28 Mar
2012
28 Mar
'12
12:42 p.m.
On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 4:58 PM, Dave Wade <dave.g4ugm at gmail.com> wrote:
I asusme it's not just a flat disk of glass (which is what most UK wall
clocks from Smiths, Gents, etc use).
Cutting a glass disk is 'interesting', and if you do iy yourself, expect
a lot of breakages, but it isn't too hard for somebody used to working
with glass.
I thought I had seen (and bought) some stupid
things in my life put that
takes the biscuit. Its hidious! Those ghastly bits of modern surface mount
PCB with the numbers on.
If you want an IBM clock (and IBM once made many clocks) get one of these:-
http://www.schoolhouseelectric.com/home-and-office/office/clock-wall/ibm-cl…
Anyone know where to get a replacement glass for one of those? I've
got a couple IBM clocks and one was a casualty of the recent move :(
I don't expect there would be anything but NOS glass available,
probably even more rare than the clocks themselves.
A fair number of clock parts (for much older clocks) are either being
remanufacutred or made-to-order. You may well find a company that maks
glasses for clocks whoc could make soemthing for this unit. Be warned it
will not be cheap!
-tony