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Back in the land of perpetual springtime now so I wil put my 2 bobs worth. Not sure if Minitech do Thornton cutters but I believe Smith & Smith in Sydney do,...
Thank you Steve you have taken the words right out of my mouth. I agree that the main problem with involute gears in horology is the inability to produce...
At last some lively debate must be the nights are starting to draw in the Northern Hemisphere and the vegie gardends etc are to be neglected till next spring! ...
I think that lantern pinions are a very efficent and very repairable item in the clock makers nest of tricks. they work equally well with cycloidal and...
Dear Steve; the grain is not a problem and some of the woods that I use tend to be self lubericating, lignum vitae and cocabolo for instance. HOWEVER if...
A friend has obtained a non-functional Zenith Calora clock from 1920, working on the Jamin principle as shown in the animation on the following website:...
Somehow the link to the Jamin animation got broken and does not work. It is from Michel Viredas "Electrical Clocks" website. I will paste it again and hope it...
I need new grandfather clock mechanisms. Where may I purchase? If anyone knows please help me. I.OZAN BERBEROGLU BEPA DIS TIC. VE TEKS. SAN TIC. LTD. ...
hullo all, We have the use of a small vertex dividing head to make some wheels. It comes with a tailstock and all the bits for between centres milling. When it...
Hi Bob about the only other taper I know of is a Jarno. On che4cking in Machinery handbook they also list American standard self holding taper, I must admit I...
Hi Bob, I've just checked my Vertex diving head and it's definately a Morse taper (#2) in the head. What did you use to check it with? If you used a drill...
Thank you all for contributions to this subject. The advice from Minitech Australia indicates that the early models of Vertex dividing heads were B&S taper but...
Dear Bob, If you live in Melbourne you might like to contact me as I have made two John Wilding 8 day wall clocks and several others of a similar kind. My ...
Gavin Betts
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Oct 27, 2004 8:23 am
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Hi Bob One question are you a Brisbane lad? I ask as you mention Minitech, if you are there a number of members myself included who are in the area, and would...
HI. MT 2 and 3 stub arbors with soft straight steel fronts for machining applications. The MT end is threaded to fit a 3/8" x 16 tpi draw bar. I get mine...
Thank you John hood for a really good idea. I can go with that and can use a 2MT to 3MT sleeve to transfer from the minimill to the vertex. This would seem to...
Hi to Steve and Gavin, you established a bracket on the location -am in fact in the middle sort of.GUNDAROO. 12 miles out which gets me pretty close to the...
i asked to be deleted.. all i got were scams and mercenary bastards.. not a soul who simply likes clocks . ... Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! – Get...
Im not ignoring Mr Lord, I just dont know what this is about/ I have checked recent notes from the group that I have received and have not found that name? Id...
I am using needles for roller bearings and have them in 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, and 4 mm thickness. They were obtained from bearing merchant. Regards, Cees...
needles great! a very good idea thanks very much. I had not thought of that source and since they come in various sizes they would be excellent also for...
Hi I was rather confussed by John's comments, sorry he did not get a pleasant vibe from the group. I cant solve the spam problems he got and I dont get them...
Hi I was rather confussed by John's comments, sorry he did not get a pleasant vibe from the group. I cant solve the spam problems he got and I dont get them...
Hi I was rather confussed by John's comments, sorry he did not get a pleasant vibe from the group. I cant solve the spam problems he got and I dont get them...
Talking about spam: Shortly after I changed from my Yahoo ( web ) email address to a "private" one ( pop-up a/c/), I started receiving clocks related spam in...
my seth thomas mantle clock tries to chime on the quarter,half three quarter and hour,but then stops.you can hear a click then nothing.It did chime until a few...
Hi there just a guess but either the lever to start the chime does not drop or more likely the gathering lever is bent slightly and catches in the first count...
