What I Did This Weekend - In Pictures!

Gramaisc

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Turkish food is great. My sister lives in a Turkish area in London and it's so cheap to eat out, the meat platters are immense.
To me, the Four Crosses roundabout is known as Limassol Corner - the smell from Atlas takes me right back to living at 4, Thessalia Street.
 

Trumpet

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Many thanks to a Moderator for removing my multiple postings. Found out what had slowed my 'phone down. Mrs T had been playing with it on the journey home yesterday and left multiple app's open.
 

Carole

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Put a tree in the kitchen

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And a tree in the lounge


And decorated the mantelpiece


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Gramaisc

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OK, it's not the weekend, but it's near enough...

Bought another clock today. I saw it last week but managed to resist, though it had a particularly nice case. However, I noticed today that the price had fallen by two thirds, so I relented. It looks like some potential buyer has managed to disconnect the chime spring, but it should be fixable, I hope. The time-side runs beautifully, anyway.
Rather nice oak case - I might put plain glass in the bottom.

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So, I made a start on fixing the clock.

I thought it wise to get a picture before I took the backplate off.

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And a further picture, once the back plate was off, in case it all fell apart before I got it back together.

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The failed chime spring barrel has been removed at that point.
 

Gramaisc

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As I suspected, the spring had just unhooked from the winding shaft, so I adjusted the shape to make it hug things a bit snugger. It shouldn't do it again now.

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Eventually, I got it all back together, though the verge needed adjusting, as the backplate had been off - it took a few attempts, because the escapement wheel had one tooth just a tiny bit longer than the others. It's actually running in this picture, though without the main part of the pendulum, so a trifle 'fast'.

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And all back in the case for a 'run-in'..

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No hint of the manufacturer anywhere, though there is a date - September 1981 - and "Western Germany" stamped on the backplate. A strange mixture of old and new practice - E clips and wedge pins. The case is solid wood, apart from the thick plywood back.

Running nicely now.
 

Gramaisc

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Right, well, the clock seems to be running properly now, For the last few days it has been stopping after about twenty hours - I put this down to the dentition issue that I noticed on the escapement wheel, but finally discovered what the real issue was - two of the shafts were at the opposite extremes of their positions and this, couple with a slight swash of the gears, resulted in them clashing when they were both in the closest position at the same time - the gearing made this happen every twenty or so hours and the drive to the escapement was blocked. Centralising the shafts seems to have cured it now - all is running well after a day and a half. An odd failure that I've never seen before - it probably occurred because of the way I held it to wind it up before I refitted the face and hands.

In other news, the emergency lights that I got from the boot sale have just had a two and a half hour test run after a supply pole was struck by a vehicle.
 

Gramaisc

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The next project was to renovate this tray from the Hospice shop.

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Dismantle it, fix the handles and a few other issues, then a quick polish.

The main problem was a spilt in the base, which has glued back together fairly nicely.

I suspect that it may be a bit older than it initially looked, the base is not the usual plywood, but a quarter-inch-thick piece, sawn from a single piece of wood.
 

Noah

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The next project was to renovate this tray from the Hospice shop.

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Dismantle it, fix the handles and a few other issues, then a quick polish.

The main problem was a spilt in the base, which has glued back together fairly nicely.

I suspect that it may be a bit older than it initially looked, the base is not the usual plywood, but a quarter-inch-thick piece, sawn from a single piece of wood.

Late Victorian/Edwardian?? Possibly earlier.
 

Gramaisc

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Late Victorian/Edwardian?? Possibly earlier.
I suspect probably Edwardian(ish) now - the brass screws holding the base to the moulding are mass-produced, but the, now hidden, screws holding the handles to the moulding look hand-made. It's the solid nature of the base that seems most odd.

From somewhere around the start of "modern times".....?
 

Glam

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The next project was to renovate this tray from the Hospice shop.

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Dismantle it, fix the handles and a few other issues, then a quick polish.

The main problem was a spilt in the base, which has glued back together fairly nicely.

I suspect that it may be a bit older than it initially looked, the base is not the usual plywood, but a quarter-inch-thick piece, sawn from a single piece of wood.
Is it as old as the jumper it's resting on?
 

Gramaisc

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Today's project was to fix a rubber tyre back onto a wheel that supports the weight of a heavy steel gate. Originally, it looks like the tyre was just cast in place and relied on the 'bond' to keep it on the hub - over the years, moisture has wicked into the interface and the tyre has come loose as a result of the film of corrosion that has occurred. It works its way off to one side as the gate is opened and closed.

I 'fixed' it with Araldite a couple of years ago, but it has just separated again. So, this time I have drilled eight 3mm holes into the hub and driven 1/8" rivets into them through the tyre.

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We'll see how it survives - I have a feeling that I will be drilling and tapping to fit some screws next time...

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Gramaisc

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This morning's job was to fit an LED lamp in the greenhouse - operated by a remote-controlled socket adaptor from the house - right at the extreme of it's range.

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