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February 6th, 2011
CLOCK ALJ21
Making my first clock for 2011
 
This is a pictorial overview for this clock, I have added comments to each image as they are displayed.
The clock is being made for a friend as a 21 Birthday present. It incorporates some elements from previous designs plus a few new ones that I wanted to try out. I have deliberately removed the persons name from some images for privacy.
Setting up to bore the Clock Mech Pocket
Drilling a pre boring hole
Starting the boring process (sorry for the pun)
More boring, getting close to the outer diameter
The finished Clock mechanism pocket.
Now to boring the front face pocket.
Almost at the required final diameter
Star of the CNC process. The front face pocket
Front face, finishing the 12 sided outer profile
Profiling the Green Acrylic that will go behind the Numerals
CNC Engraving & Proffiling the Clock Face
Engraving the back cover
The Back Cover just out of the CNC process
The finished back cover
The finished Clock face
The Acrylic that will sit behind the Clock face.
Final surface milling the Clock body to size.
Milling a 45 Deg Chamfer on each corner.
The Finished Clock Body
CNC Profiling the Hour, Minute and Second Hands
Marking the back cover securing hole locations into the main body
Tapping the back securing holes to an M3 thread
All the finished machined parts
Finishing the main body using 400 wet&dry with RP7
Anodizing the parts.
Routing the Acrylic front spacer
Routing the Acrylic front bezel.
Marking the location of the 4 x M4 securing holes
Fitting the Green Acrylic face backing
Fitting the Black Anodised face.
Fitting the clock mechanism
Securing the clock mechanism spindle nut
Just a touch of black marker to blend the brass nut with the face.
Smoothing the edges of the acrylic with 1200 Wet & Dry Paper
Polished the edges of the acrilic front components.
THE FINISHED CLOCK
The Finished Clock - FRONT
The Finished Clock - 3D
The Finished Clock - BACK
COMPLETED
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