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   Warren to All   
   Re: Wanted - a HUGE digital clock   
   05 Nov 10 16:28:53   
   
   XPost: rec.electronics, sci.electronics   
   From: ve3wwg@gmail.com   
      
    expounded in news:4CAE946D.2E28@the-zoo.com:   
      
   > Winston wrote:   
   >> Peter Hucker wrote:   
   >> > I've had zero success in finding a MASSIVE digital clock.  I'm   
   >> > after something with digits about 8 inches tall, preferably LED not   
   >> > LCD.  Perhaps there is a clock circuit I can buy or build and huge   
   >> > digits I can buy?  Or maybe make the digits myself out of loads of   
   >> > LEDs?  Any ideas?   
   >   
   > I built a clock with six digits (hh:mm:ss)  Each digit is 3 inches   
   > tall. I found those by going to google and instead of doing a regular   
   > search, do a search in the pictures catagory for "huge clocks"  or   
   > "large clocks".    You will come up with a lot of pictures.  Each   
   > picture will take you to where you need to go.   
   >   
   > There is one guy who built digits that go from the floor to the   
   > ceiling of his house!     Good luck!   
      
   My clock radio projects them through a lens onto the   
   ceiling. This helps a lot since I can't read without   
   my glasses.   
      
   But what would be better, is one using a laser   
   deflection system rather than the bright LEDs   
   through a lense.   
      
   Warren   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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