BE PREPARED TO TAKE A FEW NOTES TODAY…

Pick up the pink sheet at the front

Building a Clock

PART 2:The Face

Intro

Final Size of Clock Face:

12 ¼”X 11 ¼ X ¾”

Your piece will be made of 3 narrower strips glued together

Rough Size????????

Step 1: Mark the rough length

Make 3 pieces 13” long per pair

Use chalk and a square

Check the board for cracks and staples

Step 2: Cut to rough length

Use the mitre saw to cut all pieces to rough length

Make sure your piece is “stable on the table”

Wear safety glasses

Step 3: Joint a reference face

Joint all 3 pieces with the face down

Mark the reference face with a checkmark

Use a pushstick

Step 4: Joint a reference edge

Joint 1 edge on each piece

Make sure the reference face goes against the jointer fence

Step 5: Plane until smooth

Plane each piece with the reference face down (your check mark goes down)

Take off as little as possible!

Step 6: Rip to width

Use the table saw to rip each piece to 4” wide

Your check mark goes down and against the fence

Each student will need 3 of these pieces to make the clock face

Step 7 : Make a panel

Put the pieces together so that they look good

Try to arrange them so that anything that looks bad is on the back

Making a panel continued…

Look at the ends of the pieces

THE GROWTH RINGS MUST ALTERNATE!

Making a panel continued…

Once you have everything figured out draw a triangle so that you don’t forget where they go!

Step 8: Joint the edges to be glued

Joint the edges so that the glue joint is nice and tight

Check that the fence is square

Use a pushstick!

Step 9: Glue the panel

Put the triangle back together

Wipe the glue down flat with your finger

Gluing the panel continued…

Use 3 bar clamps to clamp the panel together

Make sure that all pieces are flush

Step 10: Scrape off all the dried glue

Use a glue scraper to get the excess dried glue off

Any leftover glue can damage the thickness planer

Step 11: Plane to finished thickness

Once all the glue is off you can thickness plane the whole panel

Plane both faces to make sure both are flat

The panel must be ¾” thick

Step 12: Joint one edge

Joint 1 edge to remove marks from the clamps

Step 13: Rip to finished width

The finished width must be 11 ¼”

Step 14: Crosscut one end square

Take of as little as possible, you just want to make one end flush and square

Step 15: Crosscut to length

Set a stop block and cut the clock face panel at 12 ¼”

Step 16: CNC the clock face

Panel must be cut to perfect width and length to fit into the jig.

The CNC will cut the shape of the clock face and drill the holes in the back

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