Photo Time

Photo Time or Photo clock is a simple way to use photos for a clock.

The idea is that you take your photo specifically for a clock - for example put your family on a white background of a nice concrete wall, with a lot of space to the side you know you will place the clock at.

I did not do that in this presentation but I like my photo of Copenhagen seen from the beach and the evening sunlight have a good correspondence with time.

So here goes...

You need a :

Clockwork:

I had this cheap clock lying about. It is broken but the clockwork works. It is not very expensive to buy a clockwork like this

Photo:

Your photo on print in the size you choose!

Board:

A thin board just strong enough to carry the clockwork with a battery in and thin enough for clock axe to go thru.

I use a frame without the glass.

Photo mount:

Permanent spray glue from the office supply store.

Tape:

Double sided tape and some gaffa. from the supply store.

Tools:

A cutter, steel ruler,small screwdriver, Scissors, small drill, bigger drill and a drill machine

Since I didn't have a specific photo for this I looked thru what I had on print - There was this really good offer online to make a A4 photo book, so I took a bunch of my photos that I liked to see on print and use for gifts and creative stuff and uploaded them. So when I need one I just cut it out of the book :o)

I cut of the white sides . they were uneven.

I had a white A4 frame and I took of the back-plate and removed the glass. Put the frame aside and time to glue . First I took the paper that was in the frame and glued it on the back-plate as a white background. Then I glued the photo on.

To get the clockwork free I first removed the center split on the clock hands. and then easy lurk of the hands.

On the other side it was easy to click out the Clockwork from the plastic base.

So now I had the Clockwork ready.

BUT the black clock hands was to dark for my Photo so I decided to paint them white.

A piece of double sided tape on a cardboard to hold the hands in place. Then I placed them in a box for spray painting them.

I chose the right side in the dark cloud

I used the plastic from the original clock to find the drill size. Then I first drilled a small hole and then carefully drilled the final hole.

I put some double sided tape on the clockwork and placed it with the axis in the canter of the hole.

I put the back-plate back in the frame and secured the clockwork with a piece of gaffa on each side.

Then a Battery and set the time. Pyh It got late - took me about one and half hour to make - and three hour to make the Instructable - my first :o)

SO there it is, a good reason to look at my photo a lot.