The Creation of a Turret Clock

Very happy

  On Saturday, between feeder bands from hurricane Dennis, I managed to get outside and work for about 2 hours.  In that time, I was able to complete the fleur, a chisel and a hand held fuller.  The fuller is nothing more than a chisel with a rounded end instead of a sharp end.  When cutting metal, there tends to be a gagged or sharp crevice where at the end of the cut if the cut is not through the full length of the metal.  There is a small aesthetics issue with that but also metal tends to crack wherever there is a sharp crease.  Just ask the British about the Comet passenger jet.  There is a reason why airplane windows tend to be rounded.  The fuller is designed to round out the bottom of cuts like that.

  The fluer came out pretty good.  I will try to most some pics of it later.  I am particularly happy with the leaves.  The flower part needs some work.

Added pic...  The fleur is about 2" wide.  Not a super great job but could get much better with just a bit of practice.