This ensures that the clock is going to be aligned vertically and horizontally with the corners of the board, as this clock is hung on the wall with the corners being the horizontal and vertically aligned. So to fix this, I placed the second hands in really close to the minute hands and I ignored the circle I drew for their placement.Īnother note I should mention is to align the Hour hand rings to the X on the board that was drawn to find the middle. The glue dries really fast and makes it easy to continue working on the next rings without worrying about them moving around while they are drying.Īfter the minute hands are glued into place, repeat the process for the second hand, then the hour hands. Once the dry parts are arraigned, it's time to use the super glue and glue the rings down in place. As I mentioned before it's not going to be precise, though as long as the circle looks like an even circle it will be alright and not lose any aesthetics. Do not use too much pressure of the line will show up through the paint.Īfter the line is drawn, start to arrange the PVC rings on the line. Now using the compass, set the needle to the middle of the board and draw the circle for the minute hands. The simplest way of doing this is to simply take each corner and draw a straight line connecting the opposite ones together, this will leave an X on the board, and the middle of the X where the lines intersect is the exact middle of the board.

Unfortunately I didn't take a photo of this step, but it's pretty self-explanatory. Then Divide the diameter by 2 to get the radius.Īfter getting the radius, set the compass to that measurement, as close as possible, but accuracy is not critical. To get the radius of a diameter the formula is: Circumference / 3.14. The outside dimensions are 1 1/16', which converted to decimals is: 1.0625'.īecause I am using a compass to draw the circle, I need to find the radius of the circle to set the compass correctly. So I got the math for the minute hand rings and worried about the rest afterwards. I also know that the second hand ring is smaller than the minute hand ring, so the second hand rings would not touch each other like the minute hand rings will. I knew that the hour hand would fit easily in the middle of the minute hand ring with plenty of adjustment room.

For the plastic parts, I had to do some simple math to get the dimensions of the Minute hand PVC rings.

Clock with the minutes