Forum: General   Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2009 1:39 am   Subject: Loose clock movement

Hi Chris!

Yeah, thanks for your fast and detailed reply. I think I'll use hot glue for this, but if it doesn't work, I'm gonna have to whip out my E6000 industrial strength glue.

Forum: General   Posted: Tue Jul 21, 2009 2:58 pm   Subject: Loose clock movement

Hi all,

I'm trying to fit a clock movement into my dial but no matter how tightly I tighten the hex nut, the movement is loose! Is this normal?

Pls see my video here: http://www.oneniceday.com/S ...

Forum: General   Posted: Thu Jul 09, 2009 1:36 am   Subject: Drilling a hole through tiles

Thanks a lot, Chris!

I found an alternative method via Yahoo Answers!

Someone there said to get a piece of wood, and drill a hole in it.
Then, place the wood on top of the tile and clamp eve ...

Forum: General   Posted: Tue Jul 07, 2009 3:05 pm   Subject: Drilling a hole through tiles

Hi,

Ok, this isn't 100% related to clocks, but it's still related to clocks in a way.
I need to drill a hole through my ceramic tile to insert the quartz clock movement.

My question is: how do ...

Forum: General   Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2008 2:54 am   Subject: Regarding clock works and clock hands

Hi Chris,

I'm about to order my custom-made dial soon from a manufacturer, and will be buying the clock movements soon.

Some questions again:

1) For the Clear Quartz movements here, http://ww ...

Forum: General   Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2008 3:28 pm   Subject: Regarding clock works and clock hands

Thanks Chris!

One more thing (sorry for being a total nuisance).
Regarding this clock movement #10059, pls see my commented picture below:

http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/7197/111sd2.gif

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Forum: General   Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 3:36 pm   Subject: Regarding clock works and clock hands

Thanks a lot for the answers, Chris!

I'm also thinking of buying several #15681, and then opening up the insert and taking out the clock dial, and replacing it with my own.

Maybe Klockit shou ...

Forum: General   Posted: Mon Nov 03, 2008 2:02 am   Subject: Regarding clock works and clock hands

Hi Chris,

Thanks for your e-mail. After some planning for the past few days, I've decided to stick with my original plan of ordering a dozen quartz clock movements first.

For this clock movement ...

Forum: General   Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 2:55 pm   Subject: Regarding clock works and clock hands

Hi Chris! Thanks, you've been really helpful!
I'll check those things out.....they look very interesting and pretty promising.

Btw, I see that you also have the following type of clock inse ...

Forum: General   Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2008 3:12 am   Subject: Regarding clock works and clock hands

Thanks Chris! Btw, do you happen to know of anywhere which sells custom clock inserts? I'm considering the possibility of replacing the clock face with my own designed clock face.

Forum: General   Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2008 1:57 am   Subject: Regarding clock works and clock hands

Thanks Chris! Yeah, I must admit it's kinda overwhelming, the description.

So, in short, if I'm a total beginner and I'm not sure about all these measurements etc., I should go with those clock ...

Forum: General   Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 3:22 pm   Subject: Regarding clock works and clock hands

Hi Chris!

Yeah, I browsed through some Chinese sites and some of them, their minimum orders are anywhere from 500 - 5000.

Anyway, I found this British site which makes custom clock hands:
ht ...

Forum: General   Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 2:02 am   Subject: Regarding clock works and clock hands

Thanks for the reply, Chris.....btw, you don't happen to know of any company or individuals who do custom clock hands, right?

Nice day!
Xeon

Forum: Woodworking   Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2008 2:00 am   Subject: What type of wood is best for printing?

Thanks a lot, Chris! I will check these out.

Forum: General   Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 3:36 am   Subject: Regarding clock works and clock hands

Hi all,

If I buy a clock movement set from Klockit.com (http://www.klockit.com/products/dept-157__sku-10079.html) but buy the clock hands from elsewhere, are the two parts guaranteed to fit nicely? ...

Forum: General   Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2008 9:48 am   Subject: Fancy-looking clockhands

Visit: http://www.klockit.com/products/dept-5__sku-CCCCX.html

Anyone knows if there's other places that sell such kinds of novelty clock-hands? It seems they're even rarer than flying cows.

Also ...

Forum: Woodworking   Posted: Fri Oct 17, 2008 7:24 am   Subject: What type of wood is best for printing?

As per above title.

I intend to use heat transfer to print graphics onto my wooden clock, but what is the best type of wood for such cases?

I understand that some wood do not react very well whe ...