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Looking for clock mechanism

experiMental · 2008-01-11 22:34:33

I want to make a clock, so it could be hung on a wall. I'm looking for a simple battery powered mechanism, that I could easily tweak with. Is there any place in Dublin where I could get it?

11-01-2008 10:34PM

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I want to make a clock, so it could be hung on a wall. I'm looking for a simple battery powered mechanism, that I could easily tweak with.

Is there any place in Dublin where I could get it?

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#2 12-01-2008 12:52AM

Timmaay

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Try maplin otherwise.

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#3 14-01-2008 10:50AM

folan

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i used to work in maplin, so if you do try to get one there, you might have to pre order it, as they often dont keep much of a stock in that kind of stuff, usually 1 or 2, so to be on the safe side you might be best off calling them up first.

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#4 14-01-2008 10:51AM

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You could just get a cheap clock for a few euro and use the mechanism off that.

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#5 14-01-2008 10:54AM

folan

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well that could cause reliability issues, especially if he wants to customise it, how do you want to?, so for that reason it might be better researching how to build one from scratch. I'm told its really tough, so should be interesting!

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