A Spinning POV Hard Drive Platter Clock
This piece takes upcycling to the next level.
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How-To: Hexie Clock IKEA Hack
From the very first moment I saw the hexie clock at my local IKEA, I knew that crafters were going to have an absolute field day with custom upgrades.
A 14-Inch Hard Drive Clock
While clocks made out of dead hard drives area wonderful use for discarded hardware, here is a much more interesting hard drive clock brought to us by [Bob Alexander] and a 1970s era Honeywell computer.
In the 60s, 70s, and 80s, computers didn’t have small removable hard drives like we do today. Instead, the hard drive was an entirely separate unit that contained large platters – 14 inches across in the case of the Honeywell 200 he used in his youth. In a fit of nostalgia for his younger years, [Bob] bought two of these 14 inch platters on the Internet to turn into clocks.
Clock Uses Capacitors To Store Energy and Mark Time
Polish maker Nereus built this great solar clock that features twelve sets of capacitors salvaged from electronic junk, serving both as energy storage as well as a decorative element.
How-To: Bicycle Wheel Clock
Love bikes and vintage yardsticks? You won’t want to miss this awesome bicycle wheel clock tutorial!
John Hilgenberg’s Quarterdeck Striker
This excellent clock features wooden gears, a digital time readout, as well as the nutcracker John’s granddaughter gave him for Christmas. It rings one to eight bells in half-hour increments, four times per day. [via The Mill]
Hand-Cut LP Death Star Clock
Etsy vendor Lindsay Barrasse has made a limited run of twenty clocks from old vinyl records with a silhouette of the Death Star (vintage Return of the Jedi, mind you). At first glance I thought it was a laser-cutting job, but she actually cuts each one by hand using a hot knife — a process […]
