On Tue, 04 Aug 2020 00:03:56 -0400, micky
wrote:

In alt.home.repair, on Mon, 3 Aug 2020 03:37:55 -0700 (PDT), Cindy
Hamilton wrote:

On Sunday, August 2, 2020 at 1:26:24 PM UTC-4, Mark Lloyd wrote:
On 8/1/20 2:00 PM, Roger Oveur wrote:
On 8/1/2020 1:18 PM, Phil Kangas wrote:
I have a Westclox battery powered wall clock with a
7 inch diameter face and it has a very annoying
tic-toc sound that I cannot figure out how to silence.
I tried gluing hardwood blocks to the back and it
helped a little but not enough. I find it hard to fall
asleep because of this. Perhaps filling in the back
with quick crete cement would do it? I suppose the
clock gearbox itself would have to be protected so it could be
replaced sometime in the future. Or maybe just a space to allow
changing the battery.
Any hints?
phil the old hermit


Throw that noisy thing in the trash and buy a radio-controlled WWVB clock.

And I also like a clock that TELLS the time (when I push a large
button), so there's no need to turn on the light at night. The one I got
cost $15 at Radio shack (almost 20 years ago).

It looked like it would be hard to get real clocks, so a few years ago I
bought 4 Westclox clocks, with snooze alarm and lighted dial, at a
hamfest a few years ago. I've only used 1, but they were only $2 a
piece. I think they were "dumped" because it's very hard to turn the
knob to set the t ime and alarm, but I rarely have to do that.

I just push the Home button on my phone (which I also use as
an alarm clock) and look.

Cindy Hamilton

I have at least 8 or 9 quartz clocks around here along with the old
school clock radio by my bed and the built in ones in my appliances.
You can go to Klockit.Com and get those little square quartz clocks
for a few bucks each for the good ones. (they have cheaper ones too)
I was making clocks out of all sorts of stuff for a while.
This is my disk clock
http://gfretwell.com/ftp/clock.jpg

This is the one I need sometimes when I am disconnected

http://gfretwell.com/ftp/old%20guy%20clock.jpg