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Posted by: brant Apr 14 2006, 11:14 AM

So I decided to make a wall clock.
a long ways to go still, but will look good in my future garage:


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Posted by: brant Apr 14 2006, 11:15 AM

still need to buy a clock mechanism from the hobby shop.
and use a center cap for it...

plus a ton of grinding and a shot of fresh paint are needed:


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Posted by: STL914 Apr 14 2006, 03:20 PM

Mind if I ask why you didn't just cut the wheel in half, keeping the front lip
of the rim surrounding the piece you cut out?

Posted by: Aaron Cox Apr 14 2006, 03:28 PM

thats what i did on my mahle clock, and phantom914 is doing on my fuch clock

Posted by: brant Apr 14 2006, 03:53 PM

don't mind the question at all.
basically didn't due that due to rim condition.
car must have slid into a curb because the outer lip was trashed in more than one place.
heavily bent.....

so decided to use the center only, which still looked decent.

brant

Posted by: Aaron Cox Apr 14 2006, 04:09 PM

eh so what! thats what gives em character and thus wall clock fodder

my mahle had a bent/cracked lip.

my fuch has 2 stress cracks all the way thru 2 paddles

Posted by: brant Apr 14 2006, 04:12 PM

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eh so what! thats what gives em character and thus wall clock fodder

my mahle had a bent/cracked lip.

my fuch has 2 stress cracks all the way thru 2 paddles
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guess I'm too anal Aaron.
I would have wanted to straighten the lip, sand out the scratches and repolished..
so its easier to fight the urge by just cutting it off and throwing some fresh paint at it

brant

Posted by: Britain Smith Apr 14 2006, 04:45 PM

Where are you guys getting the guts for the clock? I have a set of 933 Turbo Rotors that I wanted to turn into clocks.

-Britain

Posted by: neo914-6 Apr 15 2006, 10:45 AM

Nice idea Brant! Now I regret trashing my cracked widened Fuchs...

Posted by: Aaron Cox Apr 15 2006, 11:07 AM

brittain,

go to local craft store, you need the one with the LONGEST "shank" to stick out of a wheel. about 10 bucks.

Posted by: VegasRacer Apr 15 2006, 11:35 AM

Excellent Brant.
Are you gonna make more of these as awards for the RRC?

Posted by: brant Apr 16 2006, 08:48 AM

the thought crossed my mind...
but too much work.
we really need to help out whom ever is in charge of trophys this year.
Joe must have put a LOT of hours into it last year!

brant