DIY: Replace the Glass in an Old Clock

Our old living room clock had an accident and fell off the wall. The glass shattered everywhere and left us with either replacing the glass or the clock as a whole.

 

After going to the home improvement store (and them having NOTHING in the entire warehouse to help me) and being referred to a glass specialist (do you know it's hard to cut glass in a circle?)...I ended up at Walmart.

 

Yup, Walmart.

 

For once, that store actually had something I needed!

 

I bought this cheap $6 frame with thin plastic (instead of glass) and decided to take a chance on cutting it to fit in the clock.

 

 

I took the face out of the clock and traced it onto the plastic:

 

 I cut out the circle and it splintered just a bit:

 

 

 I put the plastic back into the frame, sealed up the clock and it is good as new!

 



 

It looks exactly the same and is a lot lighter now too.

 

Happy Wednesday!