July 9th Update Part 2 --- Indoors

After the bugs became unbearable, we moved the party inside. Luckily for the clock's sake... Allmendinger was running in 28th place the entire night for the inaugural Nascar Cup race at Kentucyk, so I was able to tune it out.

This is the Asprind clock after Collin attached the UV cold cathode. This is used to light up the clocks green phosphorescent surface.

Installed a green switch onto the Dream clock. We actually ended up installing a switch onto the Asprind clock too -- but I don't have any pictures of it. It was a red switch I cut out of the PCI connection that came with the cold cathodes. Glad I didn't throw it away!

^ It was about this point that I started swearing. I broke a pin out of one of the RGB LEDs. So, the entire clock wouldn't work, and it would take me quite a while to get a replacement. Somehow, I managed to burn off enough of the plastic with the soldering iron to expose a stump of the positive lead on the LED. I had Collin hold the pliers over the negative lead of the LED, and I dumped a bunch of solder onto it. It worked...

Collin finishing up the electronics on the Asprind clock.

The face of the Dream clock.

I had an extra green cathode tube, and I wanted Collin to put it on the back of the Asprind clock to light the wall behind it. After some initial apprehension, he agreed to check out what it looked like. I think it looks absolutely awesome. Oh, and these pictures came out awesome too! Looks like he's handling a nuclear pellet or something. Certainly more dangerous looking than the Mooninites in Boston..

The three clocks. At this point, the clock clock and Asprind clocks are complete. I still need to paint the Dream clock with Fitz and several more stars in phosphorescent paint. I saved one UV LED that is on a platform over the top that is aimed to shoot down on the surface.

The clocks in the dark.

This is how they look in the light.

Here is a very quick movie that shows how the LEDs blink on the Dream clock. The two series blink at different rates, and it came out pretty well.

Finally, these are two movies where I walk past all three of the clocks. I included both movies (which are essentially the same) because it's funny to listen to our dialogue in the first video and my narration in the second.

So there you have it! 2 clocks are now complete. The Clock clock and the Asprind clock. The dream clock is nearly done too --- all it needs is a Fitz and some stars painted on it.