I made this for a workshop project at school, my teacher thought it was so cool that he entered it in the fair I got 2ND place I was so happy! thanks for posting this video I couldn't have made the clock without it
A tip for those of you who want to make this. Mount only the display in the front cavity, and connect it with wires to the board which would sit inside the cube. If you use individual 7 segment displays then drill small holes in line with the pins(parallel connection). If you use a display module(like the one in this video) then drill multiple wholes in a line and enlarge them into a grove through which a ribbon cable would go(serial connection). The one in this video used a pair of 6 pins, 12 pins in total.
I didn't like the 24 hour format until I started having to use it at work. Been using it for over 8 years now and I've grown to like it. Well, at least you get to make another one with a 12 hour clock and change all the things you wanted to in this one. It's a win!
Paul Watson Yeah, don't understand when people don't like 24 hr clocks, but i never used to till the 80s, when VCRs came out. I remember my first experience with an American VCR: Trying to put the time in (it was 14:30 hrs, it kept BEEEP BEEEP at me till I realized it wanted me to put in 02:30 (!) and then select 'pm' on the next screen. Bizarre way of doing it lol
David Iliyn Yeah, I'm a bit embarrassed of my soldering skills.. definitely on my "to get better at" list :) Part of it was just being in a hurry since I was shooting it.
Totally understand, great video none the less! Really appreciate you taking the time to film and upload all this stuff, I understand the amount of work and pain it can be sometimes, cheers!
David Iliyn Right on! I just checked out your channel.. Looks like I could learn some great stuff from your videos to up my production value! Nice work
OK. Here's my veneer tip. Apply plain wood glue to both the veneer sheet and to the base material, trying to achieve an even thin film and allow them to dry to the touch (not sticky). Now you can position them perfectly. When you have the veneer positioned like you want, place a piece of paper over the the veneer and use a laundry iron to set it permanently. The heat from the iron causes the moisture in the wood to steam up and reactivate the glue.
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+MrK9KOP99 I just got this package a few days ago, and I've had a hard time putting it down. There are lots of full-color pictures, with thorough descriptions of every step in the project. The plans are super easy to read and understand, unlike several others I looked at online. Definitely a valuable addition to my woodworking reference library. I would highly recommend it to anyone who's interested in woodworking *TopFineWoodworking .Com* ==============>>>>>>>>>>>>
holy crap Bob. I really like your stuff. and you're always like "hey, if you know more about this, please put some more info down below cuz I don't know everything." Tha makes you seem pretty flippin genuine and willing to be wrong--a quality most people don't have much these days. ace clock too!
Second video I've seen of yours. Even if I never attempt anything from your videos, I feel like it's still worth my time to see. You make great and informative videos
I'm not a huge fan of branding intro's on RUclips but I've always thought yours is pretty bad ass. I think the concept of the clock is brilliant. I wonder if you could get a clock face to cover an entire side.
Hi Bob! Thank you very much for your videos. I'd like to comment on veneer glueing. I know the other way how to do it. Put pretty thick glue layer on your veneer before cutting it to pieces and wait for the glue to dry, just for an hour or so, for it not to be sticky. Than cut your veneer to necessary pieces, put one piece to it's place and press it with hot iron. Veneer beautifully sticks. Repeat it with all other pieces. The advantage of this method is that you can precisely put veneer in it's place and avoid all unglued places.
***** You're correct, the numbers are not vertically centered! I wanted to find the center, and work down from that point. I probably didn't explain that well enough.
Huge fan of using contact cement when attaching veneer. You don't have to worry about the amount of glue you use, and can do larger sections since once attached it doesn't have to set like a wood glue does.
Kapitaine Kastor thats nice... But sadly i dont have the stuff to make it like a wood cutter or a chain saw but i do have a pocket knife saw lel but its old... It was my moms so yee... And i have to much lazyness
This looks so strange on my desk but it's so cool at the same time, one problem I encountered was my wiring was a bit off, I took it apart and re wired it, looks and works great, it's always a great conversation starter whenever I have someone in the office.
hey any body out there having a rough day? well dont worry whatever is happening is gonna turn out just fine. beacuse you are amazing. you are you and there is no one else who is as individual and fantstic in the way that you are. i hope you have a nice day (or night) and remember. bullies dont actualy know anything so their insults make no sense. your beaty isn't difined by other peoples thoughts or opinions it is defined by your own optamistic outlook on your self and its imposible to be bad at every thing. you just have to try new things and not give up. no matter what people say no mater what your freinds and family say no mater what your pets say. remember... you can do this 😊
Great project. I have glued small veneer like that before. I find that a peace of dense foam in between the veneer and the clamp block help with even clamping.
RussianDaycare its embarassing when americans don't know european time.. In my mind time should just consist of nubers and not with AM or PM^^ - but.. no metric system and no roundabout traffic so... whatever :P
Someone said you have the coolest T shirts, and I have to agree. Fun project to watch...the recap is a big help as well to anyone who might want to try it.
Great project and very well explained. I have no experience with veneer either but I do remember a wise man telling me, "A man's skill is judged by the wrinkles in his duct tape."
I don't know how to feel about the comments. So what if he prefers the 12hr clock? It's like arguing with someone about their favorite color not being the same as yours. Then people saying that he should just buy a clock. Read the channel's name. It's simple English, must be easy to understand. Few people appreciate the content. It's actually a nice step by step tutorial. He teaches but also likes to learn from other people and talks about how he could've done better if his project didn't turn out so well. *GOOD QUALITY STUFF RIGHT THERE.* I don't think I'll make one though, I just like to watch people make stuff. See what I did there? Anyway, more power to your channel!
love what you are doing keep up the great work. If you would have build the box from MDF it would be much easier to cut the venier since it hase no structure. advice from a friendly german carpenter.
One option you can do that may make for an interesting effect is cut some cross grain veneer and use that for at least the area with the clock display. For instance some woods like oak have thousands of open tubules if you look at a thin end grain sample of the wood. You can easily see this by cutting off a thin (about 1/8" piece) and looking through it at a light source.
A small trim router and a flush bearing bit will give you a near perfect edge. You can also roll the corners with the edge of a round screw driver shaft to help bring the seems together. Anyway great project! Looking forward to the next brain pick as well.
Problem with most of us engineers! Having to dig through the trash and find the instructions after we decided we can't figure it out! I'm with you Bob, I Like To Make Stuff Cool project Bob, might have to try someday for my shop.
Hi, Thanks for the fun video! When I do veneers, like you just did, I put a piece of corrugated cardboard from a box between the weight and the veneer. This helps to keep voids to a minimum. Rob
Hey loved the vid. I really liked how you did a recap on what worked and what didn't, I spend days agonizing over that kind of stuff whenever I finish a project!
+Marcus Björn “ZenTaurus” Rydström I got mine for free. Just a chunk of wood with numbers sharpie'd onto it. As the sun moves, the shadow cast tells me what time it is.
+I Like To Make Stuff Here is an idea: put a 5 v battery inside the hollow cube or if u don't have a 5v get a different battery and use a 5 v switch that takes 5-9 volts and lowers it to 5v and wire the battery up to the clock(have the battery be Li-Ion so you can recharge it) and strip the wires on a USB Micro female port (the one on the android phone) and connect the negative to the battery and have diodes on all the wires to prevent feed back. Then mount the USB port into the back so you could use a USB male to USB micro female to you can charge the clock off of an apple or android USB charger for convenience and have a Voltage Indicator on the back and have a switch hooked up to it so you turn it on only when you need it. Wha Bam! A battery powered USB wooden cock!(if u want to go MLG next level put 5v solar panels on the Top so u have a portable solar powered USB clock) (and for Super MLG have another USB port so you can charge stuff off of it) The end
+P0WERBUBBLE You would need a better clock kit for that. If you turned off a basic kit like this via a switch, it would not remember what time it was when you turned it on again. Also the charger doesn't need to be an apple or android charger, any USB charger will be 5v because that is the spec for USB. The voltage indicator would be pointless because there is no need to monitor voltage when it will only accept and produce one voltage. It's not exactly sensitive equipment. Charging stuff off of it would work fine except for things like Apple products where you would need a data signal or shorted data wires for it to charge. Rather than overcomplicating this it would probably be a lot better to just work a cheap power pack/portable charger into the box. All the charging circuitry will be done for you, you just need to add the solar.
This is a great idea. I was given a large digital clock with a super bright display that would be perfect for this. I’ll make the box really shallow & hang it on the wall.
Hey Bob... I made one of these a while back and what I did was use purple heart for all sides and then used purple heart veneer on the from so only one side got veneer... It worked out fine but I also had problems with brightness of screen.. and I didn't use a clock like you I now want to go back and make one like this I cut mine out from an old clock and build the box around it... Harder maybe but no soldering... but then again I had to make an access hole for setting the time... I will be remaking one with this method for sure.... Great vids keep up the good work.
Another way I like to do is minus 2 hours from any time after 12:00, then the second digit is the hour... This might be a bit hard to understand but for example: if its 19:00, you minus 2 hours, making it say 17:00. The second digit is 7. Therefore its 07:00 pm :D
droid1312 Same thing, really. You subtract 2 first, so 19 turns into 17 and then you subtract the remaining 10. In the end, you still subtracted 12, but it's easier to think of it like you described.
I got this diy clock from ebay, there weren't instructions in English either. Even though I would prefer to utilize the space in the box (e.g., as drawer, or open storage) and I'm not sure if I'd like to cover the display, I love the simple woodworking part of it and the concept you presented. Your channel is awesome. For everyone with such clock, this is what I found on the internet : A - Hours (Military Time) B - Minutes C - Hourly Chime D - Alarm 1 On/Off E - Alarm 1 Hours F - Alarm 1 Minutes (Military Time) G - Alarm 2 On/Off H - Alarm 2 Hours (Military Time) i - Alarm 2 Minutes I don't know what it means yet, lol.
+John Arne Nergård This is matter of time zone. If you live in America you learn to use an 12hour clock. So you get used to 1pm or 1am. in this case the PM and AM makes all the difference. I leanbred ot use an 24 hour clock. So i got taught those numbers 1 to 24. 00:00 t 06:00 is night, 06:00 to 12 is morning and so on. They get tought that am is morning or night, pm is afternoon or evening. Dependin on when it's used. The way i got taught 24 hour clock is simply adding 12 to the number. for axample 18:00 = 6 o clock. 6 + 12= 18. Thus 18:00. we als don't sat six thirty. we say half seven. So again it's how you learned it and what you preffer to use.
I Know, I know. But if I had learned the 12-hour clock, and then realized at a point in my life: "Wow! There is a 24-hour clock out there, people! 24-hours! Thats TWICE what we have!"... Well, I would have changed... ;)
Come on you guys! Your standpoint is equivalent to "I don't want to switch from hot air balloons to jet airplanes, because I grew up with air balloons and I am sticking to it!". There is no benefit, only drawbacks! Get with the metrics people!
I really do love your videos. That you just try out all these cool things and share your experiences with everyone to make it better. Please keep on doing this. 😊
TO TRANSLATE. scan the document. then use a translator app. windows has some online. just use cut and paste to select specific sections of text. Your video format is excellent! great instructions, fast, informative, good resolution camera. Thank you.
Lightly wood glue both surfaces and let dry so it isn't sticky. Use an old clothing iron with a brown grocery bag in between the veneer and the iron. Turn the iron on its hottest setting and place the two glued surfaces together and heat them with the iron moving it around and pressing moderately. It makes dry time way less and isnt as messy
Cool concept! You'll get about 7 different opinions on what glue to use for veneer. I don't think it makes much difference on something this size. Titebond makes a "cold press" glue that is designed for it. It's really runny. If you put the glue on the box rather than the veneer it may be easier as the glue makes the veneer curl up.
I want to learn some basic electronics because I want to make the wooden clock that you did in a previous video but I want to put an led at different numbered intervals around the clock with a switch below so it can I light up. Great video.
I do a lot of work with veneer. I would use MDF as a substrate as it is much more stable, even if you were to have clean corners, if you veneer pine, a soft wood like that is subject to considerable expansion and contraction dependent upon the season and your corners will separate. A good technique you could use would be to put the glue on the back of the veneer and allow to completely dry then place the veneer on the mdf substrate where you want it. Then use an iron (just a regular clothes iron) to reactivate the wood glue to the mdf. This will allow you to avoid needing any clamping pressure or vacuum bags for small diy projects. Allow the veneer to cool from the heat applied. Once it is cooled you will be able to trim the corners of the veneer.
For Veneering, sand the back of it first. Use contact adhesive spray, spray both sides, leave for a minute to fume a little then massage/press it on with a rubber roller. Trim off the excess with a fine file with masking tape on the end, move in a cutting motion cutting with the thin edge. Sand level with 180 grit towards the face of the box sides.
Nice job Bob. You mentioned about veneering suggestions. I find contact cement works great. Shear off the over hanging edge with a fine file edge, then block sand. Cool idea for a clock showing thru the veneer. Keep these videos coming. I'm just starting to get into electronics with Arduino and Raspberry Pi. Tough to find good, practical projects. You have a bunch tho, thank you.
hey man nice job on the clock. i have done veneers before i found it worked really well to use a plunge router with a end bearing straight bit to cut the veneer back to the surface then after that's done on all side use a file to get the edges perfect.
Got one of these for $5 at a novelty store. Looks like a brick of wood (smooth and awesome) with a super bright display time & temperature. It's my new favorite stupid little gadget. I was excited as a caveman who just discovered fire.
Drill evenly spaced holes all the way across the display area in the veneer with a pin or needle. Only the holes that have light behind them (from the number) will light up and display the time. Might look better.
Cool Idea :) If you are veneering over the wood, I would suggest a good quality (not the construction grade) plywood. They are very dimensionally stable so you wont have the warping issues.
Hi Bob, Great channel you got there! I have definitely some advice for veneer. Next time you just need some (white) wood glue. Brush or roll both sides with glue (so veneer and the piece of wood you like to veneer) and let it dry for around 15-20 minutes. In the meantime, heat up an iron (without steam!). If both pieces are dried, just simply at both pieces together and heat it with the iron, this reactivates the glue. The trick here is to push pretty firm (but not to hard!) and not to burn the wood. Saw the overhang of you off like you normally do. That's it, what can I say, Bob's your uncle! :-)
if you make one with an arduino (something like an arduino nano would be ideal) you'd have full control over the format and brightness. you could even put in a temperature sensor, and if you use a nodeMCU board (cheaper than arduinos and have built in wifi) you can make an internet clock which you'll never have to set! The veneer idea is really inspiring i've got a few OLED screens i'd like to play with see if they can penetrate it for just such an internet clock i'm designing. I'd imagine that if it's too dim you could always sand away at the inside of the veneer until it's paper thin Thanks for the videos man!
you are the coolest engineer i have ever seen working man c'MON SPORT you got a subscriber at 2:23AM in the morning,i'm completely drained out i gotta sleep now BUT gosh i'm studying computer engineering haha
I've not had the greatest of successes with veneering, but have found using mdf/ply to be a good substrate. Using a flush trim router bit can help get a good edge, if your careful at the end grain, and get a good bond on the edges helps, as does trimming close to the edge with a knife first. Definitely agree with you leaving the face till last to help hide the imperfections. Would like to try this as a project! :-) Thanks for sharing! !
I used to make clocks with wooden cigar boxes. Which most smoke shops throw out or give away free.Both digital & free hand clocks I made. Which looked like small grandfather clocks.
I've found that the best way to glue veneer is to use spray glue like spray 90. Works great. Then I trim the veneer with either a file or a small flush trim router
I love DT (design technology) so in school i made sort of the same thing, i used 1mm plywood sheets and it worked really well, i would definately recomend it
Use the utility knife to get rid of the big edges. Leave a small line of veneer behind en sand that until its flat. Thats how i do it and it works pretty well
Perhaps someone already pointed this out (so I apologize for a repeated comment if that's the case). When you used the brad nailer, you held the pieces together with your fingers very close to the joint. Sometimes those brads can deflect within the wood and you could be in for a nasty surprise. Overall, though, I thank you for this video. My 13-year-old son will soon be building his own version, I'm sure!
Huge fan after only a couple videos! I am an avid woodworker/refinisher and a HAM. I think you should look into amatuer radio as your tinkering skills & passion would fit right in and grow! Best from Michigan - Tim, KD8VUI
really cool idea I might of tried to center the numbers opposed to centering the hole unit but awesome build I might try this my self thanks again for sharing
If you want the Sevensegment display brighter use a constant currentsource instad of the classic resistor, sure ists mor complicated but with that you can adjust the brightness of the display...
Nice idea :D Next level would be to make a server room in the middle of your home with open wiring and no insolation, then you can hang all sorts of smart appliances with lights right on the plywood so it shows through on the other side. And with no hassle connecting wifi or power neatly.. maybe some sort of touch screen works too. Might try it myself someday
i saw ur first video today and really impresed . After watching ur video on arduino. i watch ur 7 video and all the videos are awesome...........Thanks for your videos....
Good idea. Thanks. For future non-English instructions, install the Google Translate app on your phone. Start the app, click the camera button, point the camera to the text you want to translate, and your translation will appear. Excellent app for travelers, although who's traveling in the Covid era?
You can probably change the brightness of the LCD by changing out the resistor which sets the brightness.If you find the model of the LCD and pull up the spec sheet it will tell you which pin sets the brightness and the maximum it can be set for.
contact adhesive for the veneer and then using a small j roller to flatten out and press on the veneer is useful also I think its easier to veneer onto mdf as its nice and flat
Good call on the contact adhesive. I ended up getting plain backed veneer thinking that it'd be more see-through, although I don't really know if that ended up being the case. Either way, the adhesive would be a better replacement for the glue I used here. Thanks!
I made this for a workshop project at school, my teacher thought it was so cool that he entered it in the fair I got 2ND place I was so happy! thanks for posting this video I couldn't have made the clock without it
How did you not get 1st place?! Who got 1st place and what did he/she have to present?
I like how you were critical of your own mistakes and talked about what you would do differently so we can try to learn from your mistakes.
hi, I'm Paul, and i like to watch people make stuff...lol... great vid
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"Hey I'm Bob and I like to make stuff" -gotta be the best youtube intro description ever :D
damn Daniel
+iKoper Back at it again with the nice comments
+iKoper chill m8, ur too savage :O
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Only if he said, "Hi, I'm Bob and I like to build stuff."
A tip for those of you who want to make this. Mount only the display in the front cavity, and connect it with wires to the board which would sit inside the cube. If you use individual 7 segment displays then drill small holes in line with the pins(parallel connection). If you use a display module(like the one in this video) then drill multiple wholes in a line and enlarge them into a grove through which a ribbon cable would go(serial connection). The one in this video used a pair of 6 pins, 12 pins in total.
This is a sweet little project. Maybe you'll learn to prefer the 24 hour format :)
Matthew Cremona doubtful :)
I didn't like the 24 hour format until I started having to use it at work. Been using it for over 8 years now and I've grown to like it.
Well, at least you get to make another one with a 12 hour clock and change all the things you wanted to in this one. It's a win!
I know most digital clocks have the option for both but I honestly didn't think anyone used the 12hr version. 24hr seems the norm in the UK.
easy thing to learn 24 hour clock when it is past 12 you just do - 12 to get the right time
Paul Watson Yeah, don't understand when people don't like 24 hr clocks, but i never used to till the 80s, when VCRs came out.
I remember my first experience with an American VCR: Trying to put the time in (it was 14:30 hrs, it kept BEEEP BEEEP at me till I realized it wanted me to put in 02:30 (!) and then select 'pm' on the next screen. Bizarre way of doing it lol
David Iliyn Yeah, I'm a bit embarrassed of my soldering skills.. definitely on my "to get better at" list :) Part of it was just being in a hurry since I was shooting it.
Totally understand, great video none the less! Really appreciate you taking the time to film and upload all this stuff, I understand the amount of work and pain it can be sometimes, cheers!
David Iliyn Right on! I just checked out your channel.. Looks like I could learn some great stuff from your videos to up my production value! Nice work
Soldering is one of those things that everyone critiques, yet in all honesty, a bad solder is as good as a good one for most practical applications.
Great point!
man you work fast.
OK. Here's my veneer tip. Apply plain wood glue to both the veneer sheet and to the base material, trying to achieve an even thin film and allow them to dry to the touch (not sticky). Now you can position them perfectly. When you have the veneer positioned like you want, place a piece of paper over the the veneer and use a laundry iron to set it permanently. The heat from the iron causes the moisture in the wood to steam up and reactivate the glue.
+I Like To Make Stuff dude im suprised your channel isnt at 1000000 subs. The production quality is high, the editing is great, and the overall stuff on your channel is really awesome! I am definitely subbing. This channel is amazing! Keep up the terrific work dude!
MrK9KOP99 Thank you! I really appreciate that!
+MrK9KOP99 I just got this package a few days ago, and I've had a hard time putting it down. There are lots of full-color pictures, with thorough descriptions of every step in the project. The plans are super easy to read and understand, unlike several others I looked at online. Definitely a valuable addition to my woodworking reference library. I would highly recommend it to anyone who's interested in woodworking *TopFineWoodworking .Com*
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+I Like To Make Stuff i like your videos whats your email
agreed
I totally agree!!!
holy crap Bob. I really like your stuff. and you're always like "hey, if you know more about this, please put some more info down below cuz I don't know everything." Tha makes you seem pretty flippin genuine and willing to be wrong--a quality most people don't have much these days. ace clock too!
Second video I've seen of yours. Even if I never attempt anything from your videos, I feel like it's still worth my time to see. You make great and informative videos
Thank you so much! That means a lot!
I love that you specifically mentions what was not right in the process so that I can avoid the same mistakes...
I'm not a huge fan of branding intro's on RUclips but I've always thought yours is pretty bad ass. I think the concept of the clock is brilliant. I wonder if you could get a clock face to cover an entire side.
Thanks Jay! Yeah, you can buy all different size displays, most of which would probably work with this kit.
i realize I am kind of randomly asking but does anybody know a good place to stream newly released series online ?
Hi Bob!
Thank you very much for your videos. I'd like to comment on veneer glueing. I know the other way how to do it. Put pretty thick glue layer on your veneer before cutting it to pieces and wait for the glue to dry, just for an hour or so, for it not to be sticky. Than cut your veneer to necessary pieces, put one piece to it's place and press it with hot iron. Veneer beautifully sticks. Repeat it with all other pieces.
The advantage of this method is that you can precisely put veneer in it's place and avoid all unglued places.
***** You're correct, the numbers are not vertically centered! I wanted to find the center, and work down from that point. I probably didn't explain that well enough.
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Huge fan of using contact cement when attaching veneer. You don't have to worry about the amount of glue you use, and can do larger sections since once attached it doesn't have to set like a wood glue does.
YES YES YES YES YES! Love this! YES!
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Man I am a mechanical engineer and I can tell you that is one the very cool DIY video I have seen!
the feeling you want to do this but dom't have those pro materials and skills. =(
I feel you
But in hong kong i saw some of this you can buy if you don't have materials i saw it in the airport
Don't worry, this is not a pro job ;) you can do it, I swear. Maybe a carpenter can give you some advices. But you don't need skill.
Kapitaine Kastor thats nice... But sadly i dont have the stuff to make it like a wood cutter or a chain saw but i do have a pocket knife saw lel but its old... It was my moms so yee... And i have to much lazyness
You don't need more bro \o/
This looks so strange on my desk but it's so cool at the same time, one problem I encountered was my wiring was a bit off, I took it apart and re wired it, looks and works great, it's always a great conversation starter whenever I have someone in the office.
hey any body out there having a rough day? well dont worry
whatever is happening is gonna turn out just fine. beacuse you are amazing. you are you and there is no one else who is as individual and fantstic in the way that you are. i hope you have a nice day (or night) and remember.
bullies dont actualy know anything so their insults make no sense.
your beaty isn't difined by other peoples thoughts or opinions
it is defined by your own optamistic outlook on your self
and its imposible to be bad at every thing. you just have to
try new things and not give up. no matter what people say no mater what your freinds and family say no mater what your pets say.
remember...
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Great project. I have glued small veneer like that before. I find that a peace of dense foam in between the veneer and the clamp block help with even clamping.
What is wrong with a 24h clock?
Not a single thing. People are used to what they're used to.
americans lose their shits when they see one. they're used to am/pm(which, just like the imperial units, is less practical)
Lord of Gold Its harder to read for people used to 12Hr clocks, when it's past 12 (13:00)you have to substract 12 :P
I had to sign in at a library one time and put 14;00. Librarian yelled "we don't use military time here!"
RussianDaycare its embarassing when americans don't know european time.. In my mind time should just consist of nubers and not with AM or PM^^ - but.. no metric system and no roundabout traffic so... whatever :P
veneer work is done really nice and even if you have laminating vacuum bags! we used it at the university i work at and the veneer comes out perfect
I Like To Make Stuff why do you remind me of tony stark from the Iron Man movies??
Haha, I'm not sure, but I'll take that as a compliment :)
hahah then you're welcome XD
Someone said you have the coolest T shirts, and I have to agree. Fun project to watch...the recap is a big help as well to anyone who might want to try it.
Great project and very well explained. I have no experience with veneer either but I do remember a wise man telling me, "A man's skill is judged by the wrinkles in his duct tape."
I don't know how to feel about the comments. So what if he prefers the 12hr clock? It's like arguing with someone about their favorite color not being the same as yours. Then people saying that he should just buy a clock. Read the channel's name. It's simple English, must be easy to understand.
Few people appreciate the content. It's actually a nice step by step tutorial. He teaches but also likes to learn from other people and talks about how he could've done better if his project didn't turn out so well. *GOOD QUALITY STUFF RIGHT THERE.*
I don't think I'll make one though, I just like to watch people make stuff. See what I did there? Anyway, more power to your channel!
love what you are doing keep up the great work.
If you would have build the box from MDF it would be much easier to cut the venier since it hase no structure.
advice from a friendly german carpenter.
Fynn Berresheim Good call! Thanks!
I want to build such a clock. Can you tell me what type of veneer is best? How thick should it be?
One option you can do that may make for an interesting effect is cut some cross grain veneer and use that for at least the area with the clock display. For instance some woods like oak have thousands of open tubules if you look at a thin end grain sample of the wood. You can easily see this by cutting off a thin (about 1/8" piece) and looking through it at a light source.
Thanks for the inspiration,
Keep it up
A small trim router and a flush bearing bit will give you a near perfect edge. You can also roll the corners with the edge of a round screw driver shaft to help bring the seems together. Anyway great project! Looking forward to the next brain pick as well.
24 hour clock is way better :)
True ...
Metric system is also way better than imperial system.
The only reason you belibe that is personal preference no one is better than the other
Problem with most of us engineers! Having to dig through the trash and find the instructions after we decided we can't figure it out! I'm with you Bob, I Like To Make Stuff
Cool project Bob, might have to try someday for my shop.
I'm watching this and then I realise, crap school starts soon and so does the alarms 😩
MewCartoonLike I live in Australia school starts late january for us.
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Tash Carter yea my situations close to that its 1:52 and i haz school in the morning but thnx goodness im online schooled!
Hi,
Thanks for the fun video!
When I do veneers, like you just did, I put a piece of corrugated cardboard from a box between the weight and the veneer. This helps to keep voids to a minimum.
Rob
Do you have an esty shop or somewhere where people can buy things you have made?
No, I don't typically sell them.
you should
Hey loved the vid. I really liked how you did a recap on what worked and what didn't, I spend days agonizing over that kind of stuff whenever I finish a project!
***** Thanks! yeah, just add the new knowledge to your toolbox for next time and try not to spend too much time being bummed about what didn't work :)
Hmm neat! But I've already bought one of these on eBay for $10, they're pretty popular now.
$10? I got one from a little bit more than $2!
***** wow nice
+Marcus Björn “ZenTaurus” Rydström I got mine for free. Just a chunk of wood with numbers sharpie'd onto it. As the sun moves, the shadow cast tells me what time it is.
Great concept! Really like the clean look of this. I do agree with your after thoughts, but you won't find this stuff out until you do it!
+I Like To Make Stuff
Here is an idea: put a 5 v battery inside the hollow cube or if u don't have a 5v get a different battery and use a 5 v switch that takes 5-9 volts and lowers it to 5v and wire the battery up to the clock(have the battery be Li-Ion so you can recharge it) and strip the wires on a USB Micro female port (the one on the android phone) and connect the negative to the battery and have diodes on all the wires to prevent feed back. Then mount the USB port into the back so you could use a USB male to USB micro female to you can charge the clock off of an apple or android USB charger for convenience and have a Voltage Indicator on the back and have a switch hooked up to it so you turn it on only when you need it. Wha Bam! A battery powered USB wooden cock!(if u want to go MLG next level put 5v solar panels on the Top so u have a portable solar powered USB clock) (and for Super MLG have another USB port so you can charge stuff off of it)
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Bruh plz make a vid for this
+P0WERBUBBLE You would need a better clock kit for that. If you turned off a basic kit like this via a switch, it would not remember what time it was when you turned it on again.
Also the charger doesn't need to be an apple or android charger, any USB charger will be 5v because that is the spec for USB. The voltage indicator would be pointless because there is no need to monitor voltage when it will only accept and produce one voltage. It's not exactly sensitive equipment.
Charging stuff off of it would work fine except for things like Apple products where you would need a data signal or shorted data wires for it to charge.
Rather than overcomplicating this it would probably be a lot better to just work a cheap power pack/portable charger into the box. All the charging circuitry will be done for you, you just need to add the solar.
Ok!
This is a great idea. I was given a large digital clock with a super bright display that would be perfect for this. I’ll make the box really shallow & hang it on the wall.
Nice clock, want to visit the white house?
suijurisinfowarrior bruh xD
Hey Bob... I made one of these a while back and what I did was use purple heart for all sides and then used purple heart veneer on the from so only one side got veneer... It worked out fine but I also had problems with brightness of screen.. and I didn't use a clock like you I now want to go back and make one like this I cut mine out from an old clock and build the box around it... Harder maybe but no soldering... but then again I had to make an access hole for setting the time... I will be remaking one with this method for sure.... Great vids keep up the good work.
how about a 25 hour a day clock?!
Yes. You can change the time from "Zulu" to AM/PM. That is controlled via jumper on the board. Download the spec. sheet for the chip from the web.
Converting Military time (24 hour) into Civilian time (12 hour) just minus the Military time by 1200. For example. 14:30 - 12:00 = 1:30
***** I was half asleep when I posted this comment. Thanks for catching that!
Another way I like to do is minus 2 hours from any time after 12:00, then the second digit is the hour... This might be a bit hard to understand but for example: if its 19:00, you minus 2 hours, making it say 17:00. The second digit is 7. Therefore its 07:00 pm :D
droid1312 Yeah, that works, but to get the exact time without the hour before the 2nd number you have to minus 12.
yeh, thats how i was taught it in school... but i always found it quite difficult to minus 12... so i created my own little way :D
droid1312 Same thing, really.
You subtract 2 first, so 19 turns into 17 and then you subtract the remaining 10. In the end, you still subtracted 12, but it's easier to think of it like you described.
I got this diy clock from ebay, there weren't instructions in English either. Even though I would prefer to utilize the space in the box (e.g., as drawer, or open storage) and I'm not sure if I'd like to cover the display, I love the simple woodworking part of it and the concept you presented. Your channel is awesome. For everyone with such clock, this is what I found on the internet :
A - Hours (Military Time)
B - Minutes
C - Hourly Chime
D - Alarm 1 On/Off
E - Alarm 1 Hours
F - Alarm 1 Minutes (Military Time)
G - Alarm 2 On/Off
H - Alarm 2 Hours (Military Time)
i - Alarm 2 Minutes
I don't know what it means yet, lol.
so you made a b-lock!😂😂
veneer can be cut easily using a palm router and straight bit. it leaves it a little proud of the mating face, making sanding easy.
Wow, there is actually a person in the world who prefers a 12-hour clock! What the hell is the benefit of a 12-hour clock???
Cool project though! :o)
+John Arne Nergård This is matter of time zone. If you live in America you learn to use an 12hour clock. So you get used to 1pm or 1am. in this case the PM and AM makes all the difference. I leanbred ot use an 24 hour clock. So i got taught those numbers 1 to 24. 00:00 t 06:00 is night, 06:00 to 12 is morning and so on.
They get tought that am is morning or night, pm is afternoon or evening. Dependin on when it's used.
The way i got taught 24 hour clock is simply adding 12 to the number. for axample 18:00 = 6 o clock. 6 + 12= 18. Thus 18:00.
we als don't sat six thirty. we say half seven. So again it's how you learned it and what you preffer to use.
I Know, I know. But if I had learned the 12-hour clock, and then realized at a point in my life: "Wow! There is a 24-hour clock out there, people! 24-hours! Thats TWICE what we have!"... Well, I would have changed... ;)
Switching to 24.00 hours clock just because that's twice of 12.00 hours clock is kind of a stupid reason..
Also doubtful that you would actually switch were you brought up on the 12 hour clock. Your comment would probably just mirror what it does now.
Come on you guys! Your standpoint is equivalent to "I don't want to switch from hot air balloons to jet airplanes, because I grew up with air balloons and I am sticking to it!". There is no benefit, only drawbacks! Get with the metrics people!
I really do love your videos. That you just try out all these cool things and share your experiences with everyone to make it better. Please keep on doing this. 😊
I built this and brought it to school, got arrested, teacher thought it was a bomb 0/10 would not recommend -Ahmed Mohammad
+ps3master72
Why bring it to school?
TO TRANSLATE. scan the document. then use a translator app. windows has some online. just use cut and paste to select specific sections of text. Your video format is excellent! great instructions, fast, informative, good resolution camera. Thank you.
You can buy this for $30, i seen it on amazon
You could make it for a lot less. What's your point?
This channel is called "i like to make stuff" he made it because he wanted to have some fun
Great job I love how you worked through problems in the video
Did you get invited to the White House for this?
Lightly wood glue both surfaces and let dry so it isn't sticky. Use an old clothing iron with a brown grocery bag in between the veneer and the iron. Turn the iron on its hottest setting and place the two glued surfaces together and heat them with the iron moving it around and pressing moderately. It makes dry time way less and isnt as messy
or you could... buy a clock
You must be thinking of the channel "I Like To Buy Stuff" :)
I Like To Make Stuff ahh yes, you can see the confusion
Cool concept! You'll get about 7 different opinions on what glue to use for veneer. I don't think it makes much difference on something this size. Titebond makes a "cold press" glue that is designed for it. It's really runny. If you put the glue on the box rather than the veneer it may be easier as the glue makes the veneer curl up.
I want to learn some basic electronics because I want to make the wooden clock that you did in a previous video but I want to put an led at different numbered intervals around the clock with a switch below so it can I light up. Great video.
I do a lot of work with veneer. I would use MDF as a substrate as it is much more stable, even if you were to have clean corners, if you veneer pine, a soft wood like that is subject to considerable expansion and contraction dependent upon the season and your corners will separate. A good technique you could use would be to put the glue on the back of the veneer and allow to completely dry then place the veneer on the mdf substrate where you want it. Then use an iron (just a regular clothes iron) to reactivate the wood glue to the mdf. This will allow you to avoid needing any clamping pressure or vacuum bags for small diy projects. Allow the veneer to cool from the heat applied. Once it is cooled you will be able to trim the corners of the veneer.
For Veneering, sand the back of it first. Use contact adhesive spray, spray both sides, leave for a minute to fume a little then massage/press it on with a rubber roller. Trim off the excess with a fine file with masking tape on the end, move in a cutting motion cutting with the thin edge. Sand level with 180 grit towards the face of the box sides.
after watching this video I instantly subscribed to him. he is really creative and amazing.
Nice job Bob. You mentioned about veneering suggestions. I find contact cement works great. Shear off the over hanging edge with a fine file edge, then block sand. Cool idea for a clock showing thru the veneer. Keep these videos coming. I'm just starting to get into electronics with Arduino and Raspberry Pi. Tough to find good, practical projects. You have a bunch tho, thank you.
Poplar Veneer would allow the light to pass through better, you can also thin it slightly over the display by sanding it down a bit.
hey man nice job on the clock. i have done veneers before i found it worked really well to use a plunge router with a end bearing straight bit to cut the veneer back to the surface then after that's done on all side use a file to get the edges perfect.
Got one of these for $5 at a novelty store. Looks like a brick of wood (smooth and awesome) with a super bright display time & temperature. It's my new favorite stupid little gadget. I was excited as a caveman who just discovered fire.
Drill evenly spaced holes all the way across the display area in the veneer with a pin or needle. Only the holes that have light behind them (from the number) will light up and display the time. Might look better.
Cool Idea :) If you are veneering over the wood, I would suggest a good quality (not the construction grade) plywood. They are very dimensionally stable so you wont have the warping issues.
Really interesting project. I love the idea of extending the buttons out of the back of the piece. Keep up the good work!
***** Thanks!
Hi Bob,
Great channel you got there!
I have definitely some advice for veneer.
Next time you just need some (white) wood glue.
Brush or roll both sides with glue (so veneer and the piece of wood you like to veneer) and let it dry for around 15-20 minutes.
In the meantime, heat up an iron (without steam!).
If both pieces are dried, just simply at both pieces together and heat it with the iron, this reactivates the glue.
The trick here is to push pretty firm (but not to hard!) and not to burn the wood.
Saw the overhang of you off like you normally do.
That's it, what can I say, Bob's your uncle! :-)
no worries about soldering skills, my first solder wasn't great either, in fact I bridged almost all of the connections on my work
if you make one with an arduino (something like an arduino nano would be ideal) you'd have full control over the format and brightness. you could even put in a temperature sensor, and if you use a nodeMCU board (cheaper than arduinos and have built in wifi) you can make an internet clock which you'll never have to set!
The veneer idea is really inspiring i've got a few OLED screens i'd like to play with see if they can penetrate it for just such an internet clock i'm designing. I'd imagine that if it's too dim you could always sand away at the inside of the veneer until it's paper thin
Thanks for the videos man!
Love how he tells us things to do better
I've found wire shrink wrap to be very clean and useful. You can get it at home depot
your workshop is incredible ...wow
you are the coolest engineer i have ever seen working man
c'MON SPORT you got a subscriber at 2:23AM in the morning,i'm completely drained out i gotta sleep now
BUT gosh i'm studying computer engineering haha
I've not had the greatest of successes with veneering, but have found using mdf/ply to be a good substrate. Using a flush trim router bit can help get a good edge, if your careful at the end grain, and get a good bond on the edges helps, as does trimming close to the edge with a knife first.
Definitely agree with you leaving the face till last to help hide the imperfections.
Would like to try this as a project! :-)
Thanks for sharing! !
I used to make clocks with wooden cigar boxes. Which most smoke shops throw out or give away free.Both digital & free hand clocks I made. Which looked like small grandfather clocks.
I've found that the best way to glue veneer is to use spray glue like spray 90. Works great. Then I trim the veneer with either a file or a small flush trim router
Great looking watch!
I never wanted to pay huge sums of money they sell them for!
I must make this. Thanks Bob!
I love DT (design technology) so in school i made sort of the same thing, i used 1mm plywood sheets and it worked really well, i would definately recomend it
This is wonderful. I never would have thought to do something like that.
Use the utility knife to get rid of the big edges. Leave a small line of veneer behind en sand that until its flat. Thats how i do it and it works pretty well
Perhaps someone already pointed this out (so I apologize for a repeated comment if that's the case). When you used the brad nailer, you held the pieces together with your fingers very close to the joint. Sometimes those brads can deflect within the wood and you could be in for a nasty surprise. Overall, though, I thank you for this video. My 13-year-old son will soon be building his own version, I'm sure!
+Chris Boebel This happened to me on a project - OUCH!
Huge fan after only a couple videos! I am an avid woodworker/refinisher and a HAM. I think you should look into amatuer radio as your tinkering skills & passion would fit right in and grow! Best from Michigan - Tim, KD8VUI
really cool idea I might of tried to center the numbers opposed to centering the hole unit but awesome build I might try this my self thanks again for sharing
If you want the Sevensegment display brighter use a constant currentsource instad of the classic resistor, sure ists mor complicated but with that you can adjust the brightness of the display...
thank you so much for sharing your experience
I watch this as it's very satisfying to watch
Nice idea :D Next level would be to make a server room in the middle of your home with open wiring and no insolation, then you can hang all sorts of smart appliances with lights right on the plywood so it shows through on the other side. And with no hassle connecting wifi or power neatly.. maybe some sort of touch screen works too. Might try it myself someday
i saw ur first video today and really impresed . After watching ur video on arduino. i watch ur 7 video and all the videos are awesome...........Thanks for your videos....
very easy for you with complete tools
Good idea. Thanks. For future non-English instructions, install the Google Translate app on your phone. Start the app, click the camera button, point the camera to the text you want to translate, and your translation will appear. Excellent app for travelers, although who's traveling in the Covid era?
You can probably change the brightness of the LCD by changing out the resistor which sets the brightness.If you find the model of the LCD and pull up the spec sheet it will tell you which pin sets the brightness and the maximum it can be set for.
I love your videos thay really help me when I won't to bold stuff because I can learn how and get ideas on what to make
Just found your page great stuff. I saw another woodworker who chamfered the edge of the veneer to fix the gaps.
contact adhesive for the veneer and then using a small j roller to flatten out and press on the veneer is useful also I think its easier to veneer onto mdf as its nice and flat
Good call on the contact adhesive. I ended up getting plain backed veneer thinking that it'd be more see-through, although I don't really know if that ended up being the case. Either way, the adhesive would be a better replacement for the glue I used here. Thanks!
Use 3M 90 spray adhesive to apply veneer. Use a fine file to cut it down instead of a knife or sanding. A veneer saw would help but a file will do.