Clocking in . . .

Baer Charlton

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Some days you frame "for the love of it". If it doesn't happen often, than occationally it's OK.
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The son of a very good customer of 25 years, came in with the "day" wheel from the clock that had been in the family for over 150 years.

The clock works had died beyond repair, and so had been replaced. He had salvaged the wheel that they had all "grown up with".

He wanted to frame it for his mothers 50th birthday.

Only, ("Just"?!?!) could you make the wheel turn some how???? AND, here is a picture of the clock. Is there a frame that looks like that????
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The little model airplane wheel turns the dial.
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Lazer etched plexi, 9 hours in the wood shop (Aaaw gee, must I?), and 49 "dry" fits to make it work, and a piece of scrap museum glass.....

We charged him $350. He came back and said his mother cried. What ever we lost, we did care.

She was in the next week with huggs for both of us. We are richer for doing this "frame". :D
 
Hi Baer,

Sometimes gratitude and tears are worth more than money! Great job on the clock, Its a piece that will be handed down.

Its cool how you got it to work!

keep smiling
Marion
 
Very nice job, Baer! You should be proud. It's great when we all frame something that has cherished memories. And when we do something special to it, as you did, the reaction from the customer is why I love this business. Congrats again...your many hours were worth it......
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I like "Fun" projects like this.

Question..When I read that it needed to turn, my first thought was to mount it on an actual hour hand of a clock. Then it would turn in real time. Or is that very heavy?

Any that looks sweet!
 
Originally posted by Jay H:
Question..When I read that it needed to turn, my first thought was to mount it on an actual hour hand of a clock. Then it would turn in real time. Or is that very heavy?
Great minds think alike. . . or we become framers.

He brought it in last Christmas, saying to rush, and ment it. I had months to try things. I thought about the clock mechanics, but didn't want it to rely on changing batteries every year.

I wanted it simple enough to work and straight forward for another framer to repair in a few decades if need be. I even made a hand crank that went in to a worm gear that converted on a pinion gear to drive . . . . well you can see that I thought about this alot.

And then I saw a radio controlled B17 with a 6' wing down near our airport. When I got a close look at the soft rubber tire, I had an epiphani.

The rest was down hill fun.
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Glad you guy enjoied. :D
 
Well I think we often try to over complicate otherwise simple problems.

BTW can you quit posting these frames. I wanna be proud of my weak sorry @ss designs. You make it very hard on me.

Last night I was cleaning up my bedroom when I found about 9bf of some really really sweet curly maple that had reserved for some really nice guitar necks (don’t you store your really good lumber under the bed?). While I was looking at it I started thinking about what kind of frame I could make out of it. Then I snapped back into reality and decided to let it cure some more and attach it to a Les Paul copy someday.
 
Jay,

I refuse to talk about the $3,842 worth of nice (260bft) mixed exotics, cooking under our bed.
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Whenever my bride goes looking under there for our Mouse (the cat), she always rises up giving my the "eye".
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What she doesn't know is that 50' of that is Spralted Shushuia with a beautiful rare rose blush that is slated for her new sewing chest next Christmas to make up for the one that "got away" when we moved 8 yrs ago. :D
 
Yah, you are def. a softie. Copper frame, where is it? Did I miss the unveiling??

LOL, Jay. Baer seems to make us think outside the frame, doesn't he?

I appreciate that- wish more of you amazingly creative folk would post inspirations!
 
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