Needed a clock for the bike cave so a cheap worn disc off here and a trip to ebay and came up with this… 🙂

Like the idea but would it not have made more sense to line the rivets up at 6 and 12 rather than 3 and 9 so you stand a better chance of figuring out what time it is.

I spy a crack 😉

looks good, shame the Hope logo doesnt align with a rivet so you could have them at 12 and 6 o’clock

It’s slow!

No crack just a mark in the plastic spacer i made up 😀
You got it andy.Look weird if you set the rivet to the top.Hope logo would be all askew.
Just for you rusty.

I’ll let you off then. Looked a crack from the top left screw hole.

Nice idea any chance of a link to the clock bit!

Hi rich.It,s a sweep movement so no annoying ticking.Just ask the guy to send you a red second hand as just looks a bit better than all white.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/360440257758?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649
Cut 5mm off the rotor bols and make up a wee spacer.Drill trough bolt holes with 5mm drill.Drill 8mm hole in center.nip the bolts up..Job done….5 mins 😀

Rusty Mac – Member
Like the idea but would it not have made more sense to line the rivets up at 6 and 12 rather than 3 and 9 so you stand a better chance of figuring out what time it is.

Twenty past six.

The time is wrong.

You will find some stiff competition from Kenny Wilson who has been making fine high end wall art, clocks and the like from bike components for years now.
http://www.componentcreatives.com/

That really good 🙂

I did the same for my billiard room. Old clock reversed and hand painted in acrylic 🙂 went for the textured feel.

I have an old Raliegh chain ring and probably do another clock.

IMG_2745 by SGMTB, on Flickr

Love it

(The hope jobbie not that hand painted jobbie)

I like the hope sign at a jaunty angle, just looks better..

top job, is there a naked clock mech you can buy….? *Toddles over to google*

Thanks Houns.
A mate of mine has some carbon fiber bits and bobs so he,s sorting me a bit out to replace the spacer with.
passtherizla…that sounds a good idea.like a small skeleton movement.

There is a nice twist with these clock kits, you can replace the hour hand with a disc or square with the hours written on, and then make a fixed hour hand pointing up from the bottom. The square rotates and the hour hand will point out the hour on the disc, and then the minutes can be written around the outside as 5, 10, 15, 20 etc instead of the usual hours.

I have one on the mantelpiece and I enjoy watching people get confused trying to work it out, however it is quite simple and easy to read when you get your head round it.

Another design I saw (which is a bit more complicated to make – though probably possible with a spoke and some patience) is to have a long hour hand that goes in a big spiral, the hours are written down the centre of the clock face in a line, and where the spiral crosses the hour indicates the time.

I’ve seen similar from all sorts of bike parts.

There was a guy at the Cycle Show in Birmingham who had soldered chains together to make bowls, these little tealight holders:

and various other bits and pieces.
My LBS owner has a small table made from an old carbon fibre disc wheel.

Hi rich.It,s a sweep movement so no annoying ticking.

Eh? It’s Hope clock – surely that’s the whole point?!!!!

Hahaha…Good un that ourmaninthenorth

Soon to be clocks…vintage chain rings.

P1010025 by SGMTB, on Flickr

Raleigh

P1010026 by SGMTB, on Flickr

Rudge

Na …Not tech enough… 😉

Knocked that up a while ago, sits in the living room now.

sick

Always liked that rudge pattern 🙂