re: Gluing up and Trial Assembly - Day 9

I had originally intended to veneer the 6mm ply to bring it up to 6.5mm, but I decided to try a different tact because veneering would have meant doing the front and the back and also sanding down either the ply before veneering, or sanding the veneers. Sanding the ply would probably be best.

I have a drum sander, so not too difficult, but I didn’t have enough large veneers that I thought would look good on this clock plus about 90% of it would be waste after cutting. Perhaps a bad decision, but if I can get the clock going without veneering I will have gained some useful experience and also save myself a lot of extra work and expense.

If my plan doesn’t work out, then I am prepared to do the veneering anyway and recut the 6.5mm thick wheels. This is, after all, a learning project for me and I’m sure I will learn a lot from it whether positive or negative.