View Poll Results: Preferred finish

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Thread: Wheel clock: painted or natural finish

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    Default Wheel clock: painted or natural finish

    I made the black wheel clock per customer specification, but I generally don't like painted wood so I made the natural finish one for me. Which do you prefer?

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    I like the dark but I also like wood grain. How about ebony stain and a clear finish?

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    I'm like you, I do not like painted wood but in this case I think the black one looks best.

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    I like the natural finish. Very nice work.
    Don

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    I like them both. Did you think about making the nut heads silver or chrome.
    Leo Davenport
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    I think I would have cheated and used ebony stain. I like the grain the way you glued up the 5 pieces. What angle would that be?
    Clint
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    I think the black would be suitable for a commercial type business but if used in a home setting I would pick the natural wood.

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    The black looks like you could just get a plastic wheel cap from the auto store and put a clock on it, the wood one is obvious that someone made it. I also just like the wood (is that oak?) best.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cestout View Post
    I think I would have cheated and used ebony stain. I like the grain the way you glued up the 5 pieces. What angle would that be?
    Clint
    Ebony stain might look cool.

    Here's how I made the blank:

    I edge glued a board 6" by about 24", then made cuts at 36 degrees.
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    I arranged the parts into two half blanks and glued them together.
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    If the angled cuts were not exactly 36 degrees (and they never are), the bottom edge of the half blanks would not be perfectly straight. If I had a jointer I'd straighten the edge with that. Instead I fastened each blank to a scrap but square board using some screws at the half blank corners (which will be scrap) and ran it through my table saw.
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    The half blanks were glued together.
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    Finally I trimmed one corner to get parallel edges for fitment into one of my sleds.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ladjr View Post
    I like them both. Did you think about making the nut heads silver or chrome.
    No; I finished per customer request. On cars, black wheels are usually fastened with black nuts.

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