Vintage Clock
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Hi All,
I am not allowed to make anything new unless I find a space for it, either in my house or someone else's house. Last few projects were for friends or neighbors.
For sometime i wanted to make my own clock and over past few years and a clock in my home went bad, I finally had an opportunity to make one and happy to share how I did it
In this instructable, I will share how to make a vintage clock at home using wood. We can find material is local stationary shop and no power tool required
Features
- It should look cool
- Visible in dark
- And of-course tell time
What Do We Need ?
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- Wooden embroidery rings ( 6 " and 8")
- Bamboo skewers
- Wooden Letters
- Fevicol or PVA Glue
- Clock Kit
- 5mm Plywood piece
- Black and Bronze acrylic paint
- A key ring
Frame
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- To form a strong frame, I have used bamboo skewers to connect the two wooden rings
- Make sure the rings are equidistant
- Stick wooden numbers as shown using PVA glue or fevicol
- Try to hide the skewers behind wooden numbers
- Let it dry for few hours
Frame 2
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- We need means to hide the clock and hang the clock once we are done
- For this I have cut a diamond like shape from a 5 mm plywood
- This will hide the clock mechanism
- Add 2 wooden spacers as shown for adding a key ring later
Paint Job
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- Paint the frame with acrylic black
- Paint the numbers with golden or bronze color
- You may have to retouch places with black color
- Paint the clock hangs bronze as well
- Let it dry
Finalization
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- Fit the clock from behind
- I used hot glue to stick it
- Fit the clock hangs carefully, make sure that the needles are not bent
- Add a key ring on the back as shown to hang the clock on a wall
- And we are done !!
Let me know if you have any suggestions