First off i should say I’m not finished yet. As i type I’m babysitting my X-carve as i still don’t trust it to run a full job without my supervision.
Right so Christmas… well for the past few years I’ve been making things as presents for my family, part of the reason i bought my XC was to carry on this tradition however this year i think I’ve raised the bar… I decided to make clocks for my close family. I bought the movements then drew everything up in CAD based on this measurements. Now i’d done this even before i found out about Inventables and the X carve. My plan was to sub out the CNC work however whilst trying to find a supplier i found a video on Youtube by DIY Perks, this planted the seed. Not long after my 1000mm machine was on order along with my Dewalt 611 as i’m in the UK i ordered this separately.
After assembling i got straight to work… yeah… this was a mistake. Hours wasted and eventuatly i set about reading the forum and got my machine dailed in and i’ve come out with this.
I seem to be having a problem converting from DXF to SVG and Inkscape is scaling my drawings down slightly so the clock came our a little smaller than i intended but only by a few mm.
@Alex1380 Nice work.Have a look at Brian Laws Wooden Clocks at http://www.woodenclocks.co.uk/ you may be interested in making one of these perhaps. I made one of his clocks (clock 22) and enjoyed the project immensely.
Yeah each leg is 5 x 1/2" birch ply bits glued together. There is then a body section behind the clock face which is again 5 bits thick. The face is then 11mm thick hardwood which is carved out at the back to fit round the legs and body. took a lot of time but i’m really happy with the results.
