Make a Clock With
Your Wood Lathe

Earlier this month I was looking for some new and unique woodturner projects that I might be able to create for Christmas gifts. There are lots of kits that you basically turn handles for….you can find lots of that sort of thing on PSI, Penn State Industries …they make a huge variety of pen and pencil kits. They also have many other kits such as pizza cutters, ice cream scoops ….a lot of stuff. Check out their site at https://www.pennstateind.com/ make sure you sign up for their mailing list since they will have monthly, if not weekly promotions and discounts.

Woodturning Basics Facebook Group

Below is a post I made to our Facebook Group, Woodturning Basics …https://www.facebook.com/groups/woodturningbasics ….I just wanted to throw out the idea that a woodturned clock might be a good idea for gifts this Christmas ….actually, you could make a business out of selling clocks and you could give away clocks for any type of holiday or for a gift.

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A while back I was looking for ideas for Christmas presents. I totally forgot about CLOCKS and I don’t think anyone mentioned woodturned clocks. I love clocks, did one or two a while back….but kind of forgot about them. Anyway, it’s not too late to whip up a clock or two for gifts …you can make them as simple or complicated as you want. All you need is a wood face and a battery operated clock mechanism.

How to Woodturn a Christmas Clock

As I mentioned, Rick from RickTurns did a good video on how to turn a clock as a Christmas gift. Wood turned Clocks completely slipped my mind when I was thinking what I might be able to turn as a Christmas gift. Friends almost always seem to enjoy unique woodturned projects and you could fill Santa’s sleight with woodturned clocks if you wanted to ….anyway, this should get your creative juices running

Spalted Woodturned Clock

Here’s a simple wood turned clock from spalted maple. Just turn the piece to round and add the clock mechanism.

You can do some pretty awesome clocks, just need a piece of wood and a clock movement mechanism and hands. You can turn a piece for a nice circle of just grab a piece of wood, leave it as a natural edge piece.

This clock works set seems to be really cheap and has good reviews http

s://amzn.to/2UJrYBO. But, like most parts, pieces, tools and stuff we (woodturners) use you can get them cheapest on Amazon ….check these out https://amzn.to/2rzEJ4B

 

Anybody doing any clocks….would love to see some pics!

RickTurns is a youtube channel I subscribe to. He’s kind of an eccentric woodturner 🙂 does some really cool projects, teaches some good techniques and what I really like about him is he doesn’t “cut” his screw ups. I don’t know about you but I learn more from other people’s mistakes ….anyway, Rick seems to always include them ….so much so that I feel sorry for him 🙁 Check him out on youtube, good for beginners and experienced turners alike. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCghK0Pjzr5YaZK2SlC2Dftw