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As promised in a previous post, here is the walnut cat-and-mouse clock with the printed dial. I’ve got another one almost finished; it has a sassafras cat and mouse with a walnut background.

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I got both cat-and-mouse clocks cut out today.  One is assembled, and the other is almost. Jen needed a break from homework, so we went to see “Dances with Smurfs in 3D”.  The walnut version is complete, and the movement is in testing.  Every once in a while you’ll get one that doesn’t work, so [...]

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I’ve made several of the Cat-and-Mouse Clocks, the one where the cat is hanging down trying to catch the mouse pendulum.  The pattern is designed to use a 4″ all-in-one dial/pendulum movement.  For a long while you could get these movements for $10 each (qty 3).  However, the price has pretty much doubled–that means you’ve [...]

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I went and got another 3 lights and put them in the track. Then I placed the shelves and the supports just to get an idea how they will light things up. The first picture is the entire table, with the cat-and-mouse and deer pendulum clocks hanging and animal puzzles on the shelves. [...]

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Although today was a day for cutting animal puzzles, I did manage to put together one of the cat-and-mouse clocks. Normally you cut off the top of the brass pendulum that comes with the movement and stick that in the wooden pendulum. Instead, I took the remaining piece of brass from a previously-cut pendulum [...]

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I’m trying to get at least one of the cat-and-mouse clocks done rather quickly, so today I oiled the face and the pendulum. I’ll wait on the back until after I get the spacers glued to it. The weak point of these clocks is the spacers attaching to the face and back. To help [...]

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Today was a busy day, with the postponed Christmas party at the local scrollsaw club and a trip to “Herbs and Lace” to drop off the Hummingbird/Trellis Clock. In the midst I was able to cut out 3 Cat-and-Mouse Clocks out of rift-sawn red oak. All the fretwork is finished; the only things left [...]

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Today was a day of panel-glueing. I took one of the Katrina water oak boards and made 3 different panels. One is for either the “English Armies Clock” from finescrollsaw.com or a cat/mouse clock, the second is uncommitted, and the third is an 1/8″ x 10 board for edge on the standard-size 9″ [...]

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