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clock from books

04-24-2012, 02:56 PM

take hard back book ,find center, drill hole form cloclk stem,cut back of book to size of clock motor,Place motor into book fix hands to motor and wow. new idea and have sold first two i made and have orders for more.

Know this off the scroll saw path but thought if you wanted something different this might just be the ticket

thanks for the loo and comments welcome. jerry
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04-24-2012, 03:25 PM

Now that is a "Novel" idea.

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04-24-2012, 09:22 PM

What a great way to recycle some of those kids books. Thanks for posting that.
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04-25-2012, 09:08 AM

Cute idea.
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04-25-2012, 09:32 AM

Thanks for posting those photos, sweeeet idea.

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