Two unusual items:-
1 - a moon model that I intend to build into a long case clock once I have the mechanism - the idea being that the half-blackwood half-boxwood 'moon' will rotate once a lunar month, which I think could be nicer (& more realistic!) than the traditional painted disk lunar display. A helpful person has put online the Lego gears needed to get the 29.5 days from the hour shaft. I will need to see if I can get the friction low enough (note the ball bearings on the moon shaft) & I am waiting for a couple of necessary gears. The moon model is on a spare 7mm brass tube from a pen kit, enabling it to be made on a mandrel. All the same as any of you who have tried it will know it requires care to get a convincing sphere, even from the correct axis length and diameter cylinder!
2 - a piece made for a now-cancelled club competition specifying a 'figurine'. I have chosen to copy an art deco figure - the arms, legs and head are turned - the torso is also but with a good deal of mostly hand sanded finishing. Not as good as the bronze originals!
