Clock  8                                                10-2025

 

Assembly Continued

 

I bought some different hands but they only came in black, which doesn't contrast well with my project. Time to do some modifying.
 

 

 
I used some Scotch Brite and roughed up the raw aluminum surface (the back) of all the hands.
 

 

 
I cleaned all the hands with lacquer thinner and then used some white paint on them.
 

 

 
These hands don't weigh much and when I first shot some paint on them, one of them flipped over. This meant I had to hold my paint can a little farther from my pieces.
 

 

 
These are the larger of the two new ones. Once I put the clock on the wall, I didn't like them because they were just too big and didn't look right. 
 

    

 

 
But the the other ones seemed to be just right, so these are the ones I'll be using.
 

 

 
It's Finished

 

Here it is all finished.
 

 

 
The picture doesn't do the bubinga justice.
 

 

 
I like the contrast between the brass and stainless together.
 

 

 
Each quadrant looks so different, which is what I wanted.
 

 

 
Here is a better look at the bubinga, which looks great with the other spices of wood.
 

 

 
The clock works and my brand.
 

 

 
A close-up of the mounting slot.
 

 

 
This was a really fun project and it looks great in our home.
 

 
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