Featuring some of the most popular projects from sold-out issues of Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts magazine, the projects in this collection include a wide range of clock styles, such as grandfather clocks with intricate fretwork, classic pendulum clocks, and whimsical desk clocks. Detailed plans for more than 25 projects cover the entire process with step-by-step instructions, complete materials lists, instructions on buying and inserting clock parts, cutting the clock using a scroll saw, assembling the pieces, and applying finishes.
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"Wooden Clocks has a variety of clocks with a wide appeal, suitable for scrollers looking for patterns with fit-ups as well as clockmakers seeking new challenges." —Australian Woodworker Magazine
"Fun and rife with new scrolling ideas that will keep you busy and entertained for some time." —Shortcuts.ns.ca
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Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts is the leading magazine for wood crafters and scroll saw artists, providing step-by-step projects and original patterns from the world's best designers.
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Not a book about wooden clockwork!,
This review is from: Wooden Clocks: 31 Favorite Projects & Patterns (Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts Book) (Paperback)
I was very disappointed when this book arrived. I had assumed, based on the cover, that it would include plans and techniques for building working wooden clocks. By and large it does not.This is very specifically a book for scroll saw enthusiasts. What this means is that most of the book consists of patterns to cut out of sheets of wood into which existing self-contained clock mechanisms are inserted. The wooden mechanical clock on the cover is not at all representative of the contents. In fairness, there is one project with plans for building the depicted wooden clock, and it makes for an interesting ten or twelve pages. However, even this is a disappointment; the plans are by and large not dimensioned, simply being templates to be photocopied. I can understand this for some of the more complicated parts, but surely it wouldn't hurt to tell us how long each of the (numerous) axles are? Some of the construction of the body of the clock also seems suspect, with key joints being only supported by glue instead of using any real joinery. If you are looking for a book of scroll saw patterns, this might be a good one; I don't know, as I'm not really interested in that. If you want to make wooden clockwork as depicted on the cover, be aware that you will be paying for only a dozen or so pages of fairly unimpressive information. There are probably better sources of the information you want.
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Perhaps I projected a little to much on what I thought this book was about but I honestly felt a little mislead. I enjoy building wooden mechanical machines, toys, etc. and I saw the cover of this book and thought projects regarding gears, escapement wheels and other mechanical clock parts would be the main focus. I was unhappy to find out that 99% of the projects in the book require no mechanical construction only decorative templates to cut out with a scroll saw and then inserting pre-fab clock faces into or onto them. In their defense, the clock portrayed on the cover is included in the book (representing the 1%) and patterns for the gears and escapements. I'm grateful for the one project but disappointed in the bulk of the book. This would be a fun book if your interest wasn't in the mechanical aspects of clocks and I feel they would better represent their purpose by placing a different clock on the cover.
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I was somewhat disappointed with this book. The cover and description gives the impression that the book is devoted to wooden gear clocks. The majority of the book's content utilizes mechanical or electric clock mechanisms mounted in a variety of different wood projects.
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wooden clocks, gear clock, windmill clock, puzzle clocks, roof trim, temporary bond spray adhesive, blade entry holes, clock insert, assorted grits, shaker clock, dial bezel, sawtooth hanger, wheel arbor, stack cutting, palm sander, relief cutting, quartz movement, clock movement, contrasting woods, birch plywood, sanding sealer, backing board, box assembly Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
The Lang Clock, Japanese Mantel Clock, Simple Shaker Clock, Fretwork Shelf Clock, Gingerbread Wall Clock, Watchful Leopard Clock, Top Lip, Patriotic Clock, King of the Jungle Carousel Clock, Waterfowl Clock, Keepsake Trinket Boxes, Oval Wall Clock, Romantic Stained-Glass Clock, Elegant Fretwork, Lid Assembly, Exploded Drawing Browse Sample Pages:
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wooden clocks, gear clock, windmill clock, puzzle clocks, roof trim, temporary bond spray adhesive, blade entry holes, clock insert, assorted grits, shaker clock, dial bezel, sawtooth hanger, wheel arbor, stack cutting, palm sander, relief cutting, quartz movement, clock movement, contrasting woods, birch plywood, sanding sealer, backing board, box assembly Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
The Lang Clock, Japanese Mantel Clock, Simple Shaker Clock, Fretwork Shelf Clock, Gingerbread Wall Clock, Watchful Leopard Clock, Top Lip, Patriotic Clock, King of the Jungle Carousel Clock, Waterfowl Clock, Keepsake Trinket Boxes, Oval Wall Clock, Romantic Stained-Glass Clock, Elegant Fretwork, Lid Assembly, Exploded Drawing Browse Sample Pages:
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