Rolling Ball Clock Instructions

Written By
Hollan Johnson
Hollan Johnson
Published: Feb 9, 2011
Updated: Nov 20, 2021
1 minute read
  1. Place the batteries in the rolling ball clock or plug it in to a power source.

  2. Place the chrome balls into the correct rails to indicate the time in hours and minutes. The rails on the bottom indicate the hour so place one ball for every hour on a 12-hour clock. The rails in the middle indicate minutes in five minute intervals. Place as many balls as needed in the second rail to correspond with time in five minute intervals. Each ball represents about five minutes. Place balls on the top rail to correspond with the time between one to four minutes. Each ball represents one minute on the top rail. The balls in the middle and top rows combine to tell you exactly what time it is. Therefore if the time is 9:17, put nine balls on the bottom rail, three balls on the middle rail, and two balls on the top rail. Place the rest of the balls in the chute.

  3. Turn the rolling ball clock on.

Hollan Johnson

Hollan Johnson is a freelance writer and contributing editor for many online publications. She has been writing professionally since 2008 and her interests are travel, gardening, sewing and Mac computers. Prior to freelance writing,…

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