GOOD EATS Clock Using Vintage Wood Type
January 3rd, 2009 in blog, projects
As many of you already know, I have a thing for (and quite a collection of) old wood type and use it in my projects wherever I can. A local restaurant asked me to assemblage them a wall clock and after much puttering around in my lab with nothing striking me, I decided to pull out the type and see what sort of design I might come up with.
I thought spelling out Good Eats would be cool (thanks Alton!) as the balance of four letter stacked on four letters made a nice background. I used some of my larger & chunky 4” type that in a previous life were used to print old carnival and fair posters. I made sure the patinas worked well together and then I Briwaxed each one so they would look all clean and shiny.
I then laid out the design then put it together using glue. Once it was dry, I cut up a yard stick to use for the structure and glued/screwed it on making sure to catch each letter. I could have used a plain piece of wood to do this but you know how us repurposers like to do things!
After it was all put together, I measured the height the clock mechanism needed to clear and chose to use a ¾” size. Once I determined exactly where I wanted the hole I used smaller to larger bit sizes and gradually drilled it to fit the mechanism. This is an important tip just like measuring twice and cutting once. You want to be kind to the wood and go slow.
I spray painted the originally gray hands red so they would really pop off the dark wood and put them on after they were nice and dry. Last step was to add some little stoppers I pulled off of a typewriter so the top and bottom would balance when hung on the wall.
As I've mentioned in previous posts, you can make a clock out of darn near anything... Have fun!
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Comments (14)
Posted: 1:36 pm on January 15th
Posted: 1:45 am on January 9th
You've done it again!!! :)
Kathy Posted: 4:05 pm on January 6th
Lani Posted: 5:22 pm on January 5th
Christy Posted: 4:50 pm on January 4th
Just love this project. Like Sue, it may be my favorite.
So very unique and cool for the new home it is going to.
Welcome to Cottage Rose, and we'll look forward to your posts.
Gretchen Posted: 10:14 am on January 4th
Candy Posted: 9:47 am on January 4th
And welcome Cottage Rose! Glad you're here!
JennyK Posted: 12:43 am on January 4th
This is amazing...one of my all time favs! It will look fabulous in the restaurant or even better in my kitchen. Ha! BTW, it's nice to see your face!
Cottage Rose, welcome to the site. I hope you enjoy it! I'll be looking forward to your projects. Happy junking to you too!
Take care,
Sue Posted: 11:46 pm on January 3rd