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THIS IS A TABLE OF CONTENTS FOR THE FIRST EIGHT PAGES OF THIS THREAD.
Numbers are Post #'s (Turning them into live links is an ongoing project.)
[Links became obsolete when operating system changed. It will take a while to re-do them.] fixed thru 150.
2. Use for empty pill bottles.
7. File extremely thin washer.
9. Typewriter stand for bushing machine.
10. Support for bushing.
11. Lamp support for mvt. stand.
12. Easy mvt, holder.
13. Clamps from woodruff keys.
14. Holder for soldering wires.
15. Chinafood containers for odds & ends.
16. Muffin trays for sorting parts.
17. LOUD beat amplifier.
25. PVC collar for bushing work support.
26. Support for vienna mvt.
27. Check alignment of tailstock.
27. Tapping w/ drill press
41. Magnetic pick-ups.
49. Mixing epoxy.
50. Tin-can cookie cutter for styrofoam.
51. Catwhisker Tools
57. Using hardened steel cut nails.
58. Aluminum hair clips for soldering clamps.
60. Propane torch for soldering.
67. Storing screws in oil.
72. Plastic tubing for winding arbor locaters.
86. Pendulum slip joint.
88. Chime key for Hermles.
90. Spring winder bit from key barrel.
91. Letdown bits from star keys.
104. Quick test stand.
106. Prepping tweezers for watch work.
107. Servicing mainspring full length.
110. Drilling oblique holes.
113. Hemostats as tools.
116. Winding arbor locaters.
120. Measuring chain sprockets.
121. Modified plates as dial hole templates.
123. Homade screw and drill gauges.
125. Commercial nut-bolt gauge.
128. Roulant mvt. holder.
131. Piston ring pliers as plate spreaders.
141. Oil bottle holder.
144. Tap wrench as letdown tool.
145. Notches in WD-40 cap hold the straw.
150. Uses for WD-40.
[post =449290 ]152. Lengthen wooden pend. stick.
158. Auxiliary rating nut.
168. Cuckoo mvt. rack.
173. Cuckoo clock test stand.
178. Reviving petrified flake shellac.
189. Uses for bicycle spokes.
192. Rotating spice rack for holding stuff.
200. Gathering pallet removal.
201. Oil cups; tool drawer.
205. Pliers rack.
207. Clock hand reamer.
208. Speed controller for Dremel.
213. Parting-off aid.
219. Dremel flexshaft & more.
223. File handle letdown tool.
224. Oil dippers.
233. Escapement analyzing aid.
240. Center finder, locater
244. PIvot polishing method. Pics through loupe.
251.Temporary test pendulum.
253. Urgos geneva stops.
262. Pivot locators & needle oilers
263. Cuckoo chain hooks; chime rod tamer.
266. Cleaning solution pitcher.
267. Gluing aid.
268. Bill Stuntz's method of intact cleaning of a movement.
269. Stops cables from birdsnesting.
270. Tightening loose bushings.
275. Stop birdsnesting
277. Bushing tool question.
279. Piercing saw tip.
280. Bar magnet to retrieve flyaway bits.
283. Dapping tool to set bushing.
284. Paint can lifters.
286. Assembly leg extensions.
288. Avoid birdsnesting.
290. Bushing box organizing.
291. Stem vase container for tall items.
292. Splicing lathe belting.
294. Tap sizing trick.
295. Installing quarter cam on center shaft.
296. Cutting broach trick.
297. Atomic Clock Instructions.
298. Making a staff.
300. Spring washer compresser.
308. Beat amp advice.
309. De-magnetizer.
310. Making smoothing broaches.
311. 31-day mainsprings.
312. Pin gauge for tooth repair.
313. More on smoothing broaches.
317,319. Re-holing a barreled mainspring.
318. Deodorant case parts holder
320,323. Repair cuckoo bellows
321. Jay's Pre-Cleaning Machine
328. Folding Stand for Tall Movements
329. Two Home Made Test Stands
330. Quartz Pinion Repair
332. Repair Click Spring in Hermle Sprocket Wheel
334. How to Make a Square Hole
336. Small Spring-Making Tool
337. Escape Wheel Truth Checker
338. Gathering Pallet Pliers, plus more
339. Screw Holding Screwdriver
344. Solder Sucker for Pivot Holes
345. Casting a Pendulum Bob
350. Scribe Circle around Worn Hole
351. Fake Battery for Quartz
352. Replacing Hammer Leather
353. Knurling With a File
338. Gathering Pallet Pliers, plus more
easy mvt holder
bangster
moderator
================================================================
THIS IS A TABLE OF CONTENTS FOR THE FIRST EIGHT PAGES OF THIS THREAD.
Numbers are Post #'s (Turning them into live links is an ongoing project.)
[Links became obsolete when operating system changed. It will take a while to re-do them.] fixed thru 150.
2. Use for empty pill bottles.
7. File extremely thin washer.
9. Typewriter stand for bushing machine.
10. Support for bushing.
11. Lamp support for mvt. stand.
12. Easy mvt, holder.
13. Clamps from woodruff keys.
14. Holder for soldering wires.
15. Chinafood containers for odds & ends.
16. Muffin trays for sorting parts.
17. LOUD beat amplifier.
25. PVC collar for bushing work support.
26. Support for vienna mvt.
27. Check alignment of tailstock.
27. Tapping w/ drill press
41. Magnetic pick-ups.
49. Mixing epoxy.
50. Tin-can cookie cutter for styrofoam.
51. Catwhisker Tools
57. Using hardened steel cut nails.
58. Aluminum hair clips for soldering clamps.
60. Propane torch for soldering.
67. Storing screws in oil.
72. Plastic tubing for winding arbor locaters.
86. Pendulum slip joint.
88. Chime key for Hermles.
90. Spring winder bit from key barrel.
91. Letdown bits from star keys.
104. Quick test stand.
106. Prepping tweezers for watch work.
107. Servicing mainspring full length.
110. Drilling oblique holes.
113. Hemostats as tools.
116. Winding arbor locaters.
120. Measuring chain sprockets.
121. Modified plates as dial hole templates.
123. Homade screw and drill gauges.
125. Commercial nut-bolt gauge.
128. Roulant mvt. holder.
131. Piston ring pliers as plate spreaders.
141. Oil bottle holder.
144. Tap wrench as letdown tool.
145. Notches in WD-40 cap hold the straw.
150. Uses for WD-40.
[post =449290 ]152. Lengthen wooden pend. stick.
158. Auxiliary rating nut.
168. Cuckoo mvt. rack.
173. Cuckoo clock test stand.
178. Reviving petrified flake shellac.
189. Uses for bicycle spokes.
192. Rotating spice rack for holding stuff.
200. Gathering pallet removal.
201. Oil cups; tool drawer.
205. Pliers rack.
207. Clock hand reamer.
208. Speed controller for Dremel.
213. Parting-off aid.
219. Dremel flexshaft & more.
223. File handle letdown tool.
224. Oil dippers.
233. Escapement analyzing aid.
240. Center finder, locater
244. PIvot polishing method. Pics through loupe.
251.Temporary test pendulum.
253. Urgos geneva stops.
262. Pivot locators & needle oilers
263. Cuckoo chain hooks; chime rod tamer.
266. Cleaning solution pitcher.
267. Gluing aid.
268. Bill Stuntz's method of intact cleaning of a movement.
269. Stops cables from birdsnesting.
270. Tightening loose bushings.
275. Stop birdsnesting
277. Bushing tool question.
279. Piercing saw tip.
280. Bar magnet to retrieve flyaway bits.
283. Dapping tool to set bushing.
284. Paint can lifters.
286. Assembly leg extensions.
288. Avoid birdsnesting.
290. Bushing box organizing.
291. Stem vase container for tall items.
292. Splicing lathe belting.
294. Tap sizing trick.
295. Installing quarter cam on center shaft.
296. Cutting broach trick.
297. Atomic Clock Instructions.
298. Making a staff.
300. Spring washer compresser.
308. Beat amp advice.
309. De-magnetizer.
310. Making smoothing broaches.
311. 31-day mainsprings.
312. Pin gauge for tooth repair.
313. More on smoothing broaches.
317,319. Re-holing a barreled mainspring.
318. Deodorant case parts holder
320,323. Repair cuckoo bellows
321. Jay's Pre-Cleaning Machine
328. Folding Stand for Tall Movements
329. Two Home Made Test Stands
330. Quartz Pinion Repair
332. Repair Click Spring in Hermle Sprocket Wheel
334. How to Make a Square Hole
336. Small Spring-Making Tool
337. Escape Wheel Truth Checker
338. Gathering Pallet Pliers, plus more
339. Screw Holding Screwdriver
344. Solder Sucker for Pivot Holes
345. Casting a Pendulum Bob
350. Scribe Circle around Worn Hole
351. Fake Battery for Quartz
352. Replacing Hammer Leather
353. Knurling With a File
338. Gathering Pallet Pliers, plus more
easy mvt holder
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