Weekend Project: Make a CD Clock!

I have spent my whole weekend making a CD Clock. You too, can make a CD clock for about $7.00.

What You'll Need:
A cheep clock (I got mine for about $4.00)
A pair of scissors
Glue Gun
Label Maker\Permanent Marker
A CD (I used a blank CD-R, because their cheep, but you can use any CD you want. How about a CD from our favorite (Not!) web provider) A battery

1: Start by prying apart your clock. In this picture, I have already done that (I was excited). Remove the hands and the clock box.

2: There are three ways (probably more) of doing the numbers\marks on this clock.

a) My favorite, is to grab a label maker with transparent labels in it, and print off the 1-12 numbers.

Cut the numbers apart (the old base makes a good holder for all of your labels).

b) But you can do it with a Sharpie. Just draw your numbers onto the face (you can use the old clock face to make your marks exactly the correct spacing on the CD).

c) Or you can do no numbers\marks at all.

*I will assume you have a label maker and are going to be using labels on your clock. If you aren't using labels, or are using a Sharpie (letter b), than skip to step 4.

This clock is truly personal.

3: Put the labels onto the CD (Carefully!).

Now, three mistakes later, (and three mistakes wiser) I've now got all of the numbers onto my CD.


4: Bust out the hot glue gun! Glue the base (In proportion to the numbers!) to the CD (Sorry about the blurry picture).

Now push the CD onto the base, and wait 24 hours a couple of minutes.

5: Now put back on the hands and snip them to your desired length.

6: Your almost done! Just add a couple of picture hanging strips (the 3M brand kind was about $3.00), or Velcro might work (haven't tried it).

7: Hang it up, and give yourself a pat on the back.