[Herb Stoops]

Here is the first attempt at the 7-day clock, this is the mock-up for the real thing ,this one is made of a cedar stud.

what do you think? is the face OK? color OK? is there too much white around the face? Does the black hand look too clunky? Should it be a different color hand?

Herb

 

[Herb Stoops]

Thanks fellas for all the good ideas and you hit my concerns on the head about the hand being a thumb.

I didn't like the hand after I made the clock, will improve that on future clocks.

The Knot looked solid and unobtrusive when I cut it out, but after I glued it up and was routing the out side profile ,it blew out on me. Rather than starting over and being as it was a mock -up, I filled it with wood putty and kept on going. The future clocks will have better wood.

I printed out the face myself on 8 1/2 X 11"PSA Label paper. It was drawn up by my cousin to my specifications. That is as large as I could print on letter sized paper. I can shrink the outside radius of the frame a tad to narrow the white margin.

The white background is white melamine coated tempered Masonite from Lowes. It doesn't show in the picture, but the 1/16" clear acrylic lens on the front ,I also got at Lowes.

The movement I bought on E-bay and comes with the hand included. it was hard to visualize the size of the hand before I got it. there were others with slim straight hands ,but they lacked character. Will improve on that though.



I used the MiterSet Jig to set up the table saw miter gauge to cut the angles, that was the easiest part of the project.



Stick,Why a 7-day clock? I am always a day early or a day late for appointments, Never can remember what day of the week it is. But these will be Christmas presents this year.

The little "bug" is my mark I put on all my work.


Herb

 

[Herb Stoops]

The overall tone of the clock is light, and I like that look a lot. I also agree that the pointer is too bold and being fat near the end, it conceals the day, which could stand to be slightly larger (to my eye at least).

I'm curious about how you joined the seven miters? Glue on the end will make it a little fragile, won't it?

Just butted and glued, there is 2.25 sq.inches of glue area on each joint X 7 joints= 15 3/4 sq. inches total which is a lot for a project this size. Cedar is very porous and sucks up the glue like a sponge. There is no stress on the outside ring and the nature of the polygon and the physics of Arches support the joints equally.
the acrylic face is cemented all the way around which in effect creates a shear panel that ties all the outer segments together eliminating any chance of sidewise torque and essentially making the whole face a complete unit.

Just saying,
Herb

 

[Herb Stoops]

If it was to sit on a desk or table you could add a day between Wednesday and Thursday. Then it would sit flat. Just a thought.

Maybe a Holiday every week, that is a great idea.
Herb:grin:

 

[Herb Stoops]

@DaninVan Did you look at the other watch face? It's covered in ants! If you ever get to StPete in Florida, there's a Dali museum there where these paintings can be seen first hand.

As to the clock, I got one of those jigs for setting multiple sides and am trying to figure out a project, maybe a 6 sided painting by my wife. I like this retirement clock though. A days of the week movement has to be available, I am seldom certain what day it is.

Tom, here are where I got the movements:
duckduckgo.com/?q=Day+of+the+week+clock&t=hq&atb=v73-2_q&iax=1&ia=images

and here are some ideas the faces:
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Day+of+the+week+clock&t=hq&atb=v73-2_q&iax=1&ia=images

Herb

 

[Herb Stoops]

@DaninVan Did you look at the other watch face? It's covered in ants! If you ever get to StPete in Florida, there's a Dali museum there where these paintings can be seen first hand.

As to the clock, I got one of those jigs for setting multiple sides and am trying to figure out a project, maybe a 6 sided painting by my wife. I like this retirement clock though. A days of the week movement has to be available, I am seldom certain what day it is.

Tom, here are where I got the movements:
https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_fr...ement.TRS0&_nkw=7-day+clock+movement&_sacat=0

and here are some ideas the faces:
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Day+of+the+week+clock&t=hq&atb=v73-2_q&iax=1&ia=images

Herb