Flower Power Clock or One Dirty Time Peice
Intro: Flower Power Clock or One Dirty Time Peice
This is my second instructable and for this one I will be hacking into a pocket watch and replacing the need for batteries and turning it into a desk clock or wall clock with its own solar powered night light and also it doubles as a planter
materials
Bunch of junk
watch
hot glue
saw
soldering iron
wire
wire cutter
wood
metal
tacks
plastic tube
caps to fit tube
copper rod
zinc rod
DIRT
screws
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So I was given a pocket watch as a gift and the battery was dead when I got it and who carries a pocket watch and a phone anymore it has its usefully ness if your a conductor of a usher. I do like pocket watchers' I even have a small collection myself but with a phone in my pocket they are just extra stuff to carry around.
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solder or glue wires on to positive and negative terminals . no I didn't actuly use the propane torch I used solder to attach wires hot glue works as well
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I cut the shield to a length of seven inches. then I ran a lighter around the edge of the plastic tube to smooth out the edges and make them not sharp . Then hot glue the caps to the tubes
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Now its time to cut out the pieces . Well just remember not to let your lumber hit the floor when you cut it, pallet wood is not the best and it most likely will split .But I will not start over it will be more my style of broken and repaired
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Time to attach the tubes I cut strips of copper pipe hanger and shaped it to the curve of the tube and attached with tacks .