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Hi, A question related to my 18th century longcase semi-regulator movement that I am (slowly) restoring. Known sometimes as a "Gentlemen's regulator" these...
from my understanding of its operation, the big advantage to the dead beat is accuracy. tolerances are finer, and it likes it that way! the old recoil will...
Hi John, Thanks. I would definitely go with the adjustable pallet arcs held with small screwed straps (like a Vienna Regulator) on your escapement. It gives...
thanks for the info and encouragment. iv enever used a deadbeat b4.. so it all helps. ur movement sounds fun.. i love going from trash heap to showpiece. n...
Hi Steve, It may be rather late to discuss this now. (you posted back in August). But I have a decent sized commercial depthing tool if you want some detailed...
Hi, I have uploaded some images of my depthing tool to the Group's Photos section in the folder of the same name. The half-meg original images were compresseed...
I've finished a reverse fusee for a clock I'm going to build. "Reverse" because the fusee is on the same arbor as the mainspring. This permits making it with...
John, I'm missing something.... With spring force being roughly proportional to displacement (which I naively assume to be linear over, say, 10 turns...), the...
John, I'm missing something.... With spring force being roughly proportional to displacement (which I naively assume to be linear over, say, 10 turns...), the...
If a mainspring loses 10% of its torque at each turn, then the corresponding reverse fusee must lose 10% off its radius at each turn. So the fusee would be...
Hi John; I would like to add a contribution. I have a number of fusee watches but also one fusee clock made by Richard Webster in the 1700s and the fusees...
The cone was machined first, with the appropriate slope. Then the grooves were cut on a Chinese 9x20 lathe with thread-cutting capabilities at 8 tpi. The...
Hi I have recently joined a company in a business development role and one of the areas I will be involved with is water jet cutting machines. I would be...
There have been many threads on the subject in the usenet group rec.crafts.metalworking (rcm), if I recall correctly. I suggest going to google, selecting...
Hello friends, I realize this may be a bit off the beaten path here, but I'm trying to locate a certain G/father Clock Dial. I've looked high and low for...
Couldn't find the particular jpg you referred to but there were a number of painted dials shown: square, moving moon, etc. You probably won't find them ...
... Hi Doug, Thank you for the reply, sorry you couldn't get to the jpg. There is another site where another Clockmaker uses the same Dials and its here:...
The dials with the arch-shaped opening between the arbor openings are called "mouth" dials and are found on clocks with painted calendar dials. They are the ...
Hi all I have posted some images of some of the bits and pieces I have picked up at the last few sales in the photo gallery in a folder called tools ...
This is mainly a test, but if you got this far, Happy New year to you. Norman Heckenberg Norman Heckenberg Reader in Physics Director, Physics Museum Deputy...
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Hello Steve I can not able to view your Pieces without the user name and password. And very happy New Year Hos Jacob ... From: stevepaint To:...
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Hi Steve, Thanks for sharing your fine hoard with us. My wild guess for the $5 specials" are small screw presses. For bushing or fixing wheels or levers on...
Hi Chris The photos are from an el cheapo digital camera which is quick and cheap which tends to exclude high quality, it starts to get expensive using...
Hi I am at the stage of fixing the pins in my pin wheel escapement ( 92off x 1/32"dia) and I would be interested in your views of the prefered method of...
Hello all. I joined your group at the end of last year, but have been offline until now. (Holidaying on a palm fringed tropical island) I am a recent convert...
Hi All Following up on the earlier post The adjusting ttools are for adjusting escapements, the pointed end bends the lever and the crancked end with the...
