Building a clock the hard way

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I always love clock stories like this, back in the day I built the original Heathkit neon 7 segment clock, and then later, assembled 2 of their WWV clocks.

All 3 worked first time I plugged them in. The first one worked about 30 years and then became erratic in it's operation, and both WWV clocks worked about 20 years, and one of them will still work for about a week at a time, but then seems to forget it's supposed to be a clock, LOL.

I know it's easy to go to Pfangles and just buy a clock off the shelf, but putting one together is still a cool thing to do.

Appreciate the post !!