I just took the clock color mod to a whole nother level Options

[schmooot]

So I bought this old school retrofitted vac-u-form machine on fleabay a while back just because I had the money at the time and I thought it would be cool. Well I didn't really have a use for it and I stuck it in a box in the shop.

SO fast forward to yesterday I decided to change the color of my clock to white as I am in the process of changing all my interior bulbs to white. I checked the write-ups on it and proceeded to tear my clock apart. Then I thought why go half-assed and just use a flat piece of something for a lens when I can just take the existing lens out and make an exact mold of it using my fancy machine for the first time!!!!

The results were nothing short of awesome:


The bare clock in all its glory...ugly and green


The machine came with an assortment of sheets so I tried a few to see what works. Looks like a red transparent sheet will give me the color I desire


shortly after forming


side by side quality control inspection

looks like the transparent sheets they supplied me don't hold their color well if I overheat them...this will do for now but eventually I will buy some more of the red sheets and make a better copy as I can still see a hint of green through the far right side of the clock.



....and the finished clock. wOOt!


This post has been edited by schmooot: Apr 11, 2010 - 11:41 AM

[Spider77]

That used to be an old old toy vac-n-mold or something like that? There is a guy on ebay selling those same plastics, but he only has an assortment, im sure you might be able to contact him and a lot of one color?