Roy, This group is active,but sometimes the moderator is pretty busy and doesnt catch up to us. Steve knows his stuff and other subscribers are very...
John, I am not good with computer directions but try mlhorology yahoo groups. It is horology for minilathes and is a bit more active than we are here. they are...
Hi Fellow members I was rather bemused by the last few posts, yes I am kind of busy at present with a few issues in my life and I am not able to continue with...
Dear Group. I have just acquired an emperor grandfather clock movement. With some minor repairs and a cleaning it will be ready for a case. However...... I...
Dear David; The model of the movement is Model 100 M . I think that it was made in 1974. I have learned that the length of the pendulum was 31.5 inches...
_http://home.earthlink.net/~atmosman/earthftp.html_ (http://home.earthlink.net/~atmosman/earthftp.html) here is a good program you can use to calculate ...
_http://home.earthlink.net/~atmosman/earthftp.html_ (http://home.earthlink.net/~atmosman/earthftp.html) here is a good program you can use to calculate ...
got a question for ya........i have a grandfather clock that was shiped from london by a lady here in kilgore.......the clock was made around 1755 by john...
got a question for ya........i have a grandfather clock that was shiped from london by a lady here in kilgore.......the clock was made around 1755 by john...
I know your out there Steve. good luck with the house and workshop.Tell us about it in due course. Many of the clock plans call for various thickness brass...
Hello everybody, I have just purchased a Watchman's Clock Dent 41 Pall Mall LONDON everything is complete except for the paper dial . . . I have done this...
mal E
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Jul 2, 2005 8:18 am
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can you email me a picture of the paper dial ? i may not can get the original one for you but i can make an exact replica for you Ivan W. Crews A.M.A 832522 ...
Check out: http://www.astro5.com/Temp/Dent/ The 6 and 12 align on the opposite sides. You will have to size them. Ralph ... [Non-text portions of this message...
hello, did you 'win' the Bulle Olympic? Norman ... Norman Heckenberg Reader in Physics Director, Physics Museum Deputy Director, Centre for Biophotonics and...
Hi Norm . . . it went for A$697.39 ... fiddly ... The above was Tony's advice so I dropped my focus . . . I did hit pay dirt with the dial for the Dent though,...
mal E
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Jul 4, 2005 1:50 am
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I have some excess 1/8 brass sheet. Is there any reason why I cannot make a clock with all the wheels cut from the same thickness. Is the friction component of...
Dear Bob, There is no objection to using 1/8 brass everywhere except for the escape wheel, where there is more friction than on the other wheels. You will...
Gavin Betts
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Aug 17, 2005 8:23 am
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Why not just turn down the edge portion, to reduce the area of mesh? That is, if friction has now become dependent upon contact area, in conrast with what...
Well chaps you really taught me that there a quite a few ways of skinning the cat. In relation to the escape wheel,do you think I should thin down both the...
Dear Bob, Only thin the escape wheel, not the pallets. To thin the pallets would not reduce the friction and only make it more difficult to fit. Gavin...
Gavin Betts
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Aug 18, 2005 6:23 am
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Thanks Gavin, It all seems so simple when someone tells me how to do it. My brass source for some time has been the scrap yard. HeThe storeman even knows what...
My old 8 day grandfather clock has its massive cast iron weights hung with what appears to be catgut and has not needed replacing since 1974. How much longer...
... Don't know if you have fishing tackle shops down under but here in the USA they offer a variety of fine cordage of long life and high tensile strength. I...
brian smith
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Sep 1, 2005 3:24 pm
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I use 50 lb test braided muskie line (Tuf-Line brand) in my wooden gear clocks. It has virtually no stretch and is very tough. Jeff Schierenbeck ...
