Nice people thread part 7 - a thread in its prime

lostinrates

The snipers have let me down every time zag, when I have bid more but someone else's sniper is faster or something.

I am prepared to bid and watch.

PasturesNew

lostinrates wrote: »

http://www.etsy.com/listing/60621280/autumn-moon-clock

I think I want this clock. The biggest he can make is eight inches but I want it for right at the top of the new chimne breast and I think that may be too small. Plus...no numbers...is that such a great idea...espeially from a distance.

Now I can seriouslyy kick UR BUTT.

That's a photo .... so all you need to do is find a photo of the moon at the right resolution (online photo library), get some clock face/workings and some numbers .... and stick the moon onto the face area, stick the numbers down, shove the workings on the back, hands through the hole (kits come pre-drilled).... Bob's your uncle.... any size you want.

All those items can be researched/sourced in the next hour

PasturesNew

So there's at least TWO older than me here then .....

lostinrates

PasturesNew wrote: »

Now I can seriouslyy kick UR BUTT.

That's a photo .... so all you need to do is find a photo of the moon at the right resolution (online photo library), get some clock face/workings and some numbers .... and stick the moon onto the face area, stick the numbers down, shove the workings on the back, hands through the hole (kits come pre-drilled).... Bob's your uncle.... any size you want.

Haha, I was looking at doing that today, but it's not that simple, tea
Ly. E.g. I have no printing facility good enough here, so would have to pay for it to be printed ( twice, cos you know first one will go wrong!)

The hands and workings seem cheap enough though. ( the kits, looking at them earlier, the hands would be too short for a really big clock, but there are some nice hands about cheaply) I did think, if you did it your self you could put a small light behind it so it glowed too. :rotfl:
By the time I have fluffed about, it makes more sense to buy.

And...while I could put numbers on, would it me like making graffitti on the real moon and an act of total vandalism?

silvercar

lostinrates wrote: »

http://www.etsy.com/listing/60621280/autumn-moon-clock

I think I want this clock. The biggest he can make is eight inches but I want it for right at the top of the new chimne breast and I think that may be too small. Plus...no numbers...is that such a great idea...espeially from a distance.

No numbers is fine on round clocks, I've got 2 watches and they both have no numbers. It is very easy on the round faced watch. On the rectangle faced watch it is sometimes impossible, but that watch has a very thin, long face and would prob be difficult even with numbers.

Can't visualise if the distance would be a problem. As the hands and face are in contrasting colours they should be easier to see, so it could work.

PasturesNew

lostinrates wrote: »

Haha, I was looking at doing that today, but it's not that simple, tea
Ly. E.g. I have no printing facility good enough here, so would have to pay for it to be printed ( twice, cos you know first one will go wrong!)

The hands and workings seem cheap enough though. ( the kits, looking at them earlier, the hands would be too short for a really big clock, but there are some nice hands about cheaply) I did think, if you did it your self you could put a small light behind it so it glowed too. :rotfl:
By the time I have fluffed about, it makes more sense to buy.

And...while I could put numbers on, would it me like making graffitti on the real moon and an act of total vandalism?

The reason the one on Etsy's 'so cheap' is because of the size.

Yes, it'd cost more to make one bigger as you'd have to get a local digital printer (probably) to print it out for you, but you'd get [a] a bigger one numbers [c] choose the hands probably.

Making hands, or altering bought hands, isn't impossible either.... even if you simply cut bigger ones out of cardboard and stuck them to the shorter ones

I could probably hammer you some nice ones in bronze .... she said slightly nervously as although it's technically possible, I don't have a space/workshop/tools right now.

Only 'issue' that might arise is the weight of the altered hands on the accuracy of the movement.... but not impossible to overcome.

silvercar

lostinrates wrote: »

Haha, I was looking at doing that today, but it's not that simple, tea
Ly. E.g. I have no printing facility good enough here, so would have to pay for it to be printed ( twice, cos you know first one will go wrong!)

The hands and workings seem cheap enough though. ( the kits, looking at them earlier, the hands would be too short for a really big clock, but there are some nice hands about cheaply) I did think, if you did it your self you could put a small light behind it so it glowed too. :rotfl:
By the time I have fluffed about, it makes more sense to buy.

And...while I could put numbers on, would it me like making graffitti on the real moon and an act of total vandalism?

Dwell have loads of clocks without numbers:

http://dwell.co.uk/search/clock/

and one with no face and no numbers:

http://dwell.co.uk/103120/No-face-wall-clock/

kabayiri

Spirit wrote: »

I could put up with that for a day or two.

I might be heartily sick of it in a few weeks, or relaxed and tolerant of it.

I'll be able to telecommute for a chunk of every week anyway, so it's not too bad.

My worst commute was definitely into North London by car. That lasted all of a month. I define that as commuter hell.

lostinrates

silvercar wrote: »

Dwell have loads of clocks without numbers:

http://dwell.co.uk/search/clock/

and one with no face and no numbers:

http://dwell.co.uk/103120/No-face-wall-clock/

Oh, I know people have them. The question is really how practical I might find it. In a kitchen especially, you know...when thinking this had to come out of oven in twelve or eighteen or twenty two minutes....hands help.

lostinrates

kabayiri wrote: »

I might be heartily sick of it in a few weeks, or relaxed and tolerant of it.

I'll be able to telecommute for a chunk of every week anyway, so it's not too bad.

My worst commute was definitely into North London by car. That lasted all of a month. I define that as commuter hell.

I miss London sometimes. I never miss driving in north London. Not once. Not even the tiniest bit.