B737 clocks

[Aerosim Solutions]

The recipe:

Take one small ten buck Kmart travel clock, remove cover and trim hinges

Start VCarvePro, draw bezel and faceplate, lubricate throat with a beer,

Add a few grams of PVC to CNC table and hold down firmly,

Spin the cutting utensil until cycle stop, then combine the ingredients over work bench,

Give the assemblies three coats of looking at and add more beer whilst grinning!!!





Cheers,

Gwyn

[Boeing Skunk Works]

Lookin' good Gwyn!

You can do the same with cheap analog Wally-World clock too.

[Aerosim Solutions]

G'day Mike, I've got one just the same as that on my wall, I built it back in the hacksaw and filing days!!!

Gwyn

[DarrylH]

back in the hacksaw and filing days!!!

How did we ever survive   


Great job mate.


Darryl

[Kennair]

How did we ever survive   


Great job mate.


Darryl

What do you mean "did", I'm still surviving with hacksaws and files!!! 

Ken.

[DarrylH]

Hacksaws and files?   LOOOXURY...I had to get oop tiday, 4 hours before I went t' bed and carve entire Spitfire nose section outta bricks wit tongue.....

and you tell the young builders of today that...they woon't beliv ya...

[ian@737ng.co.uk]

nice job gwyn......
gotta go, have to fetch a new file and some hacksaw blades 

[jackpilot]

Very good Gwyn
Pretty sure there is a market for a nice kit using readily available clocks.
Problem deals with integrating the adjusment knobs as, unless it is eyecandy only, a countdown chrono is a must for serious flying.
Do you remember  these clocks I posted somewhere else a while ago?

Analog clock movement (less than $10) and digital Toyota car clock ($20 on EBay)

[Aerosim Solutions]

That looks sweet Jack, are you sure you don't have a CNC???

Gwyn

[jackpilot]

Negative...sure...
The bezels are FDS.
The mechanics are "hacksaw and filing" ice age type by little me.

[Boeing Skunk Works]

I remember the stone knives and bear skin days.   

[EAL727Capt]

I vaguely remember helping to build a big ol' ark, way back when......when Moses was in middle school.....

[Aerosim Solutions]

I built the steering on that ark!!!

[Hessel Oosten]

""Add a few grams of PVC to CNC table
Give the assemblies three coats of looking ""

Gwyn,

Please question:

Paint on PVC ??
How did you do that, or is here a misunderstanding ?

Hessel

[Aerosim Solutions]

""Add a few grams of PVC to CNC table
Give the assemblies three coats of looking ""

Gwyn,

Please question:

Paint on PVC ??
How did you do that, or is here a misunderstanding ?

Hessel

Hi Hessel,
"Three coats of looking at" is an aussie expression for sit back and admire!!! PVC is quite easy to paint if you remove the shine. I sand the surface with 400 wet n dry paper, clean it thoroughly with Prepsol (grease and wax remover) and then spray with epoxy enamel. I paint all my sim parts and backlight panels in this way. I use a lot of PVC as it's excellent to work with.

Cheers Gwyn

[Trevor Hale]

Jack, I remember seeing those pics before..  Glad you posted them again..  Man that looks awesome..

Great Stuff.

Trev

[Hessel Oosten]

Gwyn,

Thanks a lot.
90 % of the messages on internet about painting PVC do state it's (nearly) impossible.
This is GOOD to know !

Hessel

[Boeing Skunk Works]

I've never heard that you couldn't paint PVC. I use a lot of it too and never had any trouble after a proper prep job.

[Hessel Oosten]

Well, in fact it's frequently said that all kind of "plastics" that have surfaces which are (if you feel) more or less "fatty", are difficult/badly for painting.
E.g. PVC, Nylon, Delrin (official site states it cannot be painted) etc.

Of course all this statements are relative, but if you have something that's vulnerable to wear down, it could be a problem.

Example. Once I thought about making my "Korry switches" from grey PVC. Had the intention to paint them black. When in use, every press forces them to slightly touch the edges of the hole in which they are mounted.
Such a place seems to me not suitable for painted "plastic".

This was the background of the question.

Hessel