These rails receive the raised panel and line up with the grooves in the side pieces.
Paul selles wall clock.
The next part in the process is to form the grooves in the two cross rails.
Making the wall clock 5 by paul sellers 16 december 2012 with the main body of the clock superstructure completed we can now form the raised panel and fit it to the grooves.
This was once performed traditionally using a special plane called a panel raising plane.
These grooves are situated exactly in the centre of the rails and so the fence is set at 1 4 from either face of the rails.
The wall clock is made from pine and i chose this because it enables you to locate your wood easily from almost any store or lumberyard and it works especially well with hand tools.
The grooves therefore remain 3 8 wide and are cut to the same 5 16 depth.
In episode 1 paul sellers gives a brief overview of clock series and shows sketches of the project.
To make the clock you will need a few hand tools a workbench of some kind and a vise to hold your material as you work.