The last thing I'll be doing is making a slot to hang the clock. The red tool is a key-slot cutter and is made to cut a hole (going straight down approximately 1/2" deep), then you move either forward, backward, left or right a small amount to cut your slot length.

Now I've used this tool once before on my router table and it's worked great. However, those projects had straight sides that I could slide along the fence on my router table. But with my work piece being round, I'm not able to do that. So I'll be using my milling machine to cut this slot. However, to make it easier on my key-slot tool, I'll be using two other cutting tools to remove excess material before I use the sloting tool.
 

And last I'm using my key-slot cutter. The cutter at the bottom is 1/2" diameter and then it transitions to 3/16" diameter farther up. All I had to do is set my depth to 1/2" deep (like the first tool) and then move it 3/4" following the  path as the second cutter (3/16" end mill). This worked out great and went smoothly.
 

I made this piece of tooling to help me press in my brass and stainless pieces. This is made out of aluminum and didn't take long to make. The shank is 1/2" diameter which I'll use in a collet on my milling machine.
 

Here you can see I'm working my way around pressing in all the pieces into the clock face. Also notice the other stainless pieces aren't pressed in yet, but will be next. All of the metal pieces will stick out .150".
 

I'm using some satin clear to protect everything on the clock, except the clock works.
 

Now it's time to assemble the clock works. As you can see I have a choice of black or white for the hour and minute hands. I'll be using the white hands because I think that will contrast better with the clock face.
 

Here is what the hands look like. But after hanging it up in the kitchen, I didn't like them. What I mean is they were hard to see when the lights were low compared to the one we took down. What I really need are some hands that are a little longer and wider.