How to Make Coffee Granita

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After gluing up some cherry wood I saved from my brothers kitchen cabinet doors he replaced. A little band saw and outer edge router work and walaa, this what came out.Next is the cutout for the clock insert, some cherry stain and a nice Tung Oil finish.

I thought I would take a break from the Gingerbread Clock to make a clock for my niece.
She reminded me she was the only one in family that did not have some sort of clock from me.
My brother Peter printed a couple drawings of Wisconsin because that's were they live and I will make a simple wall hanger from these.I chose the one on the left.It's bigger than it looks.

The Black Oven

Immaculate confections succumbed to northern darkness

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The router work for the door is done.
Took almost all day as I tried to stay
true to the original 1898 clock.

Everything is glued to the main body.
The door is next.

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I worked on the top.Some carving, a little router work and a little scroll saw work.Still a ways to go.

The World's Fastest Cars
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To design your roller-coaster, drag the grey boxes up and down to change the bends of the track, then click 'Test' to try out your design.
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Here is some of the carving that will be done all over the sides and top. When the finish is applied the lines will become substantially darker and pop out at you. There are also many other doodads that will be added later.
By the way you can click on an image to make it bigger.

Well the the base has been cleaned up and glued to the top. I then started working on the side ears (so to speak) and the top plate.I also added the back. Nothing has been glued yet, except for the base because there is minor carving yet to be done on the top and sides. It's weird looking is it not? Do I have your interest yet?

I will have to trim the sides to length then glue it to the top.

OK, now we make the base it sits on. A little fancy router work to make it look good and we are ready for assembly. It has a 26 deg. slant to it and I will have to cut 45's at the corner. It's a compound angle that after a little trial and error came out to a 40 deg. saw tilt and a 23 deg. angle on the miter gauge. The big problem was holding it together while it glued. I made these little wire clamps out of a coat hanger, put sharp points on them and stretched them to pull the pieces together while keeping everything square.

How To Smoke A Cigar

Sit Back, Relax, and Learn How To Smoke A Cigar

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WALKING AND BEER:

A recent study found the average American walks about 900 miles per year.

Another study found Americans drink, on average, 22 gallons of beer a year.

That means, on average, Americans get about 41 miles to the gallon.

Kind of makes you proud to be an American.

After cleaning up the glue on the main body the next step was to make the actual base it will sit on.
It has allot of compound angles and router work and I decided not to run machinery that day, just drink some beer and work on the very top piece of the clock......OH did i fail to mention that this is my first attempt at carving.

The next day this is what came out. After a little clean up of the glue and mounting it to the base I was quite pleased. By the way, everything is covered in wax paper to prevent it from sticking to the fixture.

Well, the garden is planted and there seems to be a gap in mandatory family functions so lets do some woodworking on the clock. It will be made out of Walnut.
The first thing we need to make is the body.It holds everything together. It is a tall piece that has a 6 in. radius at the top and must be bent.
"Lions, Tigers and Bears Oh My", no steamer. We will do the hot water trick. First we cut kerfs .375(3/8in.) apart and down to leave about .094 (3/32) wood left at the top. While the practice piece is soaking in the water I made the fixture.(pic) After breaking the first one the second one seemed to work better.
So with great care and longer soak time the real piece worked just fine. I filled in the kerfs with Gorilla Glue and let it sit in the fixture overnight. Beer and seegar time.

"Be who you are and say how you feel, because the people who matter don’t mind and the people who mind don’t matter."

Dr Seuss

Don't Forget: Drink a Beer—Or Two—Daily!

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I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crises. The great point is to bring them the real facts.

Abraham Lincoln

I bought the dial plate, the dial, extra pendulum, winding key, and glass for the door. The mechanism in the middle right hand side is an alarm. It's an alarm you set and works kinda like a egg timer.
On or off. It has an obnoxious sound as it rings the bell and will get you out of bed real fast. Once out of bed there is no way to shut it off till the spring runs out. Sounds nasty but a lot of these type clocks had them so what the heck.

Daily caffeine 'protects brain'

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7326839.stm

First purchase for the Gingerbread clock is the movement.
It is a Eight-Day American style brass movement. I bought the
complete movement. Comes with pendulum, hands,
key, gong, and gong base.