The Creation of a Turret Clock

Tired, sore but happy...

  I completed the chest at about 8pm on Friday and spent the rest of the evening finishing my documentation on the chest.  I'm pretty happy with the results but will probably remake the wooden part of the chest down the road.  There are several reasons for this.  The first, primary reason is that during the attachment of some of the hardware, I accidentally opened up some of the joinery and this caused some parts to end up a little off.  The next reason is that the part of the chest I am least happy with is the nails.  I made two primary mistakes with them.  The heads are not as nicely domed as I would like.  Also, I should have softened the nails a bit before putting them in the wood.  Because of not softening the nails, I was not able to cleat them properly.  Finally, I found a technique for the pegs that should make the chest significantly stronger.

  Overall, the chest was pretty well received and it was nice seeing the reactions of the people who knew of the original chest.  It actually did amaze me how many people knew of the Mastermyr chest and recognized my reproduction of it.

  I will post a final picture of my reproduction when I get home.  Since I'm at work, I don't have access to any of my pictures.

  Now, whatever shall I do for my next project???