[Craft] Hexagon wall clock

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Hexagon wall clock

Use the mechanism of the old wall clock to create a thing with a new look and a pinch of naughtiness. You can use cardboard and multicolored fabric for making, and you can use scraps of other things. The watch is made up of hexagonal pieces that you can combine as you wish, use the desired number and arrange them as you wish.

 

 

Materials needed:

- cardboard
- pieces of tissue
- model knife
- scissors
- wall clock mechanism
- glue

Instructions:

1. Download and resize the hexagons, print them out, and cut them with scissors. Use the paper template to cut several hexagons of the desired size from the cardboard. The idea shown uses 19 pieces, but you can create a dial of fewer or more pieces of the desired size.

 

 

2. Put one of the cardboard pieces on the back of a piece of cloth. Outline with a 6 mm tolerance. Cut the fabric along the outlined lines.

 

 

 

3. Glue the fabric to the bottom of the cardboard by applying a few small dots from the glue around the periphery. Press the fabric to tighten the glue. Fold the fabric along the corner pieces to cover the entire periphery.

 

4. Lay the hexagonal parts side by side so that they touch the sides. Put some glue on the contact lines and press down to tighten the glue. Grasp all hexagonal parts as desired.

 

5. With a dummy knife, cut a hole in the center of one of the shapes to insert the top of the mechanism so that it locks the arrows on the clock. Extend the opening gradually so that it does not appear too wide for the sharp part on which the arrows of the mechanism are mounted. 6. You can cut several rectangles out of cardboard to better secure the parts of the dial on the back. Attach them with a little glue around the periphery of the clock to cover the center. This is necessary if the mechanism is too heavy and you think the adhesive will not be able to support the weight.

 

 

 

7. Mount the mechanism and put the arrows on the clock.

 

 

 

 

8. Turn on the batteries, set the

 

 

 

 

clock, and hang the clock on the wall.