Hi
Back with my Clock build
The Wooden Clock from ThinkGeek.com. The clock was $69 US and withe a $10 off voucher came to $90 AU including delivery.
The clock took approx 10 days to arrive and was left on the from doorstep.
Initial impressions were not good. The parts were filthy and had laser burn marks and discolouration on every part and smelled burnt like a damp fire pit.
I was tempted to return the whole thing, but followed the first instruction to clean sand all parts. After I did this the parts looked okay and the burnt smell went away
The video of the unboxing contains cleaned up parts not the initial state so its a bit cheated
Anyway here is the link.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5qI2Tnepjg
Okay now onto the build.
The first item to build is a Jig for the gear build , which later pulls apart for clock parts.
DSC01627.jpg
The gears are then placed on the jig, glued together, and removed. The instructions are very clear and concise. The only areas of concern are the gluing points which are tiny and the glue needs ti be applied with a toothpick.
The parts are well cut and only need minimal sanding at the holes to provide a smooth spin on the spindles.( watched a couple of Vids on this else I would not have done it.)
Here are he gears being assembled. On the first picture , the glue poinst are the marked area on the gears
DSC01629.jpgDSC01631.jpgDSC01628.jpgDSC01630.jpgDSC01632.jpg
The next few images are the major seconds gear with the internal wind mechanism
DSC01634.jpgDSC01635.jpgDSC01636.jpgDSC01638.jpgDSC01640.jpg
All gears finished
DSC01641.jpg
So far so good. Cleaned up well and assembled with little issued. JUst need to take care when applying glue. Need to prefit all paers and to sand all joints & gears smoothly.
PS do not empty contents on floor for parts inventory. I was ticking off and noticed one bit missing. The dog had picked it up and was just about to make a meal of it when I noticed. LUCKY....
Back with my Clock build
The Wooden Clock from ThinkGeek.com. The clock was $69 US and withe a $10 off voucher came to $90 AU including delivery.
The clock took approx 10 days to arrive and was left on the from doorstep.
Initial impressions were not good. The parts were filthy and had laser burn marks and discolouration on every part and smelled burnt like a damp fire pit.
I was tempted to return the whole thing, but followed the first instruction to clean sand all parts. After I did this the parts looked okay and the burnt smell went away
The video of the unboxing contains cleaned up parts not the initial state so its a bit cheated
Anyway here is the link.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5qI2Tnepjg
Okay now onto the build.
The first item to build is a Jig for the gear build , which later pulls apart for clock parts.
DSC01627.jpg
The gears are then placed on the jig, glued together, and removed. The instructions are very clear and concise. The only areas of concern are the gluing points which are tiny and the glue needs ti be applied with a toothpick.
The parts are well cut and only need minimal sanding at the holes to provide a smooth spin on the spindles.( watched a couple of Vids on this else I would not have done it.)
Here are he gears being assembled. On the first picture , the glue poinst are the marked area on the gears
DSC01629.jpgDSC01631.jpgDSC01628.jpgDSC01630.jpgDSC01632.jpg
The next few images are the major seconds gear with the internal wind mechanism
DSC01634.jpgDSC01635.jpgDSC01636.jpgDSC01638.jpgDSC01640.jpg
All gears finished
DSC01641.jpg
So far so good. Cleaned up well and assembled with little issued. JUst need to take care when applying glue. Need to prefit all paers and to sand all joints & gears smoothly.
PS do not empty contents on floor for parts inventory. I was ticking off and noticed one bit missing. The dog had picked it up and was just about to make a meal of it when I noticed. LUCKY....
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