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Title: i am building a clock
Post by: luke83 on July 06, 2012, 11:08:53 am

still alot more work to do but its taking shape :P

Title: Re: i am building a clock
Post by: michal on July 06, 2012, 12:01:52 pm

Wow, cool :)

Title: Re: i am building a clock
Post by: luke83 on July 06, 2012, 12:04:58 pm

I want to bring the head above the rest of the clock face , then pocket out the details ( mouth , nose holes and eyes) , if all goes well i think i will make a floater one also.

On the plus side once i got the shape i can pump out as many as i want ;)

Title: Re: i am building a clock
Post by: SupSuper on July 06, 2012, 02:24:32 pm

Looks very nice.

Is this a friendly reminder of how long it takes me to put out each version? :P

Title: Re: i am building a clock
Post by: Daiky on July 06, 2012, 02:47:55 pm

 ;D

Title: Re: i am building a clock
Post by: moriarty on July 06, 2012, 03:37:40 pm

looks promising :)

what kind of material is that?

Title: Re: i am building a clock
Post by: luke83 on July 06, 2012, 06:36:14 pm

"Is this a friendly reminder of how long it takes me to put out each version? :P"  Well it could not hurt to make you one :P


That was done on a piece of reject MDF , if i can find enough strong cutters i will make it in Compact laminate but that is a very hard surface it work with . https://www.polytec.com.au/compact_laminate IF i keep it simply like this then compact is a option as i wont snap any cutters doing this but if i raise the head above the face a couple of millimetres i will need to make it in 2 pieces and attach them together..... So many things to work out yet :)

Title: Re: i am building a clock
Post by: nullzero on July 07, 2012, 11:24:30 pm

Quote from: moriarty on July 06, 2012, 03:37:40 pm

looks promising :)

what kind of material is that?

And I thought it was some kind of alien alloy!  :P

Title: Re: i am building a clock
Post by: luke83 on October 06, 2012, 03:07:22 pm

Well , i am still having trouble getting my router to do the fine detail i want but i have started playing around with a prototype and am looking at colours , tomorrow i will go shopping at the craft shop  and look for what colours they have for the text, at worst you can get almost anything in house paint these days.

Title: Re: i am building a clock
Post by: luke83 on October 13, 2012, 02:26:39 am

All painted up ( needs a few touch ups but i wont bother), so now i know HOW i am going to paint my real one ,