Clear-coated Picture Clock

A very nice way to showcase your images!

a piece of plywood, some oak, clear-coat (resin), carpenters glue, 1 clock motor and hands, a number template (see picture), pictures of your choice, wood fill, 4 roofing nails. TOOLS: a thickness planer, a saw, a 45 degree saw guide, a router, a bit of your choice and a straight bit, a table saw really helps, a disc sander and sand paper, a drill, clamps.

Find your preferred dimensions and cut your plywood to scale.

Get your oak and cut it so it fits around the edges. Cut the edge pieces at a 45 degree angle. Put glue on the edges and clamp them together. After the glue has dried sand it until it is equal at the top face. Drill a hole in the center of the plywood. Router the edges. Apply wood-fill and sand the excess wood-fill by hand.

Turn the clock upside down and put nails in the corners of the plywood, Glue the pictures on and center the template around the hole in the middle. (I made this in shop class so i don't have step by step pics).

Put the project on a table with garbage bags underneath it. Pour the resin all over the top and I mean the whole top, even a little in the hole. Wait for it to cure. Drill out the hole again. Then take your router and carve a place in the back to hold the motor. Fit the motor in, attach the hands, and you are done.