The Following Pictures are from a very talented woodworker that modified our Gift Clock Kit. We do not have plans or instructions for these modifications, as they are a result of a genius woodworker whose actions we would not even attempt to explain or mimic.  However, for your woodworking enjoyment, we felt compelled to show you what the Master Woodworker, Mickey Hudspeth, created from our kit!  Enjoy!

   It appears that Mickey created his own frame and face for the clock, based upon the original kit.  What beautiful work it is!
Please note: We now sell paper plans to make our Gift Clocks.  These plans are the very finest!

And if this is not enough woodworking beauty for one day, just check out the picture below to see what Mickey Hudspeth did with our Thomas Grandfather Clock Plans!

Once again, Mickey Hudspeth modified the frame and face of our clock from our the original plans.  And once again, we can not offer you plans for these modifications. We can, however, sell you our plans that Mickey Hudspeth started with! Mickey Hudspeth Writes: Attached is a photo of the Thomas Grandfather Clock that I made about 20 years ago! Still runs great and keeps good time. The wood is walnut with about 8 coats of boiled linseed-oil and turpentine. The mechanism is now in a grandfather case about 6 feet high with lots of glass. It has won several blue ribbons and one "best of show."

Thank you very, very much for the pictures of your lovely clocks, Mickey!  We must tell our woodworking friends that you modified the support plates and clock face to cut out excess wood for a better view of the clock and the gears.  Otherwise, your clock is exactly as our paper patterns specify for the Thomas Grandfather Clock.
Mickey told us that he would welcome some e-mail if anyone was curious about his clocks. Here's Mickey's e-mail address: mhudspeth@bellsouth.net

Update:  For those of you interested, here is an e-mail Mickey Hudspeth sent me, explaining what he did to modify our Gift Clock Kit.

Hello Steve,
Wow !! What a nice thing you did. I really appreciate it and look forward to talking to those interested.
For your information, the only new pieces that were made was the walnut front with the maple time ring. Also made new hands from cocobolo(sp?). The rest of the clock was used. The base and bottom supports were covered with veneer. The 4 supporting post were used but were covered with floating walnut spacers for the lack of a better name. The short spacers were glued to the back of the new walnut front panel and small holes drilled through the spacers and the kits normal post. These holes accept walnut pins which is all that holds the clock together.
Again many thanks for the nice spread.
Mickey Hudspeth

Friends,

If you would like to be our featured woodworker of the month, please send us electronic photos of your clock with a brief description of what you did to create it.  Your clock must be one that we sell, of course!  (But I can certainly be tempted!)  Happy woodworking!