(02-16-2013, 08:01 AM)Mayhem Wrote: Made the end plates for a roller that I am making for my lathe. At the moment, the belt rubs on the back gear shaft when the lathe runs on high speed. The material is scrap cut-outs from a plasma cutting company a mate works at. I still have to drill the mounting holes.

(02-16-2013, 09:44 AM)dallen Wrote: going to put this 1889 Elgin pocket watch back together

(02-16-2013, 01:40 PM)dallen Wrote: there really not that hard to work on, but you have to get used to working thru a magnifying glass or in my case a visor.

This watch was bought for the sole purpose of me taking it apart so I could see if I would be able to get it back together again this is the second time I've taken it apart and put it back to its original condition. It won't run and is missing the minute hand plus as far as I can tell one of the gears that is used to set the watch with.

it doesn't take a lot of tools some very small screw drivers, a pair of tweezers or two, something to hold the thing with helps I don't have a block yet.

This project was start when I got a bug to fix my Dad's watch or to see what was wrong with it.

My first go round time score was 5 hours to put it back together, this time was less then an hour but I figured that if I flipped the top plate and put all the wheels on it along with the pallet fork that it would go together a lot easier.


here it is as I received it in the mail.

(02-13-2013, 10:09 AM)dallen Wrote: here it is as I received it in the mail.

Quote:That looks like a very nice watch!

Ed

(02-16-2013, 06:22 PM)TomG Wrote: Here's grandpa's Elgin. As you can see, it's missing the balance wheel, staff and hairspring. They are around somewhere, but the spring and staff are trashed. There may still be parts around for it. I should probably check, but I'm not really looking for another project to add to the list.

Tom