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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 ...
In my opinion the best thing to use is string for tennis rackets. This is readily available and is enormously strong. In 1998 I made a year-going clock in...
Gavin Betts
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Sep 1, 2005 8:46 pm
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Well those fantastically quick replies certainly have me heading to the local sportsworld shop. Braided dacron and or tennis racquet string. I will give them...
Hi I haven't looked back here for ages. The group still seems to be pottering on. Having been a bit of longcase clock repair specialist for some years I tried...
Thank you Chris for your most informative guidance. The line I have currently in place is either old style tennis racquet string or clock gut. I was never sure...
Hi Bobby, I am reliably informed (by Google) that the term "catgut" originated in Italy in the 1300s. Local saddle makers discovered that the guts of local...
My understanding has been the following.....also thanks to Google....* Catgut* is the name applied to cord of great toughness and tenacity prepared from the...
This doesn't mean that cats are without value. A recent news item reported that a German biodiesel developer was using cats as the bio source. A tiger in the...
Hi guys, No new posts here in awhile so I posted a few pics I took at the NAWCC Museum on a recent visit. Check out the "figure 8" dial Tallclock, its quite...
Hello, I just stumbled across the group the other day while I was in search of info and photo's of depthing tools for clocks. I currently am building a ...
Hi Richard Welcome aboard. It has been very quiet around here for some time. I keep a watch on new group postings via single email notification. You may wish...
Hello, My intent is to have one threaded rod on the bottom of the tool about 1/2" above the hinge. This rod will have right hand thread on one end and the...
Richard The depthing tool in the group's Photos section is mine. It can just about carry a longcase center shaft. Anything smaller is only suitable for smaller...
Chris, I guess I was tying to make a simple device more complicated than it needs to be. After a little review I think I will leave the design with the spring...
