Milan Cathedral

[kdog]

Hi everyone. About 3 months ago, I purchased the Milan Cathedral plans from Pedro.

http://www.finescrollsaw.com/milan-cathedral.htm

These plans are the most accurate and precise that I've ever seen for a project like this.

I've built 20 - 25 of the fretwork clocks available from Wildwood Designs, but none are on the scale of this one. And speaking of scale, I've reduced these down to 2/3rds, so finished it'll measure roughly 24" x 24" x 36" long. Down from 36" x 36" x 54".

I'm posting a few pictures showing the progress, and will continue for anyone interested.

[kdog]

And a few more.....

[Scrolling Steve]

That is one serious project, Ken !...You have a lot of skill showing there !....Can't wait to se the end game.

[kdog]

Thanks Steve, but you'll have to stick around for a while to see the finished product. With spring around the corner, my plan is to put it aside until next fall. Maybe work on it on a rainy Saturday here and there. Thinking I'll be lucky if I have it done next year this time.

[amazingkevin]

And a few more.....

Happyness in the shop!

 

Thanks Steve, but you'll have to stick around for a while to see the finished product. With spring around the corner, my plan is to put it aside until next fall. Maybe work on it on a rainy Saturday here and there. Thinking I'll be lucky if I have it done next year this time.

A whole year ,Can you imagine?

[Scrappile]

Been watching this on another forum since the start.  Ken does not play around.  Every time he posts an update I an astounded at all he has done.  So glad he is posting over here.  I think lots of us will like to watch.

[kdog]

You guys are making it hard for me to put this project aside for a few months.

Thanks again.

Getting to the point where I'm going to need a lot of thin material. The plans call for 1/16", and since I reduced them to 67%, you can see where I'm going with this. Thought about using oak veneer but that's too thin. I have a piece of 1/2" MDF 13" wide that extends from the infeed to the outfeed tables on my planner and have been able to plane things down to 1/16", but never tried less than that. I'll have to see how that works. Now wishing I had a thickness drum sander.

 

Ken

[MTCowpoke22]

Looks great so far. I wish you the best of luck and look forward to seeing it finished.

[kdog]

Definitely will have to shut it down now for a few days. Broke a small spring in the blade clamp on my Delta P20. I've had to replace this twice before and because this saw is discontinued, it's been tough finding parts. Got lucky this time. Found a supplier who says they have 7 left in stock, so I ordered 3. $1.35 each, but $8.00 to ship. Better than the alternative.

[Scrappile]

Looking sooo good.  I would have ordered all seven of the springs....

[kdog]

Got the parts for my saw and back in business. This project is getting tougher and tougher with the parts getting smaller and smaller. Second guessing myself now with using oak. I'm having some of them fall apart as I cut them because of the open, coarse grain. Should have used a denser, tighter grain wood. Maybe cherry or hard maple. Oh well, I'll keep gluing them back together and keep plugging along.

[Gonzo]

As Walter Mathau said in Grumpy Old Men. "holy moly!"

WOW! This project is incredible. Keep the updates coming.

[SCROLLSAW703]

Amazing work!!! It looks beautiful! I'm anxious to see it finished!

[Bpardue]

very nice work can't wait to see it Finished

 

[Lee Huntley]

Wow this is going to be amazing,can't wait 

[dansnow]

Amazing work, way more patience than I have!!

[luvtoscroll]

Hi Ken  ,  I'm about to order plans for the Milan Cathedral   Could I email you and pick your brain on things you've learned while working on this project? I would appreciate it.

 

 

[Dave Wittich]

I've GOT to know - any progress on this project?  I've wanted to try something like this for a long time, no guts, I guess.  Fabulous work so far!!

 

[Diana]

Amazing!! I’ve never seen anything like this before!! 

[OCtoolguy]

On 4/6/2017 at 4:40 PM, kdog said:

Hi everyone. About 3 months ago, I purchased the Milan Cathedral plans from Pedro.

http://www.finescrollsaw.com/milan-cathedral.htm

These plans are the most accurate and precise that I've ever seen for a project like this.

I've built 20 - 25 of the fretwork clocks available from Wildwood Designs, but none are on the scale of this one. And speaking of scale, I've reduced these down to 2/3rds, so finished it'll measure roughly 24" x 24" x 36" long. Down from 36" x 36" x 54".

I'm posting a few pictures showing the progress, and will continue for anyone interested.

Looking good. Please keep updating us. 

[Scrappile]

There was a guy on the forum at Scrollsaw Woodworking and Crafts forum than did one a year or so ago.  He cut the size down quit a bit.  That would make it even more challenging...  By the way this thread was started in 2017....  If you are going to order plans from Pedro, might email him first and ensure he can respond.  He has not been real well this past 6 months or more.  I ordered from him the first of this year and received my order.  He said he was much better.

[dgman]

12 hours ago, octoolguy said:

Looking good. Please keep updating us. 

You do know this post is three years old don’t you?  He last posted April 2017.

[OCtoolguy]

49 minutes ago, dgman said:

You do know this post is three years old don’t you?  He last posted April 2017.

Thanks Dan. No, I didn't notice the date. Someone before me had to have resurrected it. I know not why. It showed as new on my feed.

[new2woodwrk]

Yah, 3 years old thread - but I never saw it and it is an incredible piece, so I'm glad someone resurrected it

Is there a policy for resurrecting/commenting on old threads?

In other forums etiquette says "bump" with a note, but no direct comments/requests unless the OP responds to the bumped thread.

[dgman]

10 minutes ago, new2woodwrk said:

Yah, 3 years old thread - but I never saw it and it is an incredible piece, so I'm glad someone resurrected it

Is there a policy for resurrecting/commenting on old threads?

In other forums etiquette says "bump" with a note, but no direct comments/requests unless the OP responds to the bumped thread.

No, not a problem, it’s just that the OP hasn’t been on here for three years, and in all probability, will not be posting updates on his project. So we will never see the completed project.