Turn a HARD DRIVE into a CLOCK! 

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This is how to overclock a hard drive

you should get a 3D printer, that would make for some cool videos

I have had a HDD that failed recently with grinding noises and bad sectors. I'll be making it into a clock as a project from this video.

Great! You made a clock from a clock

What happens if I overclock mine?

How to overclock your hard drive

Dirty fingerprints on hdd platter make me wanna scream blood.

It's funny how kipkay videos could be made in 2016 but you couldn't tell the difference of a 2012 video and 16

Two minor things I'd have done differently: 1. I'd have wired it so that the clock and the lights use the same power source (and I probably would have gone with the AC adapter idea, just because I hate changing batteries). 2. I'd have either cut down or picked out different hands for the clock so that the fit within the radius of the platter.

2:43 -> still virgin 3:00 -> not anymore

Ever since his cat passed away he's been struggling man I feel bad for this guy

This is the kipkay I miss. I hope he's back. Great video even with the ad.

Now that's the classic Kipkay!! Great Job!!

Why are there so many salty, bitter souls? You guys subscribed and used to love this channel, now you come here only to belittle Kip and tear him down. Over making a clock, or tricks with matches, DIY survival kits, etc...because he has sponsors and has to meet their demands I'm sorry life didn't turn out the way you wanted, I'm sorry no one in your lives wish to love you, I'm sorry your hearts are made of stone. Get over it. Make your life better and quit picking on Kip because you look in the mirror and see nothing but hatred and feel a need to share it with others. You know what you can share with us? Your silence.

Should've used the reading arm for the clock hands.

I was thinking that you will use parts of the drive to make a clock..

Disappointed...I thought the RPM of the motor will be adjusted to the movement of a clock

Glad to see a real project from kipkay! Keep these up, they are much better in-depth projects like your original ones from way back!

Kip, you should do a Q&A!! Thumbs up so he seas!!

Should have used the reader head for hands.

It would be nice if the disk itself spun around and the original hard drive spindle was the clock-arm to tell you the hour. That'd be sick.

I thought you'd show us how to use the hard drive motor to drive the clock. Anyone can buy a clock motor and arms and put it inside anything.

Next video: "How to make a 3D printer out of condoms"

Now these are the videos I know! Nice one Kipkay!

Nice project. Now I regret tossing one of my old HDD into the recycle bin.

wow, this is a very nice project

Glad to have someone talk to us instead of horrible music, but this does seem to be a bit of a odd thing to do with a hdd.

if i put it back in my pc, does it mean its overclocked?

You may have did your binairy wrong my chap. 1100 is 3 0011 is 12 0110 is 6 ( this is correctly placed) 1001 is 9( this is also correctly placed) So you mixed up 3 and 12.

Secretary of State, should have recycled emails into a clock.......

why not make a clock into a hard drive

It would be cool if you could use some read/write head as the clock arms.

Seems like a screwdriver and a couple taps of a hammer, can do almost anything

You should use the actuator for the hour hand.

It would have been cooler if you used the thing that spins on the disc as one of the hands.

Was scrolling through my subscriptions and thought this said "how to turn a hard drive into a glock"

gotta admit, this is pretty cool

I wonder how glorious KipKay's beard would be. 🤔 Damn you Harry's!

I remeber when kipkay was nummber 1

Silly Kipkay, this won't allow you to save time.

If u do the whole process backwards, does the clock then run counter-clockwise?

0:20 suddenly, kipkay became 007

As somewhat of a computer geek, I really like this! And it's not too difficult to make either =]

I guess you could could say he overclocked it.

Demonitized! you killed a harddrive

I dont have a vice so i used a couple of dumbbells to hold the spindle while i popped out the motor and bearing. I also had to hold the spindle with a pliers while drilling out the center piece. It took me a while but was able to make this project. Thanks kipkay

Hey Kipkay. I love making cool stuff like this and I've been following this channel since I was 6 or 7 years old. I still use hot glue for everything and I have an old Mechano set and I always come to it when I need need to build a part. I've always loved the R/C hobby, so I thought it would be cool if you got a cheap Walmart R/C car and hacked it somehow to do something cool. If you're reading this, Thanks for all of the Awesome Content you post, Because it is a part of my life. :)

Making a rotating LED clock out of the disk and motor would have been much more impressive.

That's pretty cool if you ask me. Kip Kay it's good to have your cool project makings back

But can you turn a clock into a hard drive?

With 5$ you can buy a new clock ._.

i just realized kipkay has sounded almost the same over the years and it hasnt changed at all. ;)

kipkay is back!

I love the binary code idea

Not impressed. Unless the clock movement was powered by the harddrive motor.

Kipkay I would love to see you do a video on hard drive speakers.

Looks good, especially with the backlight. Those are some big clock hands!

Know this video is my favorite kipkay video

I wonder if you could use the read/write arm as the hour hand? Maybe one from a laptop hard drive as the hour and this one as the minute hand? I'm sure there's a weight limit on the movement, probably weighted out pretty carefully, but it would be a neat addition.

The fingerprints on the hardrive was triggering me

I didn't see any used, but was a resistor used with the LEDs? While they will "work" without, LEDs should generally have a resistor wired in series. The resistor is to limit the current going through the LED - without one, the LED can draw too much current and can burn out.

Next weeks episode: "Turn a bowl of macaroni into a fire hydrant!"

I would buy one if they are for sale. Very cool!

I thought it said turn a hard drive into a glock

Now it's a hard clock

but can it run crysis?

Video ends at 5:32

you could say.. you over clocked it XD

Time for more glue, that is hot,...

Kipkay, first off, huge fan. I've followed you for years, and downloaded quite a few of your videos to my tablet to watch when I'm bored and need a little something to make me think. But I do have a question. Could you do a video giving a little bit more information about your soldering setup? What kind of station you use, it's capabilities, that sort of thing? And maybe a short soldering do and don'ts with a segment on using a solder sucker? I think it would be a really great video to help give people a kick in the pants about doing some of this stuff themselves. :)

hi kipkay i would love to see you make some dj light equipment like a strobe, moving head, lasers, scanner and a light organ with a dmx for controlling them that would be so cool because if you want to buy them they are so expensive p.s. i love your videos they are really well made thanks

Did I just see someone turn a hard drive into a bomb?

Cool project! I did this with one of my late father's spare hard drives. Only one thing though, you missed one of the magnets! Great video. Thanks for sharing!

Nice clock. Binary made for a clean look, but hexadecimal would have been nice too. 3, 6, 9, C.

the Lord has risen once again

When you realize you've skipped too far into the video because you see KipKay shaving.

I love your video's kipkay they always encourage me to do more outdoor stuff instead of sitting at home thanks! And keep making more video's

WOAHHH this project is too cool gotta make it

Turn a jack in the box into a storage space

I like how energetic you are in this video :) kipkay is still awesome :D

Can't see how cool it is. You just dissembled a hard drive and put quartz clock in the hard drive, attaching some of the dissembled parts on the clock. The core part of the clock has nothing to do with the hard drive.The hard drive is just part of the decorations of the clock. It would be much cooler if you changed the rpm of the motor instead.

100% AMAZING MIND BLOWN Like if you agree

Great project! Your getting your magic touch back!

kipkay please make a video for running the hard disk motor! I hav a lot of them but i dont know how to run them!

It's awesome but I would choose different hands myself

Does this void my waranty?

You should have made the reader arms into the clock arms

Pretty cool clock.

"Our victim for this project will be a 10 year old-"

Oh, there's the Harry's ad we've missed XD

That looks very cool.

GEEK LEVEL 2000 YEAHA

Clickspring is yelling at his screen right now.

I love building clocks, and have a zillion old hard drives lying around. I feel like a total git for not thinking of this myself. Awesome idea!!

cool clock Achmed you should bring it to the white house

You should have made the write head a pendulum!

Make one of those Raspberry Pi smart mirrors. No good videos on how to make one properly

I wonder what he has on that hard drive.

Just a suggestion but why don't you try to mod a Spy Gear - Door Alarm. I just thought it sounded cool, and by the way I love your videos.