Etsy 6, originally uploaded by Black Heart Industries.

This clock is made of oak and reclaimed yellow alaskan cedar, which was once a pier pylon in Oakland. It has a vintage painted metallic face and an American made quartz movement. Black heart branding on back side. 9″ x 13 3/4″ x 1 7/8″

Etsy 5, originally uploaded by Black Heart Industries.

This clock is made of oak wine flavor sticks and reclaimed wood. It has a vintage paper covered metallic face and an American made quartz movement. Black heart branding on lower right side. 10 3/4″ x 16″ x 2 1/8″

Etsy 4, originally uploaded by Black Heart Industries.

For those of you who don’t live in San Francisco, you can purchase some of my clocks at Etsy.com. Link is to the right. This one is made of oak and reclaimed wood. It has a vintage metallic face and an American made quartz movement. Black heart branding on lower right side. 7″x17″x2 1/8″

Arkay Workshop – Hex clock 11, originally uploaded by Black Heart Industries.

This one’s made from oak flavor sticks with a vintage painted metal face. Black heart branding on lower right side.

White Elephant pre-sale, 2010, originally uploaded by Black Heart Industries.

What a great haul. Left to right: A Sony Walkman, new for only $7! I used to have this exact model, but it broke, I think. Below that we have a Game Boy AC power supply next to a Game Boy Color with a light and a cart: Magical Drop. Under that , a Genesis cart: Alien Storm. To the right of the Walkman, the cutest Panasonic boom box, in great shape. Below that, some electronic games: Mattle Football 2, Tiger Inspector Gadget, Taito Space Invaders, Mattel Armor Battle with box (slightly damaged), Mattel Sub Chase with box, and in the middle of all that, a N64 cart: Mischief Makers. Below that, two digital watches: a Casio alarm chronograph 50M and a Timex quartz with hands and LCD. I really like this one. The band’s not original, but has a nice Knight Rider feel to it. To the upper right, some books: Hand or Simple Turning by Holtzapffel. I have this ‘out off print’ reprint already. It’s one of the few books on ornamental turning. Audel’s New Electric Library Vol. 10, 1938. Dynamics of rotation by A. M. Worthington, 1897. Modern Radio Servicing by Ghirardi, 1935. Lastly a finely crafted book: Technical Illustration by Gibby, 1972. Under it we had some rub-on letters, drafting templets and a curve ruler. Finally some glasses. The red pair is Italian and quite swank. Below it are a pair of high quality gold wire framed glasses, very “Penthouse”. The other two are cheep but have a 1970s Hong Kong thing going on. Needless to say, I was destroyed after this adventure, but I’ve not been going to my flee markets of late. I more then made up for it here.

BHI branding iron, originally uploaded by Black Heart Industries.

I made this for branding my clocks, and anyone who would like to be my slave. Wanted: young ladies who would like to be tied to train tracks. The heart is cut and ground from a piece of 1/4″ thick steel. A hole was milled and tapped in the center. An old, worn out philips screwdriver was used for the handle. I ground the tip off and then annealed it so I could tread it with a die. This was fun to make, and even more fun to use. Heat is applied via a blow torch.

Borderlands Books – Clock 10, originally uploaded by Black Heart Industries.

Solid wood with vintage metal and paper face. Black heart brand located at lower right side. American made quartz movement. 16″ x 10 3/4″ x 2 1/8″.

Arkay Workshop clock 10, originally uploaded by Black Heart Industries.

Solid oak with black heart on lower right side. Vintage metal face. I have several movements and quite a few half built cases, just no time. More are on the way.

Pillbox, originally uploaded by Black Heart Industries.

Here we have my first project on the newly finished lathe. They’re pill shaped pill boxes made from nitrous oxide cartridges. These things can be found, in the streets, all over the Mission.

Lathe motor mod part 5, originally uploaded by Black Heart Industries.

The damn thing is done. I had to modify the motor mount again because the third belt wheel was too high. The new motor has a large flange that required the gear cover to be cut along the bottom. This is definitely an improvement over the old motor. Next will be the tachometer. It will be located directly below the new control box.