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Fight the Future by teucer
November 10th, 2008 8:54 AM
I used a screwdriver and a pair of pliers to take it apart, hoping not to damage the pieces.
But I was looking for gears of a more aesthetically desirable nature, and was not satisfied with nylon. So I turned to another source - a sturdy kitchen timer.
This one proved to have much better pieces inside.
But it isn't destruction I was after. I had plans for the pieces that went further than separating them from their clock.
The goal was a wearable lapel pin or other accessory, made of gears - and I'd say it worked out well.
An alarm clock
This clock has long since stopped working.
Disassembling
The clock's already not going to work as a clock anymore, but I'm not done.
Clock face
I'd call that pretty destroyed.
Clock guts
Plastic gears and printed circuit boards.
Timer
My next subject
Gears
A first glimpse of the timer's mechanism.
Timer movement
It's really a beautiful thing, even if you stop there.
Metal gears
And at long last, some of the pieces I was looking for.
Assembled
Three of my favorite gears from the timer, while the glue that holds them together is drying.
Complete
Put the gears together carefully, and they become a spiffy lapel pin.
Player photo detail
Showing off the pin as it looks when being worn.
16 vote(s)
Optical Dave
2
Darkaardvark
3
Augustus deCorbeau
3
Morte
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Amoeba Man
5
Myrna Minx
4
Mr Everyday
4
Anaximander Holywell
2
Meelar
4
Sombrero Guy
2
Loki
3
Secret Agent
3
Jennifer Juniper
5
Redacted Redacted
5
Waldo Cheerio
3
Dennis Carwyr
Terms
steampunk, accessorize, salvage5 comment(s)
Very nice. Votes for making something beautiful out of the clock parts... I myself was drawn to do the same when I completed this task, there is something about the insides of machines...
Awesome. And verra cool as well that you got something to wear out of it.