I am so thrilled to be sharing with all of you over here at 3 little greenwoods.
Cable spool clock tutorial.
I didn t take a ton of photos because i wasn t expecting to write this so just roll with me here.
Instead of buying a spool on etsy or somewhere like that and spending a lot of money i would definitely suggest finding a recycling company electric company or somewhere local to find a cable spool for fairly cheap or even free.
Jul 6 2015 explore jon duncan s board cable spool clocks on pinterest.
You now know the top 4 places to find a wood spool end for your diy projects.
That s the finished product.
We live in an old farmhouse so a rustic wooden clock is pe.
When i knew wood month for our 12monthsofdiy challenge was coming up i had the motivation to finally tackle this project.
This is a tutorial for how to make a clock from an electrical spool is guest post from holly from mccall manor.
Diy cable spool clock building a giant wooden clock has been on my diy wish list for a long time.
First we had to find a spool.
Building a giant wooden clock has been on my diy wish list for a long time.
We were pretty lucky because our local recycling company sold cable spools for 5 each.
There are a lot of fun projects for them just like our spool clock tutorial.
Today i want to share with you how to make a large reclaimed wooden clock from an electrical reel and make sure to check out the bottom of this post for 11 more wood diys from 11 other.
The entire wood spool should easily fall apart once you have the 3 4 bolts undone.
Ashley has become one of my e friends because of our blogs and i think she is super talented.
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In my city s business district is where i find these spools i also pick up pallets to make furniture etc out of you can use wood from broken down pallet for a large clock also if you don t see them out by dumpsters or in the dumpster can go in an ask if they have any empty spools or pallets you can have most places that sell wiring or cable will have them.
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Okay my friends so many of you have asked about the giant spool clock that we made and hung in our living room so i thought i d put together a quick tutorial for you.
So there you go.