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Acrylic LED Edge Lit Wall Clock's
 
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100mm Dia Aluminium Starting to machine the clock mech pocket finished machining the LED strip slot
Engraving the hub with my Sherline CNC Mill for two of the clocks the hubs were Anodized Shows the LED grove and the cable entry pocket
This project was inspired by a friend who I had made one of my edge lit acrylic logo signs, they asked if it would be possible to make a wall clock that was lit the same with their logo engraved into it. A week of thinking about the best approach and I came up with this design.
As usual I took lots of  photos and the following is most of them. I won't go into mush explanation as the photos should be fairly self explanatory.
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Machining & engraving the aluminium clock hub.
making the face using my CNC Router. The face is engraved as a mirror image, the engraved side faces the wall. Wall Clock Face Routing
CNC routing and engraving the clock face.
Used a 0.5mm ball nose end mill.
Assembled.
There is a 3mm black acrylic spacer then the face followed by a machined delrin back retaining ring. The stainless steel wire serves to hang the clock on the wall
Wall Clock Assembly_01 Wall Clock Assembly_02 Wall Clock Assembly_03
The final result.
I made a total of 4 clocks three with business logos as gifts for friends. The 4th one was just for me. This 4th one I used a strip of RGB LEDs so it would have some cool colour effects. These are the same LED strips I use for my acrylic edge lit logo and name signs.
Apple Bottom Beauty Wall Clock Apple Bottom Beauty Wall Clock Apple Bottom Beauty Wall Clock
Run With Life Wall Clock Run With Life Wall Clock Run With Life Wall Clock
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At the moment I have no plans to make any more of this design. Sorry I have no plan to make any for sale.
RGB LED Version now hanging in my workshop