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Make Your Own Working Paper Clock | 
 enlarge | Author: James Smith Rudolph
Brand: Harper Collins Publishers
Category: Book
List Price: $16.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  24 reviews
Sales Rank: 62360
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 40
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 12.2 x 9.4 x 0.5
MPN: 0060910666
ISBN: 0060910666
Dewey Decimal Number: 745
EAN: 9780060910662
ASIN: 0060910666
Publication Date: October 14, 1983
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Condition: New with slight wear to cover and edges. Thank-you!
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Product Description
A Paper Clock That Really Works! -- Cut up its 40 pages and fashion the pieces into an actual working wall clock with over 160 pieces. Complete with a ?tick-tock? pendulum movement. You supply glue, 3 paper clips, nails, string. You can rewind and regulate this 9-1/4" x 12-1/4" clock and it keeps perfect time. Amaze your friends with this unique conversation piece. Ages 10 and older.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 19 more reviews...
 A fun project April 28, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
What a fantastic idea. a clock that works made out of paper. it takes time to build it but it is fun and rewarding as the clock comes together.
my one suggestion is to photo copy the parts on card stock paper (i used 110# paper) and build that first, (easier to correct mistakes) then build up the clock in the book.
Cool! April 13, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R2D3DRDFNN044C Here is how the finished product looks like. Cool, isn' it?
Lots of fun March 5, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Make Your Own Working Paper Clock
This book is a whole lot of fun. I haven't completed the clock yet, but have been working on perfecting the process through 3 books and ten years! I recommend that you buy at least two books, take your time, and enjoy the process. The clock will be running very soon - I'm convinced of this!
 Needs accurate measurements February 13, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I've spent about 5 hours on it so far and have the frame and three of the large gear assemblies done (motor, movement and escapement). It hasn't been without hassles - the book is a reprint, correction and translation of an earlier book and all the cutout parts are drawn by hand and it's a bit imprecise (ie the lines are about 1mm thick and you don't know when to cut inside, outside or in the middle of the lines). There are some small misprints too that are mentioned in another review.
The trickiest part for me to understand was the locking cylinder (parts 40-45 I think) on the motor gear- as its counter-intuitive. Also putting the parts together in numerical order (as recommended in the book) is not always the best thing to do. In the case of the cylinder mentioned earlier especially - it is better to start with the circles that form the lips, that way they help maintain the cylindrical shape. If you go in numerical order - you end up with a weird shape that isn't a cylinder, and have to squeeze it into the circles for the lips.
Another problem is the various star shaped shafts - their shape is maintained by a cutout you insert them into - and they normally consist of just an accordion folded cylinder that could be any shape. It really needs to have an internal, well measured, piece to insure that the final shaft is equally spaced.
There is an issue with warping as well - some gears tend to warp if they're thin and require a lot of consistent pressure while drying to keep flat.
The size of beads for spacing isn't mentioned, so I'm going to get those after partial assembly.
Inserting wires through the gears for the axles is all well and good - except when doing it on the frame. It's very difficult to find a paperclip sized hole by feeling for it with a paperclip. I'd recommend some kind of guiding shape - a funnel or wedge, even just a strip of paper from one hole to the other - built inside the gear.
Some parts are not mentioned until later - such as a cork.
Overall though - an ingenious idea, and I look forward to rebuilding the clock with more accuracy.
A great craft March 15, 2007
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Okay, first and foremost I love making 3d models out of paper, papercraft is one of my most beloved hobbies. With that said this is a great template to create an amazing working paper clock. It is challenging only in the fact that you must be accurate and cannot cut or fold slopply and get away with it. I had to make the main gear and two of the other sub gears several times before I could get the clock to work. It is a challange and it will take about a week to build if you work dilligently every night for about 1-2 hours. I enjoyed building it as much as I enjoy looking at it now. I have bought several copies of the book and recommend it to anyone who is interested in a good project that leaves you with an amazing piece of art when you are done. A definate conversation piece.
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