Wood Gear Clock Question

[Joann]

Hi everyone,
I am interested in purchasing the wood gear clock with the fisherman
WGC-5-kit
It's on this page:

http://clockkit.com/misc/woodendgears.shtml


Can anyone tell me about it, or do you have any pic's of the finished product.
The photo on the page is not as clear as the others, and I was hoping to see a front view or a better view.
My other question is -- the kit complete as seen.

Thanks, Joann

[JTTHECLOCKMAN]

Joann,

First let me say "Welcome" to our little part of the net as I see you are a new member. We will try to be of as much help in whatever questions you have. Maybe when you have some time you can give us a little background on yourself. We always like to meet the people we are talking to and to get to know them a little better.

To your question about the geared clock. I am afraid I am not going to be much help. I tried looking back on some older catalogs I had from Steebar because I remember when those came out. The person who made them is very talented and I am sure they function very well. The things include are the plans and the motor with clock hands. Not the wood. The best thing I suggest is to contact Steebar and ask him what is included and if he has them in stock. As with any wooden geared clock, precision is key when cutting the gears and using the right woods and finishing them properly. Good luck and again welcome.

[Joann]

Thanks for the warm welcome John T and for the information. I tried emailing them last Thursday and haven't heard back. If the clock it not all pre-cut and ready to assemble, I am not sure I want it. I was looking for more of an instant gratification project. :) What I really want is a shaker wall clock, a small one that would fit on the end of my new kitchen cabinets.

You asked about me, well I am one half of a team, that has many hobbies, among them, furniture and cabinet making, stained glass windows, decorating,
gardening, and maintaining a backyard pond.

We recently finished a new kitchen project, we make the cabinets from white quarter sawn oak, that we first had to mill and plane. We were delighted with the results, and wanted a clock for the end kitchen cabinet. We have two more cabinets to make for the breakfast room, but plan on waiting until fall to start them, as all our free time we spend outside gardening and playing with our pond. When I saw the gear clock, I thought this was something we could work on outside on the deck.
BTW we did make a grandfather clock in 1973.

I tried to put up a pic...??? but it didn't work?

Anyhow, I'm glad your here, I'm sure we'll need some help with the clock, it's been many moons since we made one.

Joann

[William Young]

Joann.
Here is where you can order just the plan to cut it out yourself or you can order the complete laser cut kit including all parts ready to assemble.
Pretty pricey and I sure wouldn't want to take a chance on it but good luck if you decide to do so.

http://www.wooden-gear-clocks.com/kit_description.htm

W.Y.

[JTTHECLOCKMAN]

Bill

She is looking for a specific clock that Steebar has the rights to and only Steebar. It is the fisherman wooden geared clock as seen in her link.

Joann,

I am not certain because at one time I was asked to make the parts for those clocks and include as a kit but I did not accept that job and as far as I know it they are not sold with the parts and if so it would not be cut out I can tell you that for sure. The only kit I know that Steebar sells and you used to be able to get with the wood and some kits were with the pieces cut already and that is for the wrist watch. Here is Steebar address sales@steebar.com Put on it attention: Chip, he is the new owner.

Now I see you and your other half are the woodworkers we like to see come to the site because you are well rounded in all aspects of woodworking. May I ask are you a scroller??? Building Kitchen cabinets is a challenging job because it takes up alot of room and you need a finishing area. Do you have a workshop??? Would really like to se a photo of the Granfather clock. I have some plans for both a Grandfather and Grandmother clock that I want to build some day. Maybe when I retire I will have more time. Not sure how computer literate you are but if you want to put a photo in the gallery it is explined there but if you need help I can walk you through it. If you want to put a picture within your post you must have it stored on your computer somewhere and on the top of the post area you will see a bunch of buttons and the one with the picture of a mountain is the one to use or you can scroll to the bottom of the area where you are typying the message and you will see a box that says attachment and click on this and follow instructions and it has to be a certain size. Again if you need further instructions I can help. As far as the shaker clock goes :http://www.freeww.com/clocks.html
http://www.plansinwood.com/shakerclock.html
http://www.woodworkingplanfinder.com/plans/free/clock-plans.htm
http://www.klockit.com/products/sku-CCCCJ.html

These maybe of some interest to you. Good luck.

[OPA1]

Hi Joann

Welcome to the forum. Sounds like me and my wife. She designs, or better yet dreams up, a project abd I do the building.I'm also into furniture making, cabinet making but sorry no stained glass. We also have a small 550 gallon fish tank in the yard so our time is spent with it , the lawn and the rest of the garden so no time for the wood working. Again welcom to the SAW DUST FORUM. Hope you like it here.


ED(OPA) ;)



SAWDUST THE ONLY BIODEGRADABLE WASTE PRODUCT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Joann]

Thanks John, William and Ed,
Glad I found this place, you gentlemen are friendly and helpful. Thanks for all the links. We don't need a plan, I only have to see what I like and we can wing it.
I may need some help picking out the clock parts, pendulum etc...But lets not get ahead of myself. I think I'll call Steelbar tomorrow to ask them about the clock.

We started making stained glass windows in 1985, I have windows in my house that we never had prior to doing stained glass, two in the DR, one in the LR, our kitchen door and upstairs as well. We also do construction carpentry,(hobby only) two years ago we pushed out our den window 2 1/2 feet, x 10 feet across, actually made a box floor window. .. all because we wanted a big TV and wanted the room to be wider )it was 12 feet wide and now it's 14 1/2 feet wide.
After we put the window in, I look at the space to the left and said, "can one of the old windows fit in there?" LOL...The window fit, as luck had it it didn't have a 1/4 inch of room to spare. I was going to put a stained glass koi in the window, but decided to put the stained glass window outside instead.

John, we actually built a Grandmother clock, because it fit the space better.
I was trying to put that photo up, but the file was too big.
No problem though, cause I have a website. I'll give you the link to the pages with the woodworking and decorating pics. The kitchen is on there too. The only thing I have to add is the chessboard we made. We tivod the David Marks show, when he made a chessboard, and copied his.

The most recent project is the kitchen, then the two small tables along side the sofa and the new tv cabinet. As soon as we complete the kitchen cabinets in the breakfast area, I want to make a dvd wall hanging cabinet to match the tv cabinet. I don't scroll, Not yet anyhow! (Laughing face here) our entire basement is a workshop.
We stained the cabinets in the workshop, and installed them and then did the finishing with original waterlox on site (in the kitchen) because it was the least dusty place to do them.
Joann

[OPA1]

Know what's good about projects like that . You stand back and look and say,"WE DID THAT OURSELVES." When I finish a project the wife tells every one who sees it that Eddie did it. After 35 years she still LOVES me :p


ED

[Joann]

Here's the woodworking link.

Ed, I dream up lots of stuff to make, I get up in the middle of the night and make drawings...We live on Long Island too.

http://www.homestead.com/backyardpond/Untitled6.html

Here's the decorating and construction link

http://www.homestead.com/backyardpond/Bonsai.html

[OPA1]

This is really weard. The wife and I were in Commack last might for a block party I know the area some what. The family that lives there have been there for some time, about 46-or so years. Real glad you guy joined. ;)

ED

[wisconsinwoodch]

Great sites Thanks for posting them. the wisconsinwoodchuck. :) :)

[Joann]

ED, that's weird alrighty! Seems we have a lot in common, ponds included.
Thanks woodchuck.

Here's the gear clock up-date.
I called this morning, it seems the kit includes the plans and the movement--
and not the pre cut wood. I was hoping the pre cut wood was included so that it would be fast and easy to assemble. (like in two days)
We have lots of wood, that's not the problem, the problem is the time involved. Since we have 3 cabinets yet to build, that has to come first. We decided to wait until we finish the current projects, then revisit the gear clock in wintertime.
I still want a shaker clock and have to peruse the links some more. :)

Joann

[JTTHECLOCKMAN]

Joann

I will tell you this if you have not scrolled yet then that is definitely not the plan to start with if you decided to join in the fun of scrolling. Way too intricate and the precision is needed. As far as the Shaker clock, just google it and you will get lots of hits. Just about every wood working magazine has had plans for one in it. Here is Wood magazine site and I know for sure they ran one at one time. They also may have a free plan download available.
http://dgroups.woodmagazine.com/n/pfx/forum.aspx?webtag=genwoodwork Good luck with all your ventures. You seem like you have yourself a full plate.

[OPA1]

Your right John

Just did a fast look see of my Wood index and found that #49 issue, Jan. 92 they had a shaker clock. I can imagine they probably had the clock featured at least once more after then.


ED

[Joann]

Thanks Ed and John

[OPA1]

Joann,

Was surfing tonight and went to klockit.com they had a shaker clock kit in oak. check it out,. They also had just the plans.

ED

[Joann]

Thanks Ed,
I was checking on line myself last night. I haven't found the clock yet, but getting close. Check out this book,
on the cover the clock in the middle is the one
that I think looks pretty interesting.... (It has a hole in the front, and you can see the pendulum through the hole)
Since I want it for the end of my cabinet which is 12" wide --
I think I would like to have a clock that is about 9 x 15
This is close to what I like. It also seems to have a rounded bottom, which is unique.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/1565232089/ref=sib_dp_pt/103-7435470-6817449#reader-link

Joann

[OPA1]

Joann

Just checked out the book, that looks real nice. I think I might even get the book too. The clock would look good in the wood you have. Good luck in your build.

ED ;)

[Joann]

Well I stopped at a woodworking craft store on my way home from work.
I had a drawing of the clock I wanted (the one that is on the magazine cover)
in my pocket. After sufficiently driving the store owner crazy, man it was hot as hades in there -- no a/c...Just what this guy need at the end of a long hot day, an indecisive woman, I sure hope this wasn't the day he decided to give up drinking.

Finally, I purchased
a paper dial, hands, the clock mechanism with a pendulum.

I told him I was using 3/4 wood to make the clock, and I wanted to put glass over the opening, (not a glass door, just glass over the opening) he said, I couldn't do that??? I was trying to explain to my DH what he meant, but now I'm confused. I don't see why I can't silicone glass on the inside or even rout an edge for the glass...The woodcraft guy said it can't be done, I said if I do it, I'll bring it in for him to see...
But, what do you guys think, would it be better without the glass?
Now I''m going to make a paper pattern to put up on the end of the cabinet to get the size down pat.

Joann

[JTTHECLOCKMAN]

Joann

It can be done for sure because you will build it as if it did have a door on it. The key to remember is you must be able to get to both the front and back of the clock movement. Here is what you need to do. Build the outer shape of the clock as mentioned but now you need to have a support piece for the clock face and movement. and this must be removable. Then you need a back on the piece. So you will have the Outer shell, the center piece with the movement and then the back. Hope this is clear.

[Joann]

I think it's clear :) since the glass would most likely fit into the inside of the circle,
we would have to pull off the entire back to access the hands etc...
right? I'll have to let Cliff read this.

John, can you tell me how to post a photo here in the body of the thread,
I can post from my website or photobucket.
The way I post on the gardening
forums is >img src=" post my url in here "<

only I have to reverse the first > to <
and the last < to >
when I tried it here it didn't work.

Thanks Joann

[JTTHECLOCKMAN]

Joanne

I tell you this I too use to be able to copy and paste from photobucket but for some reason it does not allow this now. You may have to go through the attach files way. I am going to have to look into this. Just scroll down a little further where you write and you will se the attachment button. Your picture has to be a certain size though. Or else you can post a link to the picture from any of the photo storage places. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v233/JTTHECLOCKMAN/CopyofWristWatches.jpg

[Joann]

Thanks John, I did something to my photobucket album(???) and if I post from there they don't show up, so I wanted to be able to post some pics, from my website, but don't want to re size them down to fit. I hope you can administer this feature again.

Did you make those watches? That is so great, I love them.

I have to start looking at everyone's links to see all the great work. So far I looked at Bill's from BC Canada, and I was super impressed with his work, his clocks are magnificent, and well as his view from his workshop --awesome.

I would love to see everyone's webshots, photobucket, or websites.
Can you start a thread requesting members links? That would be fun.

Joann
Oh yeah, I just scrolled down and saw that the [IMG] code is off ?

[JTTHECLOCKMAN]

Joanne

I do make those watches and in fact I did the prototype for John Nelson whose pattern that was. It was sold to Steebar as an exclusive pattern of theirs.

If you want to see what people are working on there is no better gallery on the internet than right here. On the left side click on galleries and be prepared to spend days looking at all the great artisans that visit this site. The work is extrordinary and if you have questions about anything you can leave messages there or bring them back here. Have fun.

[William Young]

I was curious about some not being able to post a picture from Photobucket because I use it all the time.
SO this is a test on posting a picture of a hollow form vase I turned on my lathe.
I am posting it by using html tages before and after the picture. Before the address url of the picture I will put and after it I will put and the picture should show.
Here goes
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y231/WillysWoodcrafting/CherryVase007178x275.jpg

Nope . . it didn't work. The picture should show fully here instead of just the link. So apparently there is a blip in the forum software because that method will work in any other site I go to and it used to work in this site as well..

Joann;
I don't think you did anything wrong in your Photobucket account. Try a picture from there to any other site and it should work just fine.
Hopefully the administrator here will see this and correct it.
W.Y.

[Joann]

John, I love that watch, it is so unique.
Bill, Thanks and I definitely did something to my photobucket account, cause even on photobucket I can no longer hit on the photo and see a larger image, all I see is a big white box.
I need to take the time and look at all the wonderful woodworking photos.
I love the wood turnings too. I love the vase you posted, and would love someday to make a big pepper mill.

I also now would love to go to a wood craft show and see all this fine woodworking up close.
Joann

ok, editing my message, I uploaded this from my documents, this is the only thing that I have that fits the size limits, (I really wanted to post the chessboard, as that is the only thing we have that come close to fine woodworking -- everything else we do is more in the cabinet making/furniture category.

[JTTHECLOCKMAN]

Joann

I see you got the attachment part figured out. I have a call into the Admin. about this problem with not being able to post pictures within the post. I see the IMG setting is off and do know there has been some work done on the site. If I get an answer I will let you all know. Some site will not allow posting of pictures because people either do not know how to reduce their photos or just forget and if you have dial-up service it does get quite annoying when you have to wait for a picture to load. So we have to keep this in mind when posting photos.

If you can explain the fish a little bit would help. What is it made of, where is it kept, and things of this nature. Thanks.

[JTTHECLOCKMAN]

Joann and Others,

I was visiting some other forums here and noticed something and this maybe the way the site is set up. This thread was actually started in the wrong catagory and should have been under Scrollsawing or other woodworking. Within those forums you are able to post photos in the message because the IMG button is on and in fact an easy way to do it is the picture button on top of the messaage board. It looks like a portrait of a mountain scene. This particular heading does not usually require photos to be posted so that is why it may be turned off. There may be other forums like this for I did not check them all. If you have doubts when posting a message and want to post a photo within the message just scoll down to the bottom of that page and look for posting rules and you will see a box with settings that are either on or off. If IMG is off then that forum will not accept pictures this way but you can still post a link to the picture.

Now with that said it must be stressed that the size of the picture must be kept to decent size with respect for those of us with dial-up service.There are many places where you can resize your photos before posting. I have always encouraged people to post pictures because they are usually stimulators. Also to have more people see your work there is no better place than to set up a gallery of your own in our Gallery section. There are so many non members that visit that site so your work will get more exposure than within a message. I do not have to remind you this is a family oriented site so keep it that way. Photos put into the gallery are examined by the administrator. I hope this helps.

[Joann]

Thanks John, I'll try and post a photo on the other forum category.

I woke up in the middle of the night and think I have figured a way to do the clock
with the glass over the face.
More about that later when I get it clear in my head.

Do you mean what did I make the fish out of?
That is a real fish in our pond, his name is little red nose, he's
a eight year old koi and about 22" long or so. As a matter of fact
that is the fish that was the subject of my almost patent
law suit infringement case. The artist thought she could use it
by making minor changes, thus making it her artwork. I told her
to try and do this with Nemo, LOL It was just her bad luck that she chose
this koi to use, he is well known and highly recognizable, and the most photographed
koi in America, LOL
This is another well known koi, Terminator, she is 26" long and 8 years old as well.
I do have an artist friend
that wants to carve a koi for me, and said if I emailed him photos he would
do a sculpture of my koi. I think I will take him up on that.
Joann

I am now going to the scrolling part and see if I can upload a photo.

[William Young]

I have never used the on site picture attachment thingy because I prefer to post a picture right into the message with img tags to save the extra steps but I am going to try the on site thingy for the first time to see how it works. This is just an experiment.

W.Y.


I found this to be somewhat of an aggravation because the first two I tried were slightly over the size limit and the third one said invalid file and a note to contact the administrator. It was just a picture out of a file on my computer where I store pictures for posting anywhere. . Then when I hit preview it did not show any picture so I assumed it had not been attached .
This is an edit because the picture did attach in a final submit even though it would not show in a preview
Hopefully some time in the future some settings will be changed to allow for easy posting of pictures on all of the boards here.
I can't understand why it is set up in a two tier system. Have never experienced this sytem on any other site.

[Joann]

Seeing your work Bill, makes me want to get into wood turning big time. The only thing we turn is some furniture feet. The problem is the wood turning makes an awfully big saw dust mess, our shop is down the basement and it does make extra cleaning in the house. We should set up the lathe in the garage for the warmer months.
Joann :)

[JTTHECLOCKMAN]

Joann

Thanks for correcting me on the fish because I thought maybe it was carved and that is why you were posting.

Bill,

Not quite sure what you mean about two tiered system but indeed you have seen this program. It is the exact same program that SSW site uses. Check it out.

[William Young]

John;
I don't use that upload feature in the other site you mentioned either . I didn't realize this was the same software. But in another post here you mentioned that the administrator has it set up to only be able to post regular size pictures on some boards and little ones via the on site upload feature on other ones. So I guess we will have to accept that and carry on the way it was originally set up by the administrator.

Joann;
That is a large chip and dip bowl and the picture size limitations does not do it justice. It is solid cherry and as cherry darkens with age you should see it now after just one year of aging. I will get around to taking a before and after picture of it eventually. It is a nice deep red cherry color already . I have not sold it yet because nobody has offered to pay the $89.00 that I think it is worth.
W.Y.

[Joann]

Bill, It's a beautiful bowl, but I can understand not wanting to spend 89.00
for a chip and dip bowl, because it's not something frequently used.
However, I looked at some of your other creations and the lamps are
stunning and certainly worth 89.00, even more I'd would say.
The lamp on the left is my favorite.
Joann

[William Young]

Joann;
For some strange reason lamps just don't sell around here. If you are referring to the two Warwick lamps I paid a good buck for those patterns several years ago and I cut them out and put them in dozens of craft sales ever since. I always end up bringing them home.
But I have a couple grandkids that are old enough now to have a hand crafted lamp from grandpa in their bedroom so they will have one each of them as a gift when they are here at Thanksgiving.
My last *reasonabe offer* at craft sales was $20.00 each and I promptly said that is not a reasonable offer because the shades cost more than that.
Some things sell quick and some things wind up as give-aways.
Turnings are bringing me in more per item than scrollings are and they are mostly from free wood. But in the case of that cherry chip and dip platter, I bought that piece of cherry and it is very expensive wood in these parts. The picture sure doesn't do it justice. I feel that the right person will come along that has all cherry furniture and that will be a must have piece for them . I may have to come down a little . Any reasonable offer at craft sales always takes whatever I make.
W.Y.

[Joann]

Well Bill, I guess you can entice people to come to craft shows, but it
is no guarantee that they will be reasonable or have good taste. :)

I think it is better your Grandchildren have your lamps anyhow, you have created an heirloom...
they are signed and dated, right?

Joann