Leather Covered Pendulum Clock

This is a rework of my wall clock, i decided to make it with leather, to give it a modern look.

Here is a quick movie showing it in action!

Now on with the instructions!

Materials needed -

• Some 'gmjboard' aka dense cardboard
• A large sheet of leather
• A pendulum clock mechanism
• Some PVA/wood/elmers glue
• Some white card
• Super glue
• double sided tape
• A 'metal weight'

Step 1 Choosing a shape.

I wanted a symmetrical design, heres how i went about it

Firstly i drew a few sketches, to finalize my idea.

Picture 1 - Tape a few sheets of paper together for a base, i created a rough square, and then worked ontop of that, i only needed to design one side.

Pictures 2 & 3 - After one side is complete, cut it out, and fold it over, you can then draw around one half, and cut out the full shape.

Picture 4 - Trace the shape onto some dense card

Picture 5 - Main shape cut out.

Comments

[maliani]

I liked the design, very good, but I wonder who is the music that singing? Hugs

[AnarchistAsian]

ha ha, i thought it was a darth vader helmet at first...

[Gjdj3]

Nice clock, and nice techno music in the video!

[gmjhowe]

haha! thanks!

[omnibot]

OMG! The pendulum action is out of sync with the seconds shown on the clock. How annoying is that? Nice Instructable though.

[gmjhowe]

haha, i had not noticed, the pendulum movement is just a simple electro magnet, so im not that botherd! thanks for the comment!

[LinuxH4x0r]

Very nice! I like leather stuff. I could probably find a movement if i look around my scrap pile/closet

[gmjhowe]

Thanks! Ive still got lots of leather left, so expect to see some more!

[LinuxH4x0r]

Great! Hope to see more soon