Clock

[Montserrat]

I want to turn the Whiskey Barrel Lids into a Wall Clocks.  

 

Can you recommend the correct Clock Movement?  The Lids are 21 inches in diameter and 1 inch thick.  Also what would I use for hands? 

 

Thank you for any advice!

 

 

[fredfret]

You need high torque movement. I know bear woods stocks them and I'm sure others do also. Good luck

[Scrappile]

Those are going to make neat clocks.  I have had good service from https://www.klockit.com/

They can answer questions and make recommendations. 

[kywoodmaster]

Here is another option.  http://www.sloanwoodshop.com/

They are great folks and just out the road from you. Give them a call.

[kmmcrafts]

1 hour ago, kywoodmaster said:

Here is another option.  http://www.sloanwoodshop.com/

They are great folks and just out the road from you. Give them a call.

They only sell inserts.. not movements with hands..

[kmmcrafts]

My personal experience is.. use USA made movements.. I haven't placed an order with these people www.woodworkingparts.com  in quite some time so.. not sure if they are still USA made or not.. but all the movements I've bought from them had been USA made ones.. Another place is clockparts.com.. look for the USA made ones... and yes you'll need a high torque movement.. I think you get a set of free hands with every clock movement purchase.. 

As for the movement stem size.. You'll need one long enough to fit through the wood thickness and a little extra to protrude so you can put the mounting hardware on.. But that said.. I would consider using s forestner bit.. believe you need a 3" diameter one ( been a while but you'd need one big enough to recess the clock movement ) and you can drill out a recessed hole into the back side of the wood and recess the clock movement into the back of the clock so it will sit on the wall more flush.. Not sure I explained that good enough.. Also if you have a router you can just route out the recess area rather than drilling it out with a forestner bit.. Buy doing that you can buy a shorter stem length as you'll be making it thinner because of the recessed area if you choose to go that route .. I try to buy those movements in a size about 1/8 - 1/4 inch longer stem than the thickness of wood I'll be using.. longer is better than too short but you don't want a 1/2 in of threaded area sticking out of the wood either.. 

Hopefully this will give you some insight.. I don't do much with the movements as I'm always using inserts.. but hopefully my advice is right and gets you on the right track.. A good person to ask would be JT.. He is the one that helped explain it to me years ago when I did my first clock movement style clock..  

[Montserrat]

Thank you, guys!