Hard drive platter clock.

Step 5 Assembly

Now it's time to glue it all together. The first clock I made I used an epoxy glue that I had to mix together. That worked just fine. This time I decided to use Gorilla Glue for the first time ever. Gorilla Glue will expand three to four times the amount that is put on. So use very little!

I put everything I could think of on the kitchen counter just in case I ran into problems. Everything was cleaned up that was to be glued together with Goof Off. This left smear marks on the platters. Windex cleaned up those smear marks with ease.

The latex gloves were a great thing to have working with the Gorilla Glue. I also used several Q-Tips to apply the Gorilla Glue onto each platter and separation ring. The instructions said to wipe one of the things to be glued together with water and apply the glue to the other item(s). I wet down the spindle then applied the glue to the inside of each platter and each of the separation rings.

The instructions also say that the glued objects need to be clamped together. This is where the quartz movement comes in. When everything is glued together put the quartz movement on and tighten the nut down.