Do-it-yourself wooden mechanisms drawings. How to make a modern wooden clock. Quilling clock

Comfort and coziness in our home sometimes depends on even the smallest details and elements. Even most interior designers agree that the most important attributes for getting comfort in the house are well-chosen curtains, original lamps, soft and chosen in the right shade, blankets, pillows, bath rugs and clocks.

This article will focus on a master class on how to decorate a clock at home yourself.

The Internet has a large number of photos of watches, most of them are made by famous designers, but to make original watch at home is also not difficult.

There is, of course, one key and difficult moment - this is the installation of a mechanism on the watch for its operation, but the finished mechanism should be bought in a store and installed according to the instructions. But appearance future hours and its rest design completely depends on personal preferences and tastes.

There are several modern techniques that help to independently make watches in any style.

Decoupage watch style

A similar technique for designing and creating a wall clock involves working with a ready-made store template, where there is already a blank, the base of the hands and the finished mechanism. You can also purchase ready-made patterns on paper, special paints, glue and other decoupage elements.

The workpiece for the clock is done in this way: several times the base is covered with soil from acrylic paints, and polished at the end. The desired shade and texture is given to the base in the next step.

There is one trick - if you want to make an old-style clock with a shade that is scuffed, then the paint must be applied with a sponge.

Decorate Wall Clock do-it-yourself is the process of revealing fantasy and creativity from a person. You can stick special water stickers on the base. Or draw a preliminary sketch yourself and transfer it to the dial.

After that, the finished mechanism and arrows with numbers are already attached. After a series of actions, the clock created by your own hands will come to life and will give the house a special original look.

Quilling clock

Quilling is an arts and crafts process in which you work with straight strips of multi-colored paper of various widths. Such strips, as a rule, are twisted and glued to the surface, while creating the most varied patterns and pictures.

To create a clock using this technique, it is best to take a tree as the basis of the clock, since quilling elements can be well glued to it.

The color scheme should be in harmony with the interior of the room. After all, a bright clock will look ugly in a room made in a minimalist style. Therefore, the choice of shade is key moment in this case.

Most often, multi-colored quilling elements are used to create flowers, insects, trees, animals, berries, and so on.

Plaster clock

Ordinary gypsum tiles will serve well as the basis for future watches.

Romantic and reverent natures will surely find a large number of solutions for creating watches from this material.

Among professionals, such a tile is called a medallion. The mechanism of the future clock is attached to its back side. To make the product look more elegant and restrained, its surface should be covered with matte paint in light colors.

And, if you want some highlights, then glossy paint will do.

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This material is most suitable for creating clocks in the bedroom. At the same time, shades are chosen - beige, pale pink, pearl, the color of coffee with milk, purple and so on.

Clock with wooden sticks

In this situation, your arsenal should include items such as chopsticks and quality wood, good glue, scissors, and a ready-made working clock with a flat surface.

Many small sticks should be cut out of wood the same size and then connect them

If the sticks are applied to the base in two layers, then you can achieve a wonderful “explosion” effect, which looks luxurious and original.

Now you know how to make a clock at home. Watch self made Ideal for kitchen, living room and bedroom.

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DIY watch photo

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Wall clocks have long been not only a chronometer, but also stylish item interior. You can easily make a clock with your own hands that will match the spirit of your home and your character. Personally, I prefer eco style and want to make wooden clock from an almost untreated tree trunk.
The easiest option is to make a clock from a saw cut.

First you need to saw off the saw cut from the trunk. You can leave the bark, it looks decorative in some cases, and polish it thoroughly.
To make watches, you will need to buy the most simple clock in a plastic case. All you need from them is a clockwork. The clock will need to be carefully disassembled, after removing the batteries from them. Remove the protective glass from the watch, then the cap. which fixes the arrows, nut and washer. We take out the mechanism from the clock. We remember the sequence and lay out all the parts in a safe place.
Now we put the numbers on the saw-dial with a burner. AT this case everything is extremely conditional (only the number "12").

And drill a hole for the arrows in the center. You can make a cut behind the clockwork with a chisel or router. Now we mount the clockwork with hands on the new watch:

You can cut parts of different lengths from a pine bar and glue them together by clamping them with clamps. You get a very creative watch face:

In the following version, the dial is made of OSB sheet, and the frame is made of wooden blocks:

If you have the skills of sawing with a jigsaw, you can do more complex options dials in the form of animal figures:

Such clocks will be especially appropriate in the children's room.
A very simple and original option is a wooden dial with buttons glued to it instead of numbers:

In general, give free rein to your imagination and go for it!

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Try to cut out such a craft. It will certainly appeal to your loved ones by placing it in a conspicuous place, for example, on a shelf. To make this craft, you will need the following:

Sawing tools.

Preparing your desktop

First of all, you need to prepare your table on which you will work. It should not have unnecessary things and every tool should be at hand. Not everyone has their own desktop and probably already thought about creating it. Making a table is not difficult - it is difficult to choose a place for it in the house. Perfect option- this is a warmed balcony on which you can do crafts at any time. I already wrote about table preparation in a separate article and tried to describe the whole process of its creation in as much detail as possible. If you don't know how to prepare your workplace then read the following article. After you have completed the process of creating a table, try to start choosing your future craft.

Choosing quality material

The main material is plywood. Her choice is always difficult. Each of us must have faced such a problem as delamination of plywood from the end part and asked such a question, why such delamination? Well, it's mostly due to low-quality plywood. If you took the jigsaw in your hands not for the first time, then you can pick up plywood from the remnants of the previous craft. If you are new to sawing and you do not have plywood, then buy it at a hardware store. Choosing material for sawing is always difficult. You should always choose plywood carefully, more often look at the defects of the tree (knots, cracks) and draw conclusions. The complexity of choosing plywood lies in the fact that no matter how you miscalculate its flaws and shelf life. For example, you bought plywood, cleaned it, translated the drawing, and suddenly it began to delaminate. Of course, this happened to almost everyone and it is oh so unpleasant. So it's better to pay attention when choosing and choose good plywood. I wrote a special Article, which describes step by step all the principles of choosing plywood.

Stripping plywood

We clean our plywood with sandpaper. As you already know, “Medium-grained” and “Fine-grained” skins are used to clean plywood in sawing. AT construction stores You must have seen the skins (sandpaper in a different way), they are what we need. In the work you will need "Coarse-grained", "Medium-grained" and "Fine-grained" skin. Each of them has its own property, but a completely different coating, in which it is classified. “Coarse-grained” skin is used for processing rough plywood, i.e. which has many defects, chips, as well as cracks.
"Medium-grained" skin is used for processing plywood after "Large" skins and has a slight coating. "Fine-grained" or otherwise "Nulevka". Such sandpaper serves as the final process of stripping plywood. It gives plywood smoothness, and therefore plywood will be pleasant to the touch. Sand the prepared plywood in stages, starting with medium-grained and ending with fine emery. Grind along the layers, not across. A well sanded surface should be even, perfectly smooth, glossy in the light and silky to the touch. How best to prepare plywood for sawing and which sandpaper is better to choose Read here. After stripping, check the plywood for burrs and small bumps. If there are no visible defects, then you can proceed to the process of translating the drawing.

Drawing Translation

For me, the translation of a drawing has always been the main process in my work. I will tell you a couple of rules, as well as tips for high-quality translation of the drawing. Many transfer the drawing to plywood not only with a pencil and copy, but also with the help of the “Black Tape”, glue the drawing with plywood, then wash off the drawing with water and the markings of the drawing remain on the plywood. In general, there are many ways, but I will talk about the most common method. To transfer the drawing to the prepared plywood, you must use a copy, a ruler, a sharp pencil and a non-writing pen. Fix the drawing in plywood with buttons or just hold it with your left hand. Check if the drawing fits the dimensions. Arrange the drawing of the clock so that the plywood sheet is used as economically as possible. Translate the drawing with writing pen and rulers. You should not rush, because your future craft depends on the drawing.

Drilling holes in pieces

As you have already noticed, there are parts of the grooves in the details that need to be cut from the inside. To cut out such parts, it is necessary to drill holes in them using hand drill or, as in the old fashioned way, make holes with an awl. By the way, the diameter of the hole must be at least 1 mm, otherwise you can damage the elements of the drawing, which, alas, are sometimes difficult to restore. In order not to damage your desktop when drilling holes, place a plank under the workpiece so as not to damage the desktop. Drilling holes alone is always difficult, so ask a friend to help you with your business.

Sawing details

There are many rules for sawing, but you need to be based on the most common ones. First of all, you need to cut internal details, only then along the outer pattern. There is no need to rush when cutting. The main thing is to always keep the jigsaw straight at an angle of 90 degrees when cutting. Cut out the parts along the lines you marked exactly. The movements of the jigsaw should always be smooth up and down. Also, don't forget to watch your posture. Try to avoid bevels and bumps. If you get off the line while sawing, don't worry. Such bevels, irregularities can be removed with flat files or “Coarse-grained” sandpaper.

Relaxation

When sawing, we often get tired. Often fingers get tired as well as eyes, which are always in suspense. At work, of course, everyone gets tired. In order to reduce the load, you need to do a couple of exercises. Exercises you can see here. Do the exercises several times during the work.

Stripping Details

It is always necessary to clean the details of future crafts carefully. At the very beginning of work, you already cleaned the plywood with sandpaper. Now you have to do a small part of plywood stripping. “Medium-grained” sandpaper clean the ribs of the parts and back plywood. "Fine-grained" skin is considered the final stage of cleaning parts. Fine sandpaper is better to clean the front of the parts. When processing plywood, take your time. You can also use a rounded file, with which it is convenient to clean inner part holes. Try to get the details without burrs and bumps.

Assembly of parts

Assembling the details of our crafts here is not so difficult. In order to carry out correct assembly Details You need to read the following Article, which details all the details of the assembly. After the parts are assembled into one common craft without any problems, then proceed to gluing them.

We glue the parts

It is necessary to glue the parts of the shelf with PVA or titan glue. You don't need to pour a lot of glue. It is better to tie the assembled craft on glue with a strong thread, tighten it and put it to dry. The craft sticks together for about 10-15 minutes.

burning crafts

To decorate our craft with a pattern (for example, along the edges of the craft), you will need an electric burner. Beautifully burn out the pattern can be very difficult. To burn out patterns, you must first draw a pattern with a pencil. You can read how to work with an electric burner and add patterns to a shelf here.

DIY varnishing

If desired, you can transform our craft by coating it with varnish “On Wood”, preferably colorless. Read how best to Varnish crafts. Try to choose a quality varnish. Lacquering is done with special brush"For glue." Take your time. Try not to leave visible streaks and scratches on the craft.

Clayton Boyer is known for making various mechanisms out of wood and he does it very well. He is an advanced person and uses CAD to develop his mechanisms, otherwise it is unthinkable to do such a thing, and even with such accuracy.

He sells his work in the store.

You can also see his work at http://lisaboyer.com/. On the same site, a woman named Lisa Boyer exhibits her work, applications, to be honest, her work did not cause any enthusiasm. So 10 mechanisms of Clayton Boyer.

1. Wooden clock “Bird of Paradise”

This clock runs almost silently. The whole structure moves freely, at a distance from the wall, allowing the pendulum to move.

2. Wooden clock "Model T"

Very nice combination of dark and light wood- the play of light and shadow.

3. Wooden clock “Simple”

Clayton says that he made this clock in two days, started on Saturday, it was already running in the evening, and on Sunday it was completely ready.

4. Wooden kinematic structure “Galiley’s Bicycle”

The wooden kinematic construction “Galileo's Bicycle” draws the attention of everyone who enters my store, because of the many synchronously moving parts.

5. Wooden clock “Heavenly mechanical calendar”