First we had to find a spool.
Cable spool clock tutorial.
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.
I didn t take a ton of photos because i wasn t expecting to write this so just roll with me here.
Diy cable spool clock building a giant wooden clock has been on my diy wish list for a long time.
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There are a lot of fun projects for them just like our spool clock tutorial.
That s the finished product.
I am so thrilled to be sharing with all of you over here at 3 little greenwoods.
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Building a giant wooden clock has been on my diy wish list for a long time.
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.
You may recognize this photo from our family room farmhouse facelift.
Jul 6 2015 explore jon duncan s board cable spool clocks on pinterest.
Ashley has become one of my e friends because of our blogs and i think she is super talented.
We d love to see pictures of your spool projects.
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.
We were pretty lucky because our local recycling company sold cable spools for 5 each.
So there you go.
This is a tutorial for how to make a clock from an electrical spool is guest post from holly from mccall manor.
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.
The entire wood spool should easily fall apart once you have the 3 4 bolts undone.
When i knew wood month for our 12monthsofdiy challenge was coming up i had the motivation to finally tackle this project.