Pin Clock

Make this clever pin clock following the step-by-step instructable by our HSBC Designer in Residence Lao Jianhua.

You can read about Lao Jianhua's residency in his Blog:
http://www.vam.ac.uk/vastatic/microsites/lao-jianhua/blog/

Victoria & Albert Museum
London, UK

Step 1 You will need...

Materials

- 14 map/push pins
- A piece of soft wood (eg. pine). It could be any size as long as it's about 3 cm deep
- Small, battery-powered, clock mechanism. You can get clock parts from craft stores, speciality
stores, 'Pound' stores, the internet, or you may want to recycle an old one, like we did for this
Instructable.
- 1 battery

Tools

- Ruler
- Pencil
- Hammer
- Saw
- Screwdriver
- Drill or chisel and hammer to carve a hole in the wood

Comments

[theXmaker]

it would've been more attractive if u replaced the pins with LEDs..

[vishalapr]

That look totally awesome!

[mushroom glue]

If you made it a bit bigger, you could use the pins to hold notes for appointments throughout the day.

[Shany120]

This thing is... AWESOME!!!

[princess kenny]

wow! i think i love this clock and it seems advanced

[Victoria and Albert Museum]

Hi,

Thanks for all your comments!

We thought you'd like to know that we have setup a new Flickr Group called ‘Clever Design Solutions’. The group is devoted to ingenious design solutions, professional or amateur, commercial or domestic: wherever you discover clever design, we want to see it. Or maybe you yourself have figured out a new and simple way of solving an old problem. Just capture a good image and add it to the pool! (please include a short explanation if needed).

Anyone can take part in this project and no invites are needed to join or to add pictures. You only need to have a Flickr account.

Lao Jianhua, our designer in residence, will be periodically selecting and reviewing the designs on his blog.

http://www.flickr.com/groups/cleverdesignsolutions

Victoria and Albert Museum Webteam
London, UK

[static]

Clean and simple design, that should get the creative juices flowing for those who want an one off clock. Thanks for proving the clock face template, I could have drawn it out myself, but I'm basically lazy sometimes.

[webman3802]

They also have clock mechanisms with different shaft lengths. You could get one with the 3/4" length, and you might not need to chisel out as much (if at all) to get it to fit through the wood.

[static]

True, but the assembled clock wouldn't set flush against the wall. However the longer shaft clock works would work well with a desk or mantle clock.

[=SMART=]

blimey the v&a has an account !!

[john3f]

LEDs ? instead of the pins I mean...

[Victoria and Albert Museum]

Sounds good! We'll forward your message to Lao Jianhua. Thanks! V&A Webteam

[rein365]

Nice Instructable , small and looks great. Anyway thanks for clock template,been looking for ages .

[Uncle Kudzu]

OK, this is just brilliant! something very handsome and useful that is easily and cheaply doable for lots of people. hats off to Lao Jianhua and VAM for making this instructable available!

[Kiteman]

Minimum of work to get the maximum effect. Are Lao Jianhua's projects displayed anywhere apart from this website? It's quite cool to think of a display of Instructables in the V&A. (And if there isn't one, there ought to be! I'm sure any of the UK iblers would be happy to pop in and contribute something.)

[Victoria and Albert Museum]

Hi! You can see Lao's projects here:
http://www.vam.ac.uk/vastatic/microsites/lao-jianhua/blog/

and here:
http://www.laodesign.cn/

[ander]

Very cute, and useful too!

[8bit]

Aww. That is painfully cute. Good job!

[maruawe]

neat and inexpensive .. the way I like it. You can get the mechanisms at
hobby lobby for about $4.00 or at Michaels for about $3.50.. So this clock would be less than $10.00 complete... Home Depot has lumber splits for free if you ask.