Reddit reviews Make Your Own Working Paper Clock

You cut out and glue together the pieces from this book
http://www.amazon.com/Make-Your-Working-Paper-Clock/dp/0060910666

Also, scoring a fold by flipping the scalpel over to the non-bladed side and drawing it against the metal rule gives a very sharp neat fold. I've been assembling this thing lately.

I was going to come in here and say something like "you have to just start doing it," but you said it yourself, and better than I would have:

> So a basic message is do things that require me to be mechanical and take my time and make it a process, and then I'll be able to become more mechanically inclined.

Yep, that's about it. You have to be picky with where you start, though. Lots of things today have no user-serviceable parts (TVs, computers, phones) so those are useless for this. Other things have too many parts, or are too fussy or even dangerous to work with.

If you have the space, consider picking up an old-but-working gas powered lawnmower and a book on small engine repair.

Or if that seems like too big a first step, you can build a mechanical clock movement:

• http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0060910666/
  
• http://www.woodenclockworks.net/
  
• http://www.wooden-gear-clocks.com/
  
  The paper one is a bit fussy because you have to be really precise with cutting and glue, but it's also significantly less expensive than the other options. Not that they're terribly expensive either. You'd spend at least as much on the lawnmower idea.

There are reasonably priced original Star Wars movie posters, or even good reprints available online. Another option is a nice framed piece of artwork from one of his favourite games. Vintage Disney cels are another option and can fit pretty much any budget depending on what you want. Other options include monogrammed stationary (if you want to go the fancy old school route) or a well appointed wall map of the world, there are some seriously nice ones online. You could look for a reasonably priced autograph by someone he likes, or an autographed/first edition comic or book that he likes. There are kits for making your own paper clock that are cheap and can even be a fun activity to do together.

Another cool idea to pair with something is a copy of a newspaper from your wedding day! Book or paper sculptures can be interesting and can be found across a huge span of cost, from cheap to exorbitant! You could buy tickets to a concert or event, maybe. Any kind of wall art/print would qualify, I'd imagine. As would gift certificates, which don't have to be impersonal. They can be for an activity you would both enjoy doing together (lessons, massages, etc) or something he would enjoy on his own, like an intro flying lesson or something like that! Depending on the cost in your area, obviously.

Book/comic/graphic novel box sets are also good. Something my parents have always done (and they've been married 34 years!) is reading a book together. They take turns reading out loud to each other leisurely or when the other is doing some mindless activity and read books together this way. You could buy a book or book series and give it to your husband to begin this practice yourselves! A subscription to a magazine is also paper. Another idea is to buy paper packets of seeds and some planting materials to start a little garden, or just some potted plants if you don't have green space! It's a really nice and rewarding thing to do alone or together and watching them grow is wonderful! Bonus points if it's something that will live a long time and be around for years to come (like some kind of tree if you have a yard).

Now I think I am officially exhausted of ideas. My first wedding anniversary is coming up in two months as well, so I've been doing some serious brainstorming! I hope any of these can help!

The traditional gift for the first anniversary was paper, and the new one is clocks.

So, here you go: http://www.amazon.com/Make-Your-Working-Paper-Clock/dp/0060910666

Do it together, draw a heart on it, write the date in the heart.

Wow, I wasn't even aware of the /po/ board, thanks!

It looks like the clock came from this book, https://www.amazon.com/Make-Your-Working-Paper-Clock/dp/0060910666 , but there's plenty of other good stuff available on that thread to work on :-)

Edit: I take it back, the clock came from http://guru2.karakasa.com/pendulum_clock/pcp_e.html , but the design is very similar to the book

If you don't have any already, a good card game like Uno or Fluxx might do. That's technically paper, it's something your friends/family can do when they visit, and as your child(ren) grow(s) they can play too.

And if you want to sex it up, you can play as a couple with the rule that when someone wins a round, the other person has to remove an article of clothing.


Another option might be a paper clock: http://www.amazon.com/Make-Your-Working-Paper-Clock/dp/0060910666 That's something you and your husband can put together as a project.

There are several papercraft clocks that tell reasonably accurate time. I've built this paper clock by James Rudolf a couple of times. The book seems to only to occasionally in be in stock, but it looks like Amazon has it currently. It's a fair bit of work - and there are a couple of small errors in the book that are worth looking up online. But, with patience and lots of time with an x-acto knife, the clock will make a nice tic-toc and keep time.

I bought a copy, I'm excited to put it together. As an aside, have you ever considered making a clock, like in this book?. It would probably turn out pretty cool looking

You can make a clock entirely out of paper:

http://www.amazon.com/Make-Your-Working-Paper-Clock/dp/0060910666

http://www.amazon.com/Make-Your-Working-Paper-Clock/dp/0060910666

If you're really looking to make your own clock from scratch, you might want to check out this book. It shows you how to make your own clock out of paper. It's pretty tedious because for instance, to make a gear, you have to cut the two sides of the gear out and then wrap a third thin strip of paper around each tooth. The book has you cut out the parts and assemble them, but you could trace them and cut them out of some pretty thin wood.

As far as the self-immolating feature, this pendulum clock is gravity fed, so you could just make a mechanism that would be triggered by the weight. Just lengthen the string so that it gives you 7 days of non-stop clockage.

Hey, if the string is a fuse, you could have the weight slowly lower itself into a flame :)