Wilderness Eagle Clock

[jpaluck]

Great looking project michael...love how you a bunch of ideas together

John

[Eagle Hollow]

Michael,

That clock is to die for! Fantastic!

[Rocky]

Very classy looking. Great carving.

[b.sumner47]

I've got a spot on the wall that really could use that,Michael .Beautiful.
Thanks,Capt.Barry

[Lin]

Michael, Something else to consider incorporating in a future clock, (or maybe just a stand alone shadow box style piece) would be one that is back lit. Maybe an area carved out that other separate carvings are placed into with a small nightlite in the background to show the carved pieces up...like a few small deer and trees...sorta layered out. Just more for you to think about...lol
Lin

[liquidguitars]

Very nice job!



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[RayTrek]

Michael,
Another breath taking project, all of us here are very lucky to have some with your talents in the community.
Ray

[Dan-Woodman]

Michael
Very nice clock. I have not had good luck with Cabot stains. The smell just drives my right out of the shop, and the door I was doing at the time was very large and started drying before I could get an even coat on all sections. Just my personnal thoughts.
later Daniel

[mtylerfl]

Thanks again, everybody, for the compliments and the suggestions!

Lin, thank you for the backlit/layered idea. Very creative, and would look really nice in a future clock design or applied in a shadowbox decorative item as you say.

Daniel, I didn't notice a particularly different or unusual odor with the Cabot stain that was any "worse" than other stains I've used over the years - but, I use cross-ventilation when staining (a fan positioned about 15 feet away to move air across the work area), so maybe I just missed it. I also didn't notice it drying any faster either when working with it (I let it dry overnight as usual before applying the clearcoat), but I've not tried it on a large surface such as a full-size door - - for that matter, I've never used Cabot stains at all until this project, so I'm certainly no expert about that brand!

[Rocky]

Michael
Very nice clock. I have not had good luck with Cabot stains. The smell just drives my right out of the shop, and the door I was doing at the time was very large and started drying before I could get an even coat on all sections. Just my personnal thoughts.
later Daniel

Were you using a water based or oil based stain? Water based is more difficult to work with on large areas because it dries faster than oil based.