Our section useful homemade products for the home has been replenished with a new master class on making wall clocks from disc brake with your own hands.

Hi all! It so happened that the car service pleased me with a free disc brake that had outlived its usefulness. The idea had been in my head for a long time and finally materialized. The theme of this story is from the disc brake. I got the brake disc from one of the domestic ones, which almost doesn’t matter. It’s just that on foreign cars they are often bigger and more beautiful)).

There are many options for similar watches on the Internet, so I turned my idea 180 degrees. The dial is not on the “convex side”, but vice versa. So, everything point by point. First things first, good wash, cleaning and grinding the disc. Next, I welded an eyelet to the disk for hanging on the wall.

After that painting. I spray painted it and chose blue.

There are 6 holes on the disva. 4 for the landing bolts on the hub, but we need the remaining two. There I screwed in 2 M8 bolts with countersunk heads.

On the back side of the disc they were flush with the plane, which does not threaten to scratch the wallpaper.
The clock mechanism was purchased separately along with the hands. It is glued to the clutch basket element with silicone sealant. You can also use adhesive. This element itself is painted silver.

Two neodymium magnets are attached to match the protruding bolts on the brake disc.

They allow you to easily remove this part for replacement without completely removing the watch. The beckons hold above all praise and, by the way, do not affect the accuracy of the watch in any way, it’s been verified! Now all that remains is to get down to the numbers. I bought it for 67 rubles. a set of wooden numbers, painted them the same color as the clock, and attached them with superglue. I refused metal numbers because they are expensive compared to wood, and besides, after painting they will look the same. We put everything together, insert the battery. That's it, the watch is ready!
You can hang it on the wall, relax with it and enjoy the dimensional movement of the clock you made!))

If you have an unnecessary brake disc lying around in your garage, then do not rush to throw it away or sell it for scrap. There is still a chance to donate the item new life as a beautiful wall clock.

Materials:

1. Motorcycle brake disc

2. Cheap quartz wall clock

3. Superglue

4. Ruler

5. 2 long bolts and nuts for them

6. Sponge, towel and rust cleaner

Step 1: Cleaning

If your disc is rusty, then you should apply a cleaning agent to the sponge and polish the rusty areas.

Dry the disc with a towel.

Step 2: Quartz Watch

Carefully disassemble the prepared wall clock into its component parts. We will need all 3 hands and the rear platform with the main mechanism.

Step 3: Dimensions

Using a ruler, measure the vertical and horizontal centers of the motorcycle rim.

Based on the picture, glue the platform to the central part of the disk (white arrows mark the gluing points). Mark holes into which numbers can be inserted.

Step 4: Arrows

First attach the hour hand, then the minute and second.

Step 5: Bolts

The photo shows that the clock is mounted on 2 large bolts, inserted into the “17:00” and “19:00” holes of the clock.

Step 6: Setup

Connect batteries and adjust exact time.

Step 7: Done

Some people can get by with regular quartz watches, but we prefer these homemade “chimes.”

Don't rush to get rid of unnecessary things brake disc, it may still be useful. For example, it will make an original wall clock! The main thing is that they are very simple to make, and they look quite interesting.

We will need:
- motorcycle brake disc;
- old quartz wall clock;
- ruler and superglue;
- two long bolt and nuts for them;
- towel, sponge, rust remover.

Step 1
If your disc is rusty, apply a cleaning agent to the sponge and thoroughly polish the rusty areas. Then wipe the disc dry with a towel.

Step 2

Take an old wall clock and carefully disassemble it into its component parts. From them we need three hands and a rear platform, where the main mechanism is located.

Step 3

Using a ruler, measure the motorcycle rim and mark the center. Based on the photo, glue the platform to the central part of the disk with glue (white arrows mark the gluing points). Next, mark the holes into which you will insert the numbers.

Step 4

The author first attached the hour hand, then the minute hand and the second hand.

Step 5

As you can see from the photo, the clock is attached to two large bolts, which are inserted into the following holes: “17:00” of the clock and “19:00”.

Step 6
Insert batteries, adjust the exact time on the clock.

Step 7

A clock made from an old motorcycle brake disc is ready. Some people like ordinary quartz watch, and someone will prefer them to such original “chimes” made