Feast or famine. Seems like nothing in between.
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Working at Valley Friday though Sunday and then Wednesday of next week. And have folks waiting for me to get time to work on their clocks.
By , February 8, 2013 3:16 am
One thing about it is that it’s been a REAL learning experience.
By , February 8, 2013 3:13 am
Gonna have to install at least 9 bushings too. Already quoted so may make a dollar an hour over parts cost if nothing else blows up on me.
By , February 8, 2013 3:11 am
Think there will be enough slop in the meshing gear for everything to work. If not will have to make a new gear for it. :-(
By , February 8, 2013 3:09 am
Put it in the lathe and bored the center out to fit a brass sleeve and soldered it in. Did a bit of filing around the tooth that was split.
By , February 8, 2013 3:08 am
This clock has been a real pain. Found one gear that was loose on the minute shaft and after looking closely found a crack in it.
By , February 8, 2013 3:07 am
Just got the last of the trundles cut and installed in the 2 lantern pinions. Now to finish polishing the pivots & then doing the bushings.
By , February 8, 2013 3:01 am
Saved $40 to $50 over what the same stuff would have run locally at Wally World.
By , February 8, 2013 2:59 am
I had .032″ and .047″ but nothing in between so took the 50 mile round trip to Gadsden. Did a grocery run to Aldi’s while there.
By , February 8, 2013 2:57 am
Went to the (semi)local Hobby Lobby this afternoon after discovering that I needed to replace 13 trundles that were .039″ in diameter.
By , February 8, 2013 2:55 am
Looked at Swiss burnishers a few minutes ago and the suckers have gone up to $90. I priced them last year and thought them high at $70. :-(
By , February 7, 2013 6:08 pm
Thinking that the leather on a stick will work much better. Hoping to get all the tool stuff done and get back to working on clocks soon.
By , February 7, 2013 6:06 pm
Decided to glue up a leather buffing stick while I was at it. Been just using a strip of leather with compound on it for final polish.
By , February 7, 2013 6:05 pm
New set of sanding sticks glued up and drying. Using hide glue this time rather than rubber cement as the last ones had high spots.
By , February 7, 2013 5:41 pm
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By , February 7, 2013 3:01 am
Guess I need to make more sanding sticks.
By , February 7, 2013 12:31 am
Obama breaks the rules, appoints nature-lover to Interior instead of oil-lover http://t.co/12xxZIbC AWESOME!
By , February 7, 2013 12:29 am
Not sure if I’m doing something wrong or if the metal it’s made of is just crap. Made in India so may just be crap. The $70+ one is Swiss.
By , February 7, 2013 12:26 am
Got the sandpaper and finished the burnisher. And it doesn’t work. :-( Went back to using the sandpaper sticks and polishing compound.
By , February 7, 2013 12:24 am
Themocracy