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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