Design Your Own Art Clock!

It's "Time" to get your creative juices flowing by designing your own Art Clock!

Using these templates you can create a piece of unique Art which is also a Clock!

I went for a Pop Art style design for the one I made, but I've included some mock-ups to give you some ideas - from Bauhaus to 70's Chic to 80's Pizzazz - what will yours look like?

Design

Before printing anything, work out your design first. I've added a Grid image with the basic shapes to get you started. Note that the centre pieces have a notch in them for the shaft of the clock mechanism. There are five basic tiles to choose from:

- Flat Curve

- Flat Square

- Ribbed Curve

- Ribbed Square (cornered)

- Ridged Square

For the centre, choose whichever tile has the notch oriented in the correct place

Clock Mechanism

This is designed for a fairly standard 56mm x 56mm mechanism with a 17mm shaft and no built-in hook, as the frame already has one. There is a notch in the frame for if your mechanism needs a side wheel for setting the time.

Printing

Print the Frame as is - I used 3/3/3 walls/top/bottom with Monotonic Line and 15% 2D infill. For the Tiles, create a new plate per colour and copy over the ones you need. I recommend *not* selecting Only One Wall On First Layer as this should make the ribbed parts look better. Also, check to make sure that the seams for the Tiles appear in the notches (see image) - this helps to ensure that they fit straight inside the Frame. Use Seam Painting if they don't appear there by default.

Assembly

The Tiles should fit snugly into the Frame - they're all the same size - however I found that some were a bit looser than others, so you may want to use a little glue once you're sure they are in the right place.

Have fun designing!

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Design Your Own Art Clock

0.2mm layer, 3 walls, 15% infill