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    Cuckoo Quail Gebruder Kuner questions

    Thanks newclocks and JTD - I had guessed early 1930s from what I could find out about the Kuner brothers operations, but there is not a lot to go...
    Post by: THTanner, Nov 21, 2019 in forum: General Clock Discussions
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    Cuckoo Quail Gebruder Kuner questions

    This Cuckoo Quail came in for service. It is all running fine and doing all it is supposed to do. I am interested in knowing a bit more about the...
    Thread by: THTanner, Nov 21, 2019, 3 replies, in forum: General Clock Discussions
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    Small hand held metal detector for finding what you drop

    I bought the one shown on sale a few months ago and it works fine. But - yes - there are a lot of knock offs.
    Post by: THTanner, Oct 10, 2019 in forum: Horological Tools
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    Small hand held metal detector for finding what you drop

    These are available at various places. They are about a foot long and use a 9 volt battery. They will locate a small metal part at about 6 to 9...
    Thread by: THTanner, Oct 9, 2019, 2 replies, in forum: Horological Tools
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    Bow

    Thanks so much Gmorse - I figured that the bow was as described, but had never heard of the "pulleys" being called "turns". I have an old...
    Post by: THTanner, Sep 28, 2019 in forum: Horological Tools
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    Bow

    for my education - what is this "bow" and what are "a set of turns" ?? I am not familiar with this terminology
    Post by: THTanner, Sep 27, 2019 in forum: Horological Tools
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    Seth Thomas Unusual Seth Thomas Type 86 movement

    Multiple dials is certainly a good guess. This would be three dials, but a fourth dial could easily be driven by a wheel meshed with the side...
    Post by: THTanner, Sep 27, 2019 in forum: General Clock Discussions
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    Ansonia Porcelain open escapement pendulum question

    Thanks that is what I recall - and I have a couple similar, but this needs to be shorter than the 3 1/2 inch ones on Timesavers. I guess a whole...
    Post by: THTanner, Sep 27, 2019 in forum: Clock Repair
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    Ansonia Porcelain open escapement pendulum question

    More like this is what I recall ? [ATTACH]
    Post by: THTanner, Sep 27, 2019 in forum: Clock Repair
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    Ansonia Porcelain open escapement pendulum question

    This porcelain Ansonia with open escapement came in with a broken spring on the strike side. No problems with any of that. But the owner wonders...
    Thread by: THTanner, Sep 27, 2019, 5 replies, in forum: Clock Repair
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    Zurich ? clock with SSS in an oval as the trademark - need hand nut ideas

    The M0.6 and M0.8 nuts came in yesterday. The M0.6 x .15 fit okay in terms of diameter but the threads did not mesh well. So I narrowed the M0.8...
    Post by: THTanner, Sep 26, 2019 in forum: Clock Repair
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    Zurich ? clock with SSS in an oval as the trademark - need hand nut ideas

    ==================== my junk pile is not very extensive but am still looking through it. The M0.6 nuts will be here Monday. A bit of work to...
    Post by: THTanner, Sep 24, 2019 in forum: Clock Repair