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Here are a couple of Steve Good patterns.

I like to make clocks. Years ago I started making clocks as wedding presents for nieces and nephews. Here are just a few.

I made this one a couple of years ago. I bought the pattern and planned on making for my Mom for Mother's Day 2017. I didn't get around to making it for her so I thought that I would make it for her for Mother's Day 2018... I lost her a couple of weeks before Mother's Day. Shortly after she passed away I made it. It now sits in my entertainment center. The base is Leopard wood and the top part is Walnut.

Well here is my feeble effort ! The clocks shown so far are just outstanding, wonderful work everyone.

Haven't made too many clocks, but I did just finish one I found in the Pattern Library. One of these days I would love to make a grandfather clock, cutting the gears, escapement, etc. Plans for those, that I can find, are pricey.

Here are two that I done a while back...

I have only made three, so far. Well really I have made 4, I build a Grandfather clock that has been ticking in my living room for over 40 years, but it was a kit build, took no scrolling.

Pattern from Sue Mey, never too early to start on ornaments

Couple of my favorites. Both were my entries in a scrollers design contest. The regulator included compound cut finials. Both received honorable mentions.

I must admit, I have a fetish for clocks. Growing up on the farm my dad would buy me a new pocket watch when school was out for the summer. I have half dozen wrist watches and pocket watches. Every room in our house a at least 1 clock, some rooms 4. Don't have one in my shop. As a Air Force navigator next to the compass, a good clock was one of the most important pieces of navigation equipment. So, you see I wouldn't make it through the day without a good clock.

Clocks theme huh? Since I have made over 250 clocks which ones do I choose? Desk clocks are my favorite so I only put in one wall clock.. I have more of those too.. Hope someone here likes cars since the desk clocks is a bunch of cars. LOL Gotta say it was hard to choose which ones to post up.. I tried to do some Fords ( not a Ford person myself ) and Chevy's and now I see I left out Dodge.. which is one of my favorites.. what the heck.. Also left out a bunch of the imports.. oh well can't post them all.. but if you have a request to see something I probably have it if it has wheels.. Then I left out the entire sports line like hunting, golfing, running etc.. Oops, I forgot all the dog breeds... I gotta post one of those.. some make them as puzzles.. I make them as clocks... so see last photo Did I mention I've made over 250 clocks?

I was going to suggest that @kmmcrafts Kevin just post a link to his Etsy page since he is the King of the Clocks (and ornaments) i believe I have made one clock since I started scrolling. Clearly not competing with Kevin. Was not even sure I had ever taken a picture of it, but looks like I did. I made it for a friend's daughter who graduated from law school. It is a Dirk Boelman pattern. It can be found here: https://theartfactory.com/product/scales-of-justice/ Edited to Add: Oops - looks like I made two I think I gave this one to my niece or nephew both who play the guitar.

That is funny.. Every summer when school let out, my brothers and I got a pocket watch, better be home at dinner time and a straw hat. We didn't really live in a farm well only had like two acres, but were out many miles from town and surprising how busy Dad could keep us on just two acres.

Pattern by Marilyn Carmin , size 15” x 10” x 1” Walnut

I have a 21+ year old Grandson, that calls me 4 or 5 times a week just to check on me and Grandma. It is really nice, and I really appreciate it. So I wanted to make him a little something to put on his desk where he works. I made this little clock. Hope he likes it. The clock in made with Canary wood and the backer, just to enrich the clock and show off the canary wood a little more, is bloodwood. This is a Steve Good pattern. Someone else on here made one and I liked it, that is what led me to it.

Awesome George

I have been using my Wixey Angle Gauge for a few years and it works fine. Lowes sells the Toughbuilt Angle Gauge. We got one back in returns a couple of days ago, and after testing, the only thing we could think was the guy just couldn't figure out how to use it. Since the gauge worked OK, the boss knocked 50% off the price and put it in clearance - and I grabbed it. Today, I had a chance to test it against the Wixey. The first thing I did was put them on my saw blade. The first photo shows that they agree my blade is 90° to the table. Then I leaned on one corner of the saw. The Wixey shows that I knocked the angle off by .1°, because the Wixey displays down to a 10th of a degree. The Toughbuilt shows I knocked the angle off by, only, .05°, as the Toughbuilt displays down to 100th of a degree. I zeroed both gauges to the table before attaching them to the blade. When you first turn a Wixey on, no matter how you hold it, it will display some angle reading. When you first turn a Toughbuilt on, if you are holding it so it is laying on it's back, it will display an error. Once you mount the Toughbuilt on the device you are testing, the gauge displays the angle. With these gauges - to get an accurate angle reading, they must be zeroed first. When I set both gauges on the saw table, they both read a few degrees off zero. When I pressed the zero button on the Wixey, it blinked a couple times and then displayed zero. When I pressed the zero button on the Toughbuilt, it thought about it for two or three seconds then displayed zero. The Wixey has two buttons - On/Off and Zero. The Toughbuilt adds a Mode button and a Hold button. The Hold button just locks whatever angle is currently displayed. The mode button switches between degrees, percentage, ft/in, and m/mm. I haven't played with the mode button to test the other modes. While neither of the two gauges will stick to aluminum or plastic, The Toughbuilt has an added feature for piping. The Toughbuilt has a groove in the magnetic surface to align the gauge with the pipe. The Wixey does not. Both gauges are sensitive enough to show an incorrect angle, if they are not aligned perfectly with piping. All in all - it looks to me that the Toughbuilt is the better of the gauges. I think the Wixey was/is a good gauge, but advancements in technology have caught up. If you are interested, Lowes sells these for $19.98 -- https://www.lowes.com/pd/TOUGHBUILT-...vel/5013732061 I checked Amazon, but couldn't find Toughbuilt gauges. There are some like the Toughbuilt, but they were more expensive.

How about rigging your saw up Paul so you can switch it over to auto pilot when your leg gets tired. Just think, then you could sit back, relax with a coffee and let the hours pass on by … Lol

All three are very beautiful Paul. The first two must be ‘His’ and ‘Hers’

I was able to finish and frame my two other puppies this weekend. I've posted all three so you can see the set as well as the pictures I made the patterns. They were cut on 1/4-inch maple stained Minwax Natural. The backers are all black construction paper. I'm curious as to how it will hold up. The frames are from framing material cut to fit and then given a corner spline for strength. The wife already has them hanging in the living room. The fire plaques are from Steve Good. I cut these as a request from a co-worker. The red is 1/4-inch Birch and the dark (Red Oak Stain) one is Maple. Both have Pine backers with Natural stain. The two flags, another Steve Good pattern, are Maple fronts with Birch backers. The dark stain is Minwax Espresso and the light stain is Minwax Natural. These are toppers for my welcome signs. Gosh darn it was nice to make a little sawdust this weekend. Weather was decent for change and I had honey-do's all caught up.

Since I am an avid golfer, I had to cut this one

I made 2 of the P51 airplane clocks, one for my WW2 veteran dad for Father's Day several years ago, and one for my son when he graduated for aviation mechanics school. The pig clock was given to a farmer friend.

Being on the farm, if there was nothing to do, we had to pull or chop weeds. Once in a great while if there was nothing to do would ask dad if there was anything that needed to be done. If there was nothing, he would tell us to pick fly s**t out of pepper. At first, that was a hard job to do, till we found out that was his way of telling us we could have some fun.

Very nice stuff!

Thank's I couldn't get that pdf to open from their site and no mention of it in the description so I didn't know.. Unfortunately my lowes out of stock. I may just order online.

The online manual indicates that it takes 2 AAA batteries https://pdf.lowes.com/productdocuments/a4950c4c-555d-4f0a-94f8-06f664cf74d8/61382995.pdf

Ah heck Judy, you still have the balance of March … Lol

Very beautiful work Ray

Wolf clock. Now that is different. Very well done Allan

No, not his job. He can be a BS'er and so can I, so it is my tribute to him for being king of the BS'er. It is called the King Clock. We have a lot of fun together.

My second Easter pattern this year, recommended sizes: 8,5 x 3,5 inches or 13,5 x 4,5 inches (includes both variants) available at https://www.etsy.com/shop/AlexFoxUA

I finished this one today. I forget who made that pattern They need to be recognized because it is such a great pattern. A lot of the branches are super fragile. FrankEV made the pattern. It was a fun one to cut.

I have an Ottlite which is not attached to my saw. I have no such issues

Many use these, I have one and I also have a more expensive one that has glass lens and LED light. Some people are bothered by fluorescent lighting. I use both all the time, one on my saw and one attached to my work bench. I do like the glass lens a little better, sometimes the LED light seems a little too bright, depending on what I am working on. https://www.harborfreight.com/fluorescent-magnifying-lamp-60643.html?_br_psugg_q=magnifying+lamp

I had a sewing machine a while back where someone mounted the foot pedal to the inside edge of the cabinet and you used the side of your knee to push against it. I suppose one could do that with any one of the foot pedals. I would probably look for one that isn't difficult to push against, as your leg may get a bit tired.

Glad you brought this up as I've been wanting one and have been researching them. This is a great price because even the cheap Harbor Freight one is nearly $40.. it does have more buttons too. The Wixy one from Amazon is around $30.. was surprised HF one was so high priced.. The one thing I haven't found was... what battery do they take? Some tools I have around here I may only use 1 time every 5 years and if they don't have a way to change the battery to a standard common battery then I'm not buying it.. I see the Wixy one states it uses 1 AAA battery.. I like that.. most times when I want to use a tool I don't feel like waiting an hour or two for a battery to charge.. usually loose the special cords that rechargeable stuff comes with after 5 years of not being used I spend an hour looking for the cord and another for it to charge.. SO.. basically I like things that can take standard batteries.. rather than rechargeable stuff..

Thanks Tony for the review. It's in stock at my local Lowes. . . Picking one up today on my way home from work.

Thanks for the review, Tony. Coming from a trusted user means much more the counting the stars someone gives. Jerry

Personally, I like the smaller size of the Wixey as it is easier to attach to a blade. As for the accuracy, it makes no difference in my shop between 0.05 and 0.1 degrees. For woodworking, it is not important to me.

Sounds like a winner! The word must be out, they are out of stock at my local Lowes.

Thanks all, just had to come and add. the thing he was most excited about and brought a tear to my eye was the Made by medallion I put on the back.. He said he would make sure everyone knew it was his grandpa! I love that young man.

Both are cute, great job Melanie. Jeff

Niiiiice!

Oh buggers! I don't do clocks. Hmmmmm will have to think of something else. How about St. Patrick's day?????

We have the Wen momentary foot switches for our Wen and Jet saws. To avoid foot issues for us, I made riser blocks for us each with a fulcrum point that fits just before the heel of our shoes. penny's is different from mine as her foot is shorter. Our foot rocks on this fulcrum like a teeter totter easily and our foot stays relaxed. The rubber feet of the switch fit down into the flat bottom holes of the riser blocks, and the cord lays in the cut groove, helping the switch stay in place. The Wen switch is hinged at the front (corrected) of the metal switch body. Works for us well. Don

Great picture. Those eyes really bore into you.

Reminds me of can you find the "egg" in this picture, except now you are looking for a wolf. It's very cool and I really like it. Great sawing. Jerry

My deadman footswitch is mounted to a piece of plywood and sits on the floor. I have a small block of 2x4 in front of it. My heel rests on the 2x4, allowing the natural weight of my foot to apply pressure to the switch. No fatigue at all. In fact, I have to sometimes move my foot a bit, when I'm not sawing, (like when changing blades, etc) so that I don't accidentally step on the switch and turn the saw on.