Kevx Posted January 18, 2015 Report Share Posted January 18, 2015 Hi everyone. I'm a new member here but having been sawing occasionally for many years. My name is Kevin and I'm from spring hill Florida. I have always been mostly attracted to making clocks. I am about to start on my biggest ever, and plan on it being a full size grandfather type clock, so I'll be busy for quite a while. Nice to meet you all! amazingkevin, lawson56, Phantom Scroller and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clayton717 Posted January 19, 2015 Report Share Posted January 19, 2015 Hi Kevin. welcome to the Village Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryEA Posted January 19, 2015 Report Share Posted January 19, 2015 Kevin, welcome to the Scroll Saw Village. Whan you can, show us a clock and your old saw. LOL, or are you the 'Old Saw'? Rob Roy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrolling Steve Posted January 19, 2015 Report Share Posted January 19, 2015 Welcome to the Village, Kevin!.....Make yourself at home and be sure to show us some of those clocks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amazingkevin Posted January 19, 2015 Report Share Posted January 19, 2015 Hey Kev ,Welcome , I 'd love to see a works in progress as you start your clock from start to finish .Show us all the details and hard stuff you'll be dong on her as you go!!!A clock maker is one proud scroller!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjR Posted January 19, 2015 Report Share Posted January 19, 2015 Welcome to our asylum! As you probably deduced from the replies above, we all like to see someone else's work. You have joined a bunch of addicts--SAWDUST! Everyone here has had sawdust in their favorite beverage setting in the shop! I think we have become used to cold coffee with a layer f sawdust on top and drink it anyway! I claim the title of the oldest working saw--- Maybe you can take it??? A 1952 YES! 1952 --- Craftsman that still works. Very limited as to thickness of the material it will handle; but was always that way! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatie Posted January 19, 2015 Report Share Posted January 19, 2015 Welcome to the Village Kevin. I'm Marg from Australia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawson56 Posted January 19, 2015 Report Share Posted January 19, 2015 A Big Welcome from Southern Tenn,Looking froward to seeing your work.I have done a few clocks over the years,small ones.We have got a bunch a crazy but friendly and very helpful people here.Your gonna like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevx Posted January 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2015 Thanks for the welcome everyone. I never got to the point where I needed to invest in a better saw, so all my work previously was done on a cheap craftsman, although I recently picked up a Ryobi variable speed at a yard sale. It's not much of an improvement, but maybe I'll be able to invest in a nice saw in the future. Almost all of the clocks I built in the past were presented to others as Christmas gifts, with the exception of one, which unfortunately is in the pocession of my ex-wife! The only example I now have is one that I recently retreived from my mother, as she mounted it poorly after a move and it crashed to the floor and needs repairs. It's one of those manchester clocks and I'm hoping to find where the patterns are so I can remake the shattered part. Of course she didn't save all the broke pieces, so I can't use them for patterns. Oh well. I'll be starting that grandfather clock soon and will post pics as the work progesses. Thanks again everyone for the warm welcome! Rob Roy and bobscroll 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Scroller Posted January 19, 2015 Report Share Posted January 19, 2015 Hi Kev a big WELCOME from me. That's never right two Kevin's from FLORIDA hope your as good as Kev 1. Roly amazingkevin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
browders Posted January 19, 2015 Report Share Posted January 19, 2015 Welcome from Montana. I'm currently working on a clock project, although not a big one. Gotta start small for my first. Can't wait to see pictures. Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heppnerguy Posted January 26, 2015 Report Share Posted January 26, 2015 Welcome to The Village which is the home to many world wide and friendly scrollers. I hope you find time to check in often so that we can all get to know you better. It sounds like an amazingly large project you are tackling. Do you have any idea how long you expect that project to take you to complete it ? I also hope that you show us the progress you are making as you go along. We all love to see other peoples work. Take time to explore everything here and help yourself to some of the great patterns that people have donated for our use as we please. Hope to see you around, Dick heppnerguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevx Posted January 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 28, 2015 It sounds like an amazingly large project you are tackling. Do you have any idea how long you expect that project to take you to complete it ? I haven't decided on which grandfather clock to build yet. Originally I was going to do the one at wildwood simply because it was the only pattern I could find. http://www.wildwooddesigns.com/Grandfather-Clock-Plan-P2430.aspx Now I'm finding others and I am leaning towards this one at theartfactory.. http://theartfactory.com/Product.asp?id=80 I think it is much cleaner and tasteful. The wildwood one was way overdone. Does anyone know of any others I might consider? I'll start a thread uner projects as soon as I decide and keep folks posted on the progress. bobscroll 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
browders Posted January 29, 2015 Report Share Posted January 29, 2015 I don't know about other ones, but I think overdone looks great! Of course I may just be a little trashy. Jim LarryEA 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heppnerguy Posted January 29, 2015 Report Share Posted January 29, 2015 The Art Factory clock looks a lot easier and would not take a huge hunk of your time, compared to the first one. The photo does not show up really well here so I am not really sure exactly what is involved to make but it sure would keep one busy for some time. I will hope that you post your decision before you actually start your work and post your progress as you go along. I am finishing up my shop obligations and I too have a clock to make, but not that ambitious Good luck on your endeavor. Dick heppnerguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevx Posted January 29, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2015 I found someone who has made that clock and he posted complete details and photos. He spent 102 hours on his! http://lumberjocks.com/projects/99128 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobscroll Posted January 31, 2015 Report Share Posted January 31, 2015 Well Hello Kevin, And welcome to the village and thank you for the intro, Also thanks for the images of the clocks you might build, Good luck on the clock you decide to make! Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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