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    Hammer return spring

    Actually, never mind. Your picture from the post above answers my question.
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    Hammer return spring

    Raymond, thanks! Could you please take a side picture of that spring?
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    Hammer return spring

    I think so too. But why ping is so far off the plate?
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    Hammer return spring

    Now when I think about it, I could have guessed. Five or so years ago the band of my Casio Giez watch broke, I bought a new one. The band is connected by four screws, two each side, I could not get screws out, so my wife took it to those people. Long story short, they couldn't do it either, and...
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    Hammer return spring

    I found one clock man in my area Saturday, they were really surprised by my question and did not have any broken main springs or blue steel for that matter. I will keep looking. Meanwhile I have a question. The clock I am trying to get going is an old Gilbert one, with open escapement. Got it...
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    Hammer return spring

    No, I don't have any old mainsprings.
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    Hammer return spring

    Tmesavers has it discontinued. Is this the same as 1095 steel? Where do I buy it without ending up with a couple of generations worth of a supply for a lot of money? McMaster-Carr has 3"x3" sheets of 1095 for a reasonable price, but they are annealed. Can I use those and then heat treat them...
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    Hammer return spring

    How is it installed/held in place? Do you just make the leg a little bit wider and hammer it in?
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    Hammer return spring

    Hi, I have a clock with hammer return spring falling out. Again, I don't know proper terminology, but it is just a flat piece of metal pressed into a hole on the plate, with spring plane standing perpendicular to plate surface. When I got the clock spring was moving in the hole and finally...
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    Clock Help Franz Hermle part wanted

    Do you know exactly what you need? If not, clockworks.com used to have a pretty good explanation for those. You need to figure out what weights weight is required, length of pendulum rod and bob diameter. I would go with wooden rod, since it can be cut to length. Never had to buy chains, so not...
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    Gilbert kitchen clock stops

    Here is a proof I have one.
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    Gilbert kitchen clock stops

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    Gilbert kitchen clock stops

    Sorry to contradict your THOUGHTFUL comments RC, but I DO HAVE a bushing machine. It is not a genuine KVM or Burgeon, it is a Fitz-all, but I am a hobbyist, and I don't charge my wife to place the clocks I repair around the house, till I get to many of those and she tells me to take them...
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    Gilbert kitchen clock stops

    I've been reading other posts on the forum. People say Loctite red?
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    Gilbert kitchen clock stops

    Thanks for that. I don't have a lathe, maybe not yet. How about without a lathe?
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    Gilbert kitchen clock stops

    Well, I did support the bridge, and used exactly the same reamer I used for the rest of those bushings I put in this clock plates. Somehow this time the hole it made was a tiny bit larger, and the new bushing did not want to stay in. I tried to use hummer and punch to keep it set, and it stayed...
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    Gilbert kitchen clock stops

    As far as bushing or not, I was not claiming ANYTHING. I understand quite well that this is a problem, and it is an objective reality. I just quoted an esteemed member of this society saying he never did one. Thus my assumption. Probably again I misread what he was meaning to say. Thus the...
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    Gilbert kitchen clock stops

    And here's why I did not do it. That pivot hole in the bridge has an oil sink with material taken out. So where my new bushing will go in will not have a full plate thickness to support it. Thus, the question, would it be enough to hold the bushing? It is kind of nice to know BEFORE I start...
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    Gilbert kitchen clock stops

    Well, from your comments to that thread me being stupid determined that possibly bushing the escape gear bridge is not really necessary, since again in my stupid opinion this is no different from bushing dog bones holding escape gears in Session clocks. What's odd about it? You either do it or...
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    Gilbert kitchen clock stops

    Unlike other people, I am not going to send you on a wild goose chase, since search in this forum whishes to be better, so here is the link to what I quoted: https://mb.nawcc.org/threads/sessions-escapement-bushing-question-enough-material.192683/#post-1579924
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