 little project I'm working on, a new clock, or fun with plasma cutter |
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| brant |
 Apr 14 2006, 11:14 AM
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914 Wizard  Group: Members Posts: 11,625 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Colorado Member No.: 47 Region Association: Rocky Mountains 
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So I decided to make a wall clock.
a long ways to go still, but will look good in my future garage: Attached thumbnail(s)  
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| brant |
Apr 14 2006, 11:15 AM
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914 Wizard Group: Members Posts: 11,625 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Colorado Member No.: 47 Region Association: Rocky Mountains
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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: Attached thumbnail(s) 
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| STL914 |
Apr 14 2006, 03:20 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,180 Joined: 22-October 03 From: O'Fallon, MO Member No.: 1,271 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
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? |
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| Aaron Cox |
Apr 14 2006, 03:28 PM
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Professional Lawn Dart Group: Retired Admin Posts: 24,541 Joined: 1-February 03 From: OC Member No.: 219 Region Association: Southern California |
QUOTE(STL914 @ Apr 14 2006, 02:20 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? thats what i did on my mahle clock, and phantom914 is doing on my fuch clock (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) |
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| brant |
Apr 14 2006, 03:53 PM
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914 Wizard Group: Members Posts: 11,625 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Colorado Member No.: 47 Region Association: Rocky Mountains
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QUOTE(STL914 @ Apr 14 2006, 02:20 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? 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 |
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| Aaron Cox |
Apr 14 2006, 04:09 PM
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Professional Lawn Dart Group: Retired Admin Posts: 24,541 Joined: 1-February 03 From: OC Member No.: 219 Region Association: Southern California |
QUOTE(brant @ Apr 14 2006, 02:53 PM) QUOTE(STL914 @ Apr 14 2006, 02:20 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? 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 eh so what! thats what gives em character and thus wall clock fodder (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) my mahle had a bent/cracked lip. my fuch has 2 stress cracks all the way thru 2 paddles |
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| brant |
Apr 14 2006, 04:12 PM
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914 Wizard Group: Members Posts: 11,625 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Colorado Member No.: 47 Region Association: Rocky Mountains
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eh so what! thats what gives em character and thus wall clock fodder (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) my mahle had a bent/cracked lip. my fuch has 2 stress cracks all the way thru 2 paddles [/quote] 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 |
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| Britain Smith |
Apr 14 2006, 04:45 PM
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Nano Member Group: Members Posts: 2,354 Joined: 27-February 03 From: Hillsboro, OR Member No.: 364 |
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 |
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| neo914-6 |
Apr 15 2006, 10:45 AM
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neo life Group: Members Posts: 5,086 Joined: 16-January 03 From: Willow Glen (San Jose) Member No.: 159 |
Nice idea Brant! Now I regret trashing my cracked widened Fuchs...
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| Aaron Cox |
Apr 15 2006, 11:07 AM
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Professional Lawn Dart Group: Retired Admin Posts: 24,541 Joined: 1-February 03 From: OC Member No.: 219 Region Association: Southern California |
QUOTE(Britain Smith @ Apr 14 2006, 03:45 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 brittain, go to local craft store, you need the one with the LONGEST "shank" to stick out of a wheel. about 10 bucks. |
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| VegasRacer |
Apr 15 2006, 11:35 AM
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Excellent Brant. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif)
Are you gonna make more of these as awards for the RRC? |
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| brant |
Apr 16 2006, 08:48 AM
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914 Wizard Group: Members Posts: 11,625 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Colorado Member No.: 47 Region Association: Rocky Mountains
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QUOTE(VegasRacer @ Apr 15 2006, 10:35 AM) Excellent Brant. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif) Are you gonna make more of these as awards for the RRC? 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 |
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