Sands of Time Slipping By! times 2

[FrankEV]

Here are the two Hourglass's I made.  As I noted in the original post, I was considring  darking the wood a little with Mahagony stain. And, as you can see in the photo, I did just that.

Not sure which one we like the best.  My Lady is leaning toward the original lighter one while I kind of like the darker a little better.  

Staining the wood, did add some time to the build to allow for drying time and it was a PITA to get into all the fretwork because I only had Mahogany in the Gel Stain.  If I had the regular type it would have probably been a lot easier to dip the fretwork pieces.

 

[daveww1]

very nice work

[meflick]

Both are beautiful and each will have an appeal to different people no doubt. Like you,  I think if I was picking one to keep, I would like the darker tinted one. But, you know that old saying, happy wife, happy, life.

[spirithorse]

Nice work @FrankEV
Well done! I prefer the lighter shade but, as we all know,
beauty is in the eye of the beholder.  As long as you are happy
with them, my opinion is irrelevant.

God Bless! Spirithorse

[Blaughn]

I like them both.  Is the wood cherry?  If so, it will darken naturally with time.  I read an article in Fine Woodworking where a restorer uses lye in a water solution to instantly darken cherry to it's fullest extent.  It achieves an extremely dark brown that retains the reddish tone as well.  If anyone is interested I will post the formula.

Where did you find the hourglass parts?

[meflick]

2 hours ago, Blaughn said:

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Where did you find the hourglass parts?

The pattern Frank used for the scrolled pieces was published by Steve Good on his blog a couple of weeks ago. Steve said the pattern was specific to the hour glass he purchased on Amazon and provided an (affiliate) link to the hour glass on that post.

This is the link to the specific blog post with the pattern on Steve’s site:

https://scrollsawworkshop.blogspot.com/2022/04/hourglass-scroll-saw-pattern.html
 

as noted, it contains the link to Amazon and the hourglass but I will also post it here as well. Please note however that Steve’s pattern calls for a specific size ( it was a full hour). There are different sizes and “times” of hourglasses at that Amazon link. At this time, it looks like they may be sold out of the one Steve’s plan calls for. Only a real issue or concern if you are planning to use Steve’s pattern as provided. Otherwise you would adjust pattern size as needed for the hourglass purchased.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B078H82WWD?ie=UTF8&psc=1&linkCode=sl1&tag=scrollworksh-20&linkId=709199998376bac9df2cc742af4b1c17&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl

Edited April 22, 2022 by meflick
Typo (but probably missed some 😉)

[FrankEV]

18 minutes ago, meflick said:

The pattern Frank used for the scrolled pieces was published by Steve Good on his blog a couple of weeks ago. Steve said the pattern was specific to the hour glass he purchased on Amazon and provided an (affiliate) link to the hour glass on that post.

This is the link to the specific blog post with the pattern on Steve’s site:

https://scrollsawworkshop.blogspot.com/2022/04/hourglass-scroll-saw-pattern.html
 

as noted, it contains the link to Amazon and the hourglass but I will also post it here as well. Please note however that Steve’s pattern calls for a specific size ( it was a full hour). There are different sizes and “times” of hourglasses at that Amazon link. At this time, it looks like they may be sold out of the one Steve’s plan calls for. Only a real issue or concern if you are planning to use Steve’s pattern as provided. Otherwise you would adjust pattern size as needed for the hourglass purchased.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B078H82WWD?ie=UTF8&psc=1&linkCode=sl1&tag=scrollworksh-20&linkId=709199998376bac9df2cc742af4b1c17&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl

I ordered the one the link sent me to.  It is a 30 Minute Houirglass,

[FrankEV]

2 hours ago, Blaughn said:

I like them both.  Is the wood cherry?  If so, it will darken naturally with time.  I read an article in Fine Woodworking where a restorer uses lye in a water solution to instantly darken cherry to it's fullest extent.  It achieves an extremely dark brown that retains the reddish tone as well.  If anyone is interested I will post the formula.

Where did you find the hourglass parts?

I used Mahogany I purchased from Ochooh.

As mentioned by others the link is to Amazon and it is a 30 min Hourglass.

[FrankEV]

On 4/20/2022 at 9:24 PM, spirithorse said:

...As long as you are happy
with them, my opinion is irrelevant.

PLEASE, by no means is that true.  I'm often happy with my work that other yawn at, and, often not happy with work that other rave about.  So, me being happy with my work is the only true irrelevant opinion.

In the real world, none of our opinions matter about anything.  However, in this SSV world, opinions of our piers is what keeps us going and striving to improve.

If, for example, most of the replies favored the lighter color, I would know that for a similar project not to do the darkening.  And of course, visa-versa.  In this case the light vs. the dark is mostly split.   That also tells me a lot. 

So, again PLEASE, know your (and anyones) opinion is not irrelevant.

 

 

[danny]

Very well crafted Frank (as your usual) I am also working one Steve's

Hour Glass Pattern....  Well I'll be though.  So its only a 30 minute glass?

Guess I should of did better investigating.  Anyway I like this pattern.

And I am also cutting stack of 3, but only using good ole Baltic Birch1/4.

And I will show mine when fully completed................Danny  :+}

[smitty0312]

I like that a lot! A+

[Charlie E]

Beautiful work. Both colors are nice.