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Sals Clock

As woodworkers we’re all occasionally tasked with fixing a damaged piece. Such was the case when my friend, Sal, asked me to look at the heirloom clock he and his wife have. The desk clock was made by the E. Ingraham Co. If the hand written date is to be believed, it dates back to 1928.

The clock door.

The clock is in very good condition for its 84 year age. The only damage, besides a generally worn finish, is broken bit of veneer on the face and missing fasteners for the rear door hinge.

Because I’ll reattach the hinge using small brass screws in place of the tacks it was originally attached with, I focused on the damaged veneer which will be much harder to repair.

The damaged veneer.

I began by testing dyes on a sample board. I used General Finishes Medium Brown and Dark Brown. After much experimentation I found that five (5) coats of Dark Brown dye was an almost perfect color match. Two coats of spray lacquer finished it nicely.

The dye samples.

With the finish sorted, I thought about how to make the new veneer and settled on simply resawing the face off of my sample board. To do this I attached a sacrificial fence to the table saw and used my Woodpecker 1/32’” Setup Block to set the distance from the sacrificial fence. After a quick test cut, I ran the dye sample board through and had a perfectly thicknessesed veneer to make the repair patch out of.

Unfortunately, as soon as I made the cuts, I realized I had the wrong edge of the test board on the saw and therefor cut into the test board from the wrong side. This meant that my veneer was not as wide as it should have been. I did not want to make another piece of veneer from scratch, so I elected to leave the small piece of existing clock veneer which separated the two damaged sections in place.

The patches first fit.

I cut two (2) oversized pieces from the veneer using an X-Acto knife. Then, using the pieces as a guide, I marked around them with the X-Acto knife and deepend the damaged areas with a sharp chisel. Once the veneer patches fit flush with the face of the clock, I glued them in using Nexabond.

All went will with the glue up, except for the unsightly gaps around the veneer patches. As of this writing I’ve applied 5 coats of Dark Brown dye to the unfinished wood in the gaps. That now makes them nearly invisible to the camera. I’m still debating if I’ll leave it like this, try to patch the voids or remove the existing veneer patches and start over. Regardless of how I address the gaps, I’m ready to move on. The clock repair has languished in my shop, and I can only conclude that is because I’ve got no desire to work on it.

Though hard to make out in this photo, the patches are still clearly visible.

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Sals Clock

Completing Sals Clock

Some projects start out fine and then take so long and lead to so much frustration that you check out emotionally well before the project is finished. The restoration of Sal’s Clock was such a project. Though eager to try a veneer repair, I soon learned that the process wasn’t as exciting or as rewarding as building from scratch in any measure. But Sal is a good friend and I made a commitment to fix the clock. So I sucked it up, and soldiered on.

Nope, this first try wont do.

In the last post about the clock I had just torn out my original, ill-fitting veneer patch and had applied dye and finish to my new veneer pieces. This brought me to my second attempt at fitting the veneer. To help, I extended the patch closer to the clock face so that the inner edge would be covered by the clock face door. By doing that I reduced the number of edges I needed to fit by one third.

Using an X-acto knife and a straight edge I cut the veneer piece. Then I sat it in place on the clock and using it as a guide I cut the veneer on the face of the clock with the same X-acto knife. I used chisels to clean out the face of the clock to accept my new veneer.

This second fitting of veneer was much better than the first. It wasn’t perfect, and it was quite frustrating, but in was acceptable. So I then glued it in place, using Nexabond CA glue. The glue has only been on the market a few years, and I haven’t seen much press about it since it came out. I will say though that I like it and I use it quite often. It sets quickly, only requires a small quantity and doesn’t affect finish.

All clamped up.

When I took the clock out of clamps, there was still a small gap between the new and old veneers. Rather than try to fill the gap as I had with the first veneer patch, I instead used a very small artist’s brush to apply dye to the gap. This brought it to the same tone and color as the veneer on both sides and made it much less obvious. You can still see the gap if you look, but it doesn’t grab your attention from across the room any more.

Not a perfect patch, but pretty good.

To finish up the clock repair I re-installed the clock face door (conveniently hiding the inner veneer edge) and replaced the screws in the rear access door hinge in order to re-attach the door.

Done.

When I gave the clock to Sal he was pleased with it and appreciated all the work I had done. I was happy to have the clock out of my shop. I learned that veneer repair is not a passion of mine and I’m happy to never do it again.

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Completing Sals Clock

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