Todays Project - What did you do today?

[dallen]

going to put this 1889 Elgin pocket watch back together

   

[ml_woy]

(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.

Mayhem:
Post some pictures of it when you get it mounted. would like to see it all together.

[TomG]

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

This will be interesting dallen. I also have an old Elgin pocket watch (railroad watch) that I would like to see run again. It belonged to my grandpa and as near as I can figure, it needs a new staff and hairspring.

Tom

[dallen]

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.

   

[EdK]

(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.

That looks like a very nice watch!

Ed

[dallen]

(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

thanks Ed.

I messed that last sentence up, what I was meaning to say is that after I put the watch back together this morning it looks like it did when I received it in the mail.

DA

[sasquatch]

Watch mechanisims are very interesting, and it is amazing how many will run for decades with no problem.

[TomG]

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

[PixMan]

Nothing as cool as a pocketwatch repair. I just did a little surface grinding job for Willie (Highpower.) He had this planer gauge that had pitting in the surface and he wanted it pretty again. He tried sandpaper on a flat surface (or something similar), but that didn't get enough off. Inspectiing it before I started the finish grind, I found that the sanding had (as expected) worn a little more off the corners than the broader areas. All silky smooth now, though if he needs the factory lapped finish he'll have to find a proper lapping p;ate and some Clover (or other) good lapping compound.

[dallen]

(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

B.W. Harmond there's some around you could find one for parts, then take it somewhere and have them do the work.

I find it interesting about the amount of work that went into one of these back in 1860 when Elgin started.

incase you don't know that watch was made about 1898