Use Old Saw Blades To Create Rustic Clocks With An Impressive DIY

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Buying brand new decor for your home is all well and good, but there's nothing quite like the satisfaction of repurposing an item that you already have in the house, especially when that item would otherwise be thrown in the trash. For one, did you know that you can DIY an artistic wall clock that you'll want in your home using an old circular saw blade that you may already have lying around in your garage? No longer do you have to keep circular saw blades and other tools organized in old cookie tins or other makeshift containers in the garage. You can give an old circular saw blade a whole new lease of life instead.

To make this unique clock at home, you will need an old saw blade, primer, spray paint, and a fender washer. You'll also need a clock mechanism kit, like this Youngtown Thread Battery-Operated Clock Mechanism from Amazon, and something to create numbers on the clock face. Start by wiping down your saw blade to get rid of any sawdust or residue. Use a spray primer to coat your blade; we'd recommend giving it two coats. Let this dry completely before grabbing a spray paint designed for use on metal in your preferred color. Next, it's time to add your numbers using paint and stencils or vinyl stickers — what you use is up to you. Take the fender washer and glue it on top of the hole in the middle of the saw blade. This will make the hole smaller, so the clock arms will fit snugly in the hole. Insert the clock mechanism into the hole and affix it to the back of the saw blade.

What's great about this clock DIY is that you can customize it in lots of different ways to suit your home's interior style. Use your imagination when decorating the saw blade. For example, when painting your saw blade, you can either coat the entire blade in one color or get creative and spray paint the edge in one color and the rest of the clock face in another.

Another lovely way to personalize a saw blade clock is to choose a clock face style you prefer. There are some beautiful, intricate stencil designs available for sale online, like this eight-pack of Fingerinspire Clock Painting Stencils from Amazon. Just make sure that the size of the stencil correlates to the size of your blade. Alternatively, if you're comfortable with even more creative license, try painting the numbers onto the clock face yourself in whatever style you prefer. You could even use a black marker for a quicker finish.

The exciting part is deciding how to decorate around your clock and, perhaps more importantly, where to hang it in your home. It has to be in pride of place, of course! To give your saw blade clock more of a 3D effect, you can mount it onto a piece of wood before hanging it on the wall. Just make sure there's a depression in the middle of the piece of wood to accommodate the clock mechanism behind the saw blade.