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craftgrrlOk, first I'd like to thank everyone who answered my post about taking apart a clock. Thank you alllllll!!!
Second, this makes a GREAT gift because, really, you can only give so many marble magnets (heehee). I made a pirate clock for my bf for our anniversary. I'm really really sorry I don't have pictures, but it's already wrapped, plus I have neither a scanner nor a camera, so poo.
Anyway, here's what I did:
1.)First, I used this site http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/dc_furnishings_clocks/article/0,1793,HGTV_3430_1372723,00.html as a guide-- the instructions are pretty basic.
2.) I went to Target and bought a clock for $3.99- they're over by the frames/mirrors section- plain, black plastic clock with a white face, black hands and black numbers.
3.) I unscrewed the clock from the packaging (it was just screwed in to the cardboard to keep it in the box, i guess), then, if you look at the BACK of the clock, around the big circle bit, you see that the plastic face-cover is held on by three plastic knobby-things poking through three small notches in the black plastic part (the inner circle's side) of the clock (You'll see what I mean when you look at the clock) Take a TINY screwdriver and GENTLY push the clear knobby things inward and upward. Do one knobby at a time- you'll have to finagle them a little. (It gets easier from here out, I promise!)
4.)Take off the hands- the top one (second hand) will unscrew, but you'll have to twist it a bunch (it WILL come off, I promise) REMEMBER HOW THE HANDS WENT ON THE CLOCK!! This makes re-assembly SO much easier. Draw a diagram, line them up, whatever- I didn't and I spent 15 extra minutes lining up the hands, popping a bettery in, taking them off, until I figured it out :(
5.)Take out the cardboard clock-face (with the numbers on it) It should lift out, but in the center it will be stuck to the black plastic with some tape-like goo. LEAVE the goo on the plastic- you can use it to stick your new face on later.
6.) Use the face as a guide- cut out whatever you want, just remember to leave a hole in the middle for the hands. (I colored the circle black, cut out letters and spelled "A Pirate's life for me" and added pirate-y decoration for my bf's present, then photo-copied the thing so it looked nicer)I made mine more sturdy by gluing my photo-copied pic onto some stiff paper (manilla folder) and cut it all out with an exacto knife.
7.) I spread some mod podge onto the plastic and stuck the new face onto the plactic part, but that's only because I didn't have any other glue. It made little bubbles, and I had to keep smoothing them out, so i HIGHLY reccommend another type of glue- or better yet, THIN double-sided tape.
8.) I painted the clock hands with red nail polish, but this step is of course, optional.
9.) TEST out your clock BEFORE you pop the clear plastic face plate back on!! Make sure the hands don't run into each other (mine did and I had to bend the minute hand a little)
10.) Re-assemble your clock!
Sorry if the directions seem condescending, but I learned EVERYTHING the hard way with this damned thing, so I wanted to be incredibly specific. Let me know if anything is unclear, and HAPPY CLOCKING!!
Second, this makes a GREAT gift because, really, you can only give so many marble magnets (heehee). I made a pirate clock for my bf for our anniversary. I'm really really sorry I don't have pictures, but it's already wrapped, plus I have neither a scanner nor a camera, so poo.
Anyway, here's what I did:
1.)First, I used this site http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/dc_furnishings_clocks/article/0,1793,HGTV_3430_1372723,00.html as a guide-- the instructions are pretty basic.
2.) I went to Target and bought a clock for $3.99- they're over by the frames/mirrors section- plain, black plastic clock with a white face, black hands and black numbers.
3.) I unscrewed the clock from the packaging (it was just screwed in to the cardboard to keep it in the box, i guess), then, if you look at the BACK of the clock, around the big circle bit, you see that the plastic face-cover is held on by three plastic knobby-things poking through three small notches in the black plastic part (the inner circle's side) of the clock (You'll see what I mean when you look at the clock) Take a TINY screwdriver and GENTLY push the clear knobby things inward and upward. Do one knobby at a time- you'll have to finagle them a little. (It gets easier from here out, I promise!)
4.)Take off the hands- the top one (second hand) will unscrew, but you'll have to twist it a bunch (it WILL come off, I promise) REMEMBER HOW THE HANDS WENT ON THE CLOCK!! This makes re-assembly SO much easier. Draw a diagram, line them up, whatever- I didn't and I spent 15 extra minutes lining up the hands, popping a bettery in, taking them off, until I figured it out :(
5.)Take out the cardboard clock-face (with the numbers on it) It should lift out, but in the center it will be stuck to the black plastic with some tape-like goo. LEAVE the goo on the plastic- you can use it to stick your new face on later.
6.) Use the face as a guide- cut out whatever you want, just remember to leave a hole in the middle for the hands. (I colored the circle black, cut out letters and spelled "A Pirate's life for me" and added pirate-y decoration for my bf's present, then photo-copied the thing so it looked nicer)I made mine more sturdy by gluing my photo-copied pic onto some stiff paper (manilla folder) and cut it all out with an exacto knife.
7.) I spread some mod podge onto the plastic and stuck the new face onto the plactic part, but that's only because I didn't have any other glue. It made little bubbles, and I had to keep smoothing them out, so i HIGHLY reccommend another type of glue- or better yet, THIN double-sided tape.
8.) I painted the clock hands with red nail polish, but this step is of course, optional.
9.) TEST out your clock BEFORE you pop the clear plastic face plate back on!! Make sure the hands don't run into each other (mine did and I had to bend the minute hand a little)
10.) Re-assemble your clock!
Sorry if the directions seem condescending, but I learned EVERYTHING the hard way with this damned thing, so I wanted to be incredibly specific. Let me know if anything is unclear, and HAPPY CLOCKING!!
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