10" x 9" with a 85mm clock face



6" x 16" with a 85mm clock face


And the daddy of them 11" x 19" with a 130mm clock face


All comments welcome

john

[Roger Groom]

Hi John
Clocks are not my favourite subject, but you have made a nice use of otherwise difficult to use, pieces of burr. Did you use a sled or counterbalance of some kind?
Roger G

[woodndesign]

My,  you've had time on your hands ...  I like the daddy, they're some nice time pieces, excellent work, I'm sure someone will work out how many pen blanks it would have been ..    ...

David

[john taylor]

Thanks for the comments.

No counter balance on the first 2 I could turn them fast enough without problems.   On the daddy one I used a friends lathe which is an adapted Adcock milling machine, plenty of power and weight so no vibration.

john

[Derek]

Great clocks I like all three no favorite one out of them. All the burrs I have got always have gnarly old bark still attached, how do you clean them up or were these purchased like that

[john taylor]

HI Derek

I get mine straight from the saw mill with the bark still on, just got back from a 3 day show and I am a bit worn out so will answer your question in full later which I have recovered a bit.

john

[DAVE BADKIN]

Nice work John you have turned simple clocks into a pieces of wall art. Well done for making the AWGB front page. Dave

[john taylor]

Thank you, didnt see the front page before, chuffed now.

john