Let's see your Shop Clock
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Aaxmym
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Here's one I pick up a while ago. Love those tires.
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MScott
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Welcome aboard. I can't help with the Snap On Clock, but there is a thread on pin-up girls here:
http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=54468
GEARBOXGARAGE
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rt dak
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buzz4041
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cool
rodsnratfinks
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Love it. I'm a fan of them too.Here's one I pick up a while ago. Love those tires.
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rodsnratfinks
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Awesome. Hope it works out.Still working on it.
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ABADWILLYS
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its up there, on the wall, pretty basic
I have another in my un-finished office in my shop, that i havent put up yet, its one of those clocks that looks like a wheel n tire
I have another in my un-finished office in my shop, that i havent put up yet, its one of those clocks that looks like a wheel n tire
MagicMarker
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What kind of wall clock in your garage?
Looking for ideas for analog wall clock for my garage.
Let's see what's hanging in your garage!
Looking for ideas for analog wall clock for my garage.
Let's see what's hanging in your garage!
HOTFR8
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Re: What kind of wall clock in your garage?
Merged your topic with an existing one that will give you some ideas.
Merged your topic with an existing one that will give you some ideas.
95riosnake
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Here's mine, and a brief write up of the mild restoration process I did to get it back to its former glory.
I decided the garage needed a nice old shop clock, something with vintage character. Sure, you can buy "retro" clocks that look like old clocks but I wanted something with real history. I browsed around Craigslist and eBay for a couple weeks trying to get a handle on what style/era of clock I wanted to go with. I ended up coming across this old Westclox wall clock on eBay, not the biggest clock but given my smaller shop size I think the size suits the space well. It was listed as "Not functioning, as-is for parts" but I decided I'd roll the dice, buy it and get the thing working again somehow. The bright red ring against the ivory face not only fit well with my color scheme, but had exactly the look I had in mind and at a price of $11, I couldn't lose.
I did a little research and found out the clock dates to 1939-1941, a bit older than the mid/late 50's I was assuming but it makes it that much cooler in my eyes. Here's the info on it from clockhistory.com:
$3.50 in 2015 money would be roughly $60.09
Immediately apparent was the lack of a power cord, so I opened it up to find the power cord had been cut off, and one of the wires to the motor was no longer connected. The upper inside area of the clock and rear cover showed remnants of an electrical fire, hinting that the clock had shorted out at some point. Since it was set up with only a 2 wire cord, my guess was that the ground had come loose from the motor and caused a bit of a catastrophe. I was a little worried the motor may be fried, but it wouldn't hurt to keep plugging away and see if I could breathe new life into it.
During the process of rewiring it (the ground wire was the smallest wire I think I've ever seen on something AC powered, lol):
Wired up and ready to go. I upgraded it to a new 3 wire cord and added a frame ground to prevent any future catastrophes.
The moment of truth came and I plugged it in. To my delight, all the gears started spinning along like it was WW2 again
Now that I knew it worked, I cleaned and polished up the glass lens, hit the aluminum trim ring with some metal polish, and buffed the red enamel a bit with some compound.
Next, the hammer drill got the nod and I settled on mounting it between my smaller WT drill press and paint rack.
The cord stuck out like a sore thumb to me, so I picked up a wall cord cover and painted it to match the white and gray two tone of the wall.
The clock has been running about 9 months now and the time is still dead on. Not bad for a 76 year old clock!
I decided the garage needed a nice old shop clock, something with vintage character. Sure, you can buy "retro" clocks that look like old clocks but I wanted something with real history. I browsed around Craigslist and eBay for a couple weeks trying to get a handle on what style/era of clock I wanted to go with. I ended up coming across this old Westclox wall clock on eBay, not the biggest clock but given my smaller shop size I think the size suits the space well. It was listed as "Not functioning, as-is for parts" but I decided I'd roll the dice, buy it and get the thing working again somehow. The bright red ring against the ivory face not only fit well with my color scheme, but had exactly the look I had in mind and at a price of $11, I couldn't lose.
I did a little research and found out the clock dates to 1939-1941, a bit older than the mid/late 50's I was assuming but it makes it that much cooler in my eyes. Here's the info on it from clockhistory.com:
$3.50 in 2015 money would be roughly $60.09
Immediately apparent was the lack of a power cord, so I opened it up to find the power cord had been cut off, and one of the wires to the motor was no longer connected. The upper inside area of the clock and rear cover showed remnants of an electrical fire, hinting that the clock had shorted out at some point. Since it was set up with only a 2 wire cord, my guess was that the ground had come loose from the motor and caused a bit of a catastrophe. I was a little worried the motor may be fried, but it wouldn't hurt to keep plugging away and see if I could breathe new life into it.
During the process of rewiring it (the ground wire was the smallest wire I think I've ever seen on something AC powered, lol):
Wired up and ready to go. I upgraded it to a new 3 wire cord and added a frame ground to prevent any future catastrophes.
The moment of truth came and I plugged it in. To my delight, all the gears started spinning along like it was WW2 again
Now that I knew it worked, I cleaned and polished up the glass lens, hit the aluminum trim ring with some metal polish, and buffed the red enamel a bit with some compound.
Next, the hammer drill got the nod and I settled on mounting it between my smaller WT drill press and paint rack.
The cord stuck out like a sore thumb to me, so I picked up a wall cord cover and painted it to match the white and gray two tone of the wall.
The clock has been running about 9 months now and the time is still dead on. Not bad for a 76 year old clock!
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Kevkx125
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12min before 12
offroadrunner1
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Thanks to this thread I just bought myself one from Germany...
I used to have a Porsche 944 so it's nice to remember. I think I'll wire the clock, voltmeter and cigarette lighter and have a 12V battery with a trickle charger. It would be awesome to have the oil pressure show the pressure in the air lines but I think I will not know how to do that...
No I just need to finish building the garage to put this into
I used to have a Porsche 944 so it's nice to remember. I think I'll wire the clock, voltmeter and cigarette lighter and have a 12V battery with a trickle charger. It would be awesome to have the oil pressure show the pressure in the air lines but I think I will not know how to do that...
No I just need to finish building the garage to put this into
GCncsuHD
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Thanks to this thread I just bought myself one from Germany...
I used to have a Porsche 944 so it's nice to remember. I think I'll wire the clock, voltmeter and cigarette lighter and have a 12V battery with a trickle charger. It would be awesome to have the oil pressure show the pressure in the air lines but I think I will not know how to do that...
No I just need to finish building the garage to put this into
Assuming the oil pressure gauge is electronic you would need the sender to wire up. It looks like it reads in BAR, so 5 bar would be about 72psi, so not enough for shop air, though for "novelty" you could rig it up as a pressure gauge for tire pressure, etc. You could possibly also figure out the ohm range of the sender and wire in a resistor to get it to read the "pressure" you desire, or a potentiometer and be able to vary the pressure reading.
Rather than a 12v battery and charger, just wire up a regular 12v power supply transformer, no need for the battery.
Gidge
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The first clock is my current shop clock --nothing special.
The second clock used to be in my Grandfather's shop -- we had it in the house for the longest time -- it chimed at the top and bottom of every hour. The brand is Telechron, made in Ashland, MA. This model is a "6 series" Mantel Clock (Model 6B05) made between 1932-1938. I need to try and get this clock running again.
The second clock used to be in my Grandfather's shop -- we had it in the house for the longest time -- it chimed at the top and bottom of every hour. The brand is Telechron, made in Ashland, MA. This model is a "6 series" Mantel Clock (Model 6B05) made between 1932-1938. I need to try and get this clock running again.
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AMCguy
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thunderbird61
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Here is mine, just made it today, nothing fancy, but I like it 
mjoekingz28
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mjoekingz28
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thunderbird61,
How do you post a picture (from an iPad) where it is full size as your Edelbrock. So you do not have to click on the image to see it?
How do you post a picture (from an iPad) where it is full size as your Edelbrock. So you do not have to click on the image to see it?
BDT/NWMN
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Nothing special, just a $5 box store clock with a AA battery that gets changed once a year... With windows on three sides, my sundial works fairly well. To back up these two, I have projects that seem to let me know when it is time to call it a day when they are completed... But I enjoy being in my Shop, no matter what time it is..
Kellyblues
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My honey got me this. It took some getting used to. It has a engine revving sound on the hour. Its spooked the **** out of me a couple of times.
thunderbird61
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I use Tapatalk, when I choose the image and insert it into the post, it gets the way it shows in this thread.
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Dan in Pasadena
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This is mine, homemade with my spare BBS RS lip.
Excellent idea! Thanks, I'm stealing it!
I've got an old, badly curbed "California Flower" torq thrust type rim I'm not using for anything. I guess(?) just eBay a battery operated clock mechanism?
MrBreeze
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Made from a stock brake rotor off a motorcycle I customized.
