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Before I can apply finished, I need to take care of a couple things - address the gap in the hub veneer and plug the holes in the end of the spikes...
I have a large selection of veneer due to having made custom table tennis paddles for years.  But for this clock where the form is the star (litera...
The hub is built from 5 disks cut from scrap plywood on the CNC.  The layer that will be the face of the clock is a full disk with a recess for the...
OK, I am stumped and need some input.  The find: I recently purchased 2 pieces of vintage 12-inch 4x4 walnut barn wood beam. The project: I would l...
This jig will be used to cut the radius on the base of each spike using a router table with a tall pattern bit installed. I started with a plywood...
I searched for "prior art" for cutting compound tapers like these, but I couldn't find anything that did what I needed.  This is the idea I came up...

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