- Nov 7, 2001
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I saw a clock made from a sprocket in a mag somewhere that I thought would be cool for the garage. That was until I realized it was about $100 bucks.
If you know me at all you know I'd rather make anything than buy it if I can get it work as well as I need it to. So I thought why not make one myself from a sprocket that I've got some equity in instead of some namby pamby cnc'ed piece of aluminum that would never see the likes of a chain, or mud, or sand or.........you get the picture.
Well, one used rear sprocket and about $6.00 later and here's the first attempt. Its a fender washer suspended by safety wire to give a mounting point for the clock motor. The motor came with gold hands and numbers that quickly got painted Yamaha blue since that's what I had around. As soon as I wear out a CS sprocket I'll mount it over the center to hide the motor a little better (wife's idea). Its pretty rudamentary but it works.
If you know me at all you know I'd rather make anything than buy it if I can get it work as well as I need it to. So I thought why not make one myself from a sprocket that I've got some equity in instead of some namby pamby cnc'ed piece of aluminum that would never see the likes of a chain, or mud, or sand or.........you get the picture.
Well, one used rear sprocket and about $6.00 later and here's the first attempt. Its a fender washer suspended by safety wire to give a mounting point for the clock motor. The motor came with gold hands and numbers that quickly got painted Yamaha blue since that's what I had around. As soon as I wear out a CS sprocket I'll mount it over the center to hide the motor a little better (wife's idea). Its pretty rudamentary but it works.
