Cable Spool Clock

Oms2226782
by Oms2226782
4 Materials
$40
2 Hours
Easy
I know this one has been done a lot but here is my version
I took the spool apart, cleaned it and painted it with watered down gray chalk paint
I found 3 inch rusty roman numerals on https://www.etsy.com/shop/ThorsForge
I bought a high torque clock mechanism with extra large hands on amazon and searched high and low for something to attach it to- that would fit in the middle... turns out a wide mouth mason lid was perfect... but I wanted them rusty like the numbers
I drilled a big enough hole in the lid for the clock mechanism ...sprayed a few layers of each color
when I thought it looked like rust I glued it into the middle
Suggested materials:
  • Cable spool   (electric supply company)
  • Spray paint   (walmart)
  • Rusty numbers   (Thor's forge in Idaho)
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  • Lisa Legg-Bell Lisa Legg-Bell on Aug 15, 2016
    did the electric company charge you for the spool? was just wondering.
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