Custom CD Clock

If you browse around many gadget shops, you will have invariably seen CD clocks for sale, usually in the $20 range, and thought, "nice, but too much money". Or, if you frequent memorabilia stores you'll see Elvis CD wall clocks. These use the same mechanism, but have a picture CD of Elvis on them instead, retailing in the $40 range. If either sound appealing, but both sound overpriced, here's a quick makers guide to creating your own.

Step 1 Preparing the mechanism

First, buy a cheap clock mechanism. These are easier to find than you think. Visit any thrift or pound store and you'll probably find some garish clocks for sale with perfectly good mechanisms, but flimsy and unappealing surrounds. I live in the UK, and bought one going cheap for a pound just after England had been knocked out of the World Cup. Again. Hobby stores and electronics shops will probably sell you the exact same mechanism for $5-8. Get one with the longest hands you can find.

Comments

[Souban Tahir]

Hmmm I will Try this

[zakiuz]

 Thank you ! I just finished it it's pretty cool !

[dtoma]

http://www.instructables.com/id/Cool_Cd_Clock/ mines the same but more pizazz.

[AznPanda]

LoL add Leds to it :D

[ArpitM]

Add some beads to this.. will give glow to UR clock.

[dr.nguyenvu]

Hey man, thank you. Look at my Gear Of War Clock. Cool huh?

[CameronSS]

Last summer-ish I was in a store that carried a lot of grassroots-type art. They had some clocks similar to these, except that some were made ut of hard drive platters instead of CDs, and they had ICs and other small components glues on in place of numbers. Pretty cool, except it being "art," it was waaaay overpriced.

[saites2001]

Simple, but neat. Good job. I've had a clock-related instructable I've been thinking about doing for a while; I might just, now . . .