Tearing Down a Lafayette 17-02372 flip clock radio

So I wanted the flip clock, and took pictures because the last flip clock we found didn’t quite make sense as to how it went together, so this may help some poor fuck in the future.

front of clock

So this is the Lafayette 17-02372.

schematic model plate

Thought it was nice of them to put a circuit in, sorry the picture is a bit terrible. Amusing to me they list the number of components inside.

the mechanism

gears

So this part is cool, it’s the sleep function. I took a video of how it works, because I’m shit at description. TODO: Insert.

the original wiring

Now what the fuck is this bullshit, a wire is wrapped around the AC in, and goes into the circuit.

pully pully

It’s just rope and wheels! This should have been expected, but it’s cool.

So yeah, completely void of anything innovative, but scrapping things still makes me feel a wee bit bad, so documenting what it was makes me feel a bit better.