Bike Gear Clock

How to make a bike gear clock. Simple and quick, I used the ReadyMade Magazine clock kit and old bike gears and a chain.

Step 1 Parts

Parts:
-old bike chain
-old bike gears, more holes the better
-Clock Kit ( I like the ReadyMade Magazine Kit)
-Rivets

Tools:
-Chain Tool
-Rivetter

Comments

[Fenris The bbw]

Take a look inside, it's my clock in a box! (clock in a box!).

[Weissensteinburg]

My dad cycles, and i've always like this instructable, so I think i'm going to make it for his present this year!

[cold_fusion]

So the gears aren't actually moved by the clock?

[Captain Pedantic]

That's what I just realised. It would be way cool if the gears turned, but perhaps the clock motor wouldn't be powerful enough.

[James (pseudo-geek)]

get a a motor with more torque

[Doom_Goat]

anyone else think that looks like a MAKE ripoff?

[lsocoee]

Aren't most things here like that?

[Doom_Goat]

i mean the magazine that this article links to

[joe]

Actually the magazine is older than Make. Its less tech and more crafty. Its sort of a mod livin' on a budget magazine. But its pretty neat. -Joe

[Doom_Goat]

ah interesting, will have to check it out then

[fungus amungus]

I love ReadyMade, but the clock mechanism is pretty overpriced at $14. You can get atomic clock movements for the same price here.

Or, if you live near an IKEA, you can pick up a full clock for $3. Then you can easily rip out the clock movement for a DIY project and have a plastic dish left over for a bird feeder or something.

[joe]

Good call, the first clock I made used the movement out of a cheap office freeby clock.

[Crash2108]

The hands should be chains. Or have chains painted on them.