This morning the glue on the great wheel was dry and I sanded the excess glue from the joints. All the joints look good and I used the “radius tool” to check roundness. Everything looks good 😊.
On my previous clocks I have used a conventional router (rather than my CNC router) to put a 1/8” radius on the edges of the frame. This gives the frame an “organic” look. I need to decide whether to round the edges of the frame of this clock or leave a sharper edge giving a more industrial look. I have been back and forth on this over the last few days, but today I must decide as the frame edges needs to be rounded before adding the cross members. I decided not to round the edges on the frame but will probably sand off the sharp edges later to give them a very small radius. However, the cross members looked too square and I decided to use the router to produce a 1/8” radius on the edges.
Once the glue has dried, I will drill holes for dowels to strengthen the joints between the frame and the cross members.
Final job for the day was to cut additional pinion rods. 47 cut, 20 to go.