Studio 285 Clockworx, dba

Studio 285 Clockworx, dba Andrew Mitchell, Architect, has custom designed and built clocks from fine hardwoods for over three decades as gifts to friends and families.

This creative talent has now evolved into Studio 285 Clockworx, dba

One more Christmas tree ornament. The one that looks vaguely like a space station.
05/09/2026

One more Christmas tree ornament. The one that looks vaguely like a space station.

My sister gave a pair of rather nice used wooden folding chairs a good while ago. They have become well weathered and ra...
04/18/2026

My sister gave a pair of rather nice used wooden folding chairs a good while ago. They have become well weathered and rather rickety. I reglued them a few times but they still worked apart. For a long while they were held together with a bar clamp.

I disassembled them. sanded them and they now have one of what will be three coats of varnish before they are put back together again. The will reinforced with a few extra bits when complete.

I bought a bunch of Christmas Ornaments kits a while back.. Top, bottom and a bit of copper tube - no wood). Made up som...
04/18/2026

I bought a bunch of Christmas Ornaments kits a while back.. Top, bottom and a bit of copper tube - no wood). Made up some blanks and it all sat for a while. First fully finished one.

"Perfectly good" way to ruin a bandsaw blade. I should have just taken the screw out. But I was trimming to turn any way...
03/21/2026

"Perfectly good" way to ruin a bandsaw blade. I should have just taken the screw out. But I was trimming to turn any way and the screw hole left over made that portion unsuitable so I tried to cut off just where I guess where the end of the screw was.

Well. I guessed wrong and ruined a new saw blade.

Note the before and after side.

Back to Lowes.

Client with finished clock.
01/13/2026

Client with finished clock.

The finished clock.
01/13/2026

The finished clock.

(n the last leg and final leg.. Sanding through many progressively finer grits of sandpaper with the random orbital sand...
12/30/2025

(n the last leg and final leg.. Sanding through many progressively finer grits of sandpaper with the random orbital sander. Ultimately finishing with the polish on the tube.

The epoxy loads up the paper on a hurry. It's one paper per fan. I'm up to only 220 grit. I have a long ways to go. One paper per fan, four per grit. I will not use up the mountains of paper but will use up much.

All but finished. The clear epoxy "fans" need to be sanded and polished.
12/26/2025

All but finished. The clear epoxy "fans" need to be sanded and polished.

The four "fans" for the windmill project. Poured and removed from form. Note the grass seed heads from the client's fami...
12/19/2025

The four "fans" for the windmill project. Poured and removed from form. Note the grass seed heads from the client's family farm.

A little bit of clean up and sanding/polishing and they will be ready for mounting on the clock.

24 hrs more of cure time before sanding and polishing.

Made "substantial completion" with this clock. It was commissioned as a wedding gift. The clock movement is to be hidden...
12/01/2025

Made "substantial completion" with this clock. It was commissioned as a wedding gift. The clock movement is to be hidden inside the sphere. (That is why a face is sheared of to accommodate the clock hands.

The last major step is to cast the four 'fans' in clear epoxy resin with bits of grass cast into it.

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625 Elm Avenue Unit D
Brookings, SD
57006

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