So I started up Photoshop and just copy-pasted in the text, you see in figure 2. They are gibberish only, so they do not need to be translated, but you can exchange them with other letter, if you want to. As you can see, I used a monospace font, however the layout I created was too high, so I needed to create an image that can later be used in the manufacturing process of the front plate. The other letters, which can light up, but don’t form any words, are displayed in black. The layout I’ll use is in german, but it should not be a problem to exchange the important words with their english counterparts. I came up with the layout seen in figure 2. To be honest, I simply wrote some letters into an empty text document and added each of the twelve numbers and other phrases to it.
Figure 2Īfter I decided to go for certain materials, I had to think about the layout for the letters on the front. The front of the case will be made of a polycarbonate piece with the letters printed on. I want mine to be modern looking with a stylish finish, so I decided to go for a case made out of wood. This article will be a description of the steps needed to create such a thing, so you can build your own one at home!īefore even starting to do anything else, you have to think about the materials you want to use. Three of them will be given to two friends of mine and one is for me. For everyone else: It’s one of these clever clocks that do not display the exact time, but display a sentence, approximating the time instead, composed from different words that light up: Figure 1: A word clockĪs these clocks can be pretty expensive, I decided to build some cheap ones myself. And today I decided to finally build it! I’m pretty sure almost everyone of you has already seen a world clock, even if most of you have just seen them on pictures. In this article I have something stylish for you: It’s a project idea, I had for a while.
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