Spooky Backwards Spinning Clock Made from Cassette Player Motor

Step 4 Make the Clock Face

1. Use the old cardboard clock face to make a new one. I used Adobe Illustrator to make mine with all the numbers except 13 falling to the bottom of the clock. I saw this somewhere on the Internet; I wish I could remember so I could give the Site credit. I think that the design may have been at one of the Disney Parks.

2. Print out the new clock face and use adhesive to glue it to the old one. Cut a hole in the middle. Make it slightly larger than the original one.

3. The hands that my clock came with were pretty boring, so I bought fancier ones at Michael's.

4. Glue the hour hand onto the clock with white glue. I put mine at thirteen o'clock.

5. Figure out how far above the cassette sprocket the minute hand has to be. If it is not far out enough, it will scrape along the clock face and get caught on the hour hand. If it is too far out, then it will scrape against the glass on the front of the clock. Seriously, this was the hardest part of the whole dang project for me! For next time, I have a better idea that I will explain in the final step.

6. Epoxy a plastic spacer or similar cylindrical thingy of the right height onto the cassette sprocket. Let dry.

7. Epoxy the minute hand onto the end of the spacer. Paint the whole top of it black (or the color of the clock hand). Let dry.

8. Maneuver the minute hand through the hole in the clock face. If it bends out of shape, just bend it back. You may need to enlarge the hole in the clock face.

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[cwii]

it is from Walt Disney Land, The Tower of Terror.