Good day everyone!
I hope that your country is full of great weather, clear sky and clean air.
Kuala Lumpur's API (Air Pollution Index) is now on a RED ZONE so most schools are closed, since Tuesday.
But during the Monday's Malaysia Day (Birthday) I had the liberty to play with a new toy I acquired from Shopee Malaysia (or for the US, you can try Wish.com). which is...
Do-It-Yourself Assembling Wall Clock
At a glance on the picture you would realise that it looks a lot like a really nice and probably very solid clock.
Heck, even from the advertised photos they look solid, and I was wondering would it hold just by having adhesives and not drilled on paint wall?
Because my wall is gray based and my parents need a solid view of the clock, I have decided to acquire a black one.
Besides it was only around USD 4 during the free shipping 9.9 sale so it is definitely worth a try
Upon arrival and unpacking
The box was very light upon arrival, and just slightly squashed because of shipping all the way from China, but the product itself was not damaged at all.
And surprisingly it turned out to be pre-cut compact foams in black colour that are in the box, which explains why it is lightweight.
They came with a template of 3 design choices so you can decide whether to make it a little cute (with the birds), full fledged numbers or partial numbers and dots.
Of course, you saw my finished product above I have decided to choose all numbers for my parents' sake.
The number foams are very easy to take out because of its well cut-through rounded design, and even a child could take it out and get hurt.
The whole back is stuck with adhesive, so if you don't want to through the foam away, with a proper foam cutter you technically can cut anything else remaining and create other 3D effects too.
Before the assembly
As I have mentioned that there were 3 design models that you can do for the clock yourself, and it came with a sheet of guided template.
Once you have decided which design to go with, you will need to proceed with cutting the guided lines out so that it creates a paper stencil for your placement.
Especially the center, where your battery powered pointers will be located.
Once done, you will have this nice stencil ready for action!
And please do make sure to use a leveler to ensure it is at the right angle.
PS: If you are using iPhone with minimum iOS 12, there is an app that helps you to find your leveled line. It's actually pretty neat!
With the guided stencil, remove the adhesive protector film and start placing the numbers. If you cut it along the lines correctly (or even slightly outward by 0.5mm) you won't go wrong with the placement at all.
Once the placement is up, you can remove the paper stencil. Once that is done, you will just need to assemble the needles (not too tightly), make sure you got the points correct, adjust it like a normal clock and add in the (AA) battery before placing on it.
And Voila!
You made your own clock!
The Verdict?
Definitely a YAY. Because this can be a wonderful family / school project between parents and child, and kids can learn a lot with precision, patience, accuracy and a well-learned activity away from the digital games.
There is no nails and hammer required, except a proper blade, so if adults could help the kids on preparing the stencils, then it is totally a fuss-free project.
What do you think?
Would you attempt to Do-it-yourself for a wall clock; or would you rather just buy off the shelf a normal clock and hang it on the wall?
I hope that this experience would encourage you to give this a try. If you would like to get one and try yourself (for anyone outside Malaysia) you can check them out at the Wish.com website that seemed to be taking on the cyber community by storm.
Otherwise
If you are attending #steemfest 4 and would like me to get for you it will be 25 STEEM . DM me if you need to do so, otherwise, I think wish.com website could be a good way to get it.
Until then
Thank You for Your Time
Thank You for Your Time
Because in the race of time and the hike of ticket (+ some unforseen circumstances from home), I am still short quite a bit of expenses to #sf4 so if you would like to help, and get something home for your own, I am actually offering sales for fully customised greeting cards for steemians attending (or by proxy order) Steemfest 4 in order to cover a little more of the costs that has left a big hole in my wallet.
Your face can be in the templates I made with Mirror app and manual edit
These are just samples that I am making but I will do more tonight now that I have a new diecut plate arrived today! Check out my old lost and found account 
There's 1 month for me to prepare... because yes, it takes time.
Because it takes patience for some to do.
ps: This is also part of the exercise I want to encourage SME or startup entrepreneurs to avail their non virtual products and services payable in steem / sbd