“Farm Clocks” Made Out Of Old Parts

“Farm Clocks” Made Out Of Old Parts AG WORLD Dave Dam Eau Claire Wis makes battery-operated clocks from old farm parts “My clocks don’t all have numbers on them but they’re unique and look nice ” says Dam Two large clocks were made from the ring gears off an old International Harvester cream separator One is 10-in in dia and made of cast iron and the other 6-in dia made of brass Both clocks have 6 large holes at the perimeter but no numbers “I install an aftermarket clock kit that includes a motor and hour minute and second hands ” says Dam He removed the shafts from both gears to expose 7/8-in dia holes in the cast iron gear and 3/4-in in the brass gear along with a hole at the center of each gear He then machined a flanged brass bushing and ran it through the center hole and attached it to the motor The cream separator’s gearbox cover was used to make another clock with Dam painting the cover red and adding large white and black Case IH letters in the middle Another pair of clocks was made out of round planter box lids off old Deere and Case 2-row planters “The Deere clock is 8- in dia and the Case 9-in Both show the company’s logos ” says Dam “To make these clocks I drilled a hole in the center of each lid and then inserted a clock kit A threaded bolt attaches the hour minute and second hands to the motor ” He also converted a Case toolbox lid to a clock that’s complete with the original raised blue lettering found on older Case tractors Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Dave Dam 111 N Buena Vista Rd Eau Claire Wis 54703 ph 715 450-2943; damwhistler@gmail com Please call after 6 p m

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