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Uploading files 5 messages
Should I be able to upload a file to the "files" area, or should I post it in a message for a mod to save?
Should I be able to upload a file to the "files" area, or should I post it in a message for a mod to save?
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By John Haine
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Unknown clock ? home project? 13 messages
Is the clock in the picture a recognisable project clock? Thanks Graham Sydney
Is the clock in the picture a recognisable project clock? Thanks Graham Sydney
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By Graham Mitchell
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Clock 46 restoration part 1 3 messages
in short... https://youtu.be/rMyrSlZNv34 Yay! -- Simon GPO Clocks http://www.lightstraw.co.uk/gpo/clocksystems/index.html
in short... https://youtu.be/rMyrSlZNv34 Yay! -- Simon GPO Clocks http://www.lightstraw.co.uk/gpo/clocksystems/index.html
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By Simon Taylor
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Restoration - Wires, bootlaces and heatshrink
Well the 46 is already being worked on. I have already moved the terminal strip and lable back down and reused the original screw holes. The title and the photo should explain how the 'new' wiring cam
Well the 46 is already being worked on. I have already moved the terminal strip and lable back down and reused the original screw holes. The title and the photo should explain how the 'new' wiring cam
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By Simon Taylor
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Very interesting Paper on Clock Doc 3 messages
If anyone fancies a good read there is a very interesting paper on threnik Clock Doc site regarding four very unusual electric clocks from the Scolnik collection the link below should take you there h
If anyone fancies a good read there is a very interesting paper on threnik Clock Doc site regarding four very unusual electric clocks from the Scolnik collection the link below should take you there h
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By James Kelly
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Help sought regarding T&N master clock 2 messages
Good evening, I have just bought a 1970 metal cased T&N master clock and I think it will be a runner with a small amount of tinkering. Does anybody here have one? If so, would they be kind enough to t
Good evening, I have just bought a 1970 metal cased T&N master clock and I think it will be a runner with a small amount of tinkering. Does anybody here have one? If so, would they be kind enough to t
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By rdwiow
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GPO type 46 joins the system 2 messages
Made by Magneta in 1937 and then refurbished in 1966, this ½ second Master clock is already up on the wall under test. Just needs the wiring changing to bring back it's original charm! on the right is
Made by Magneta in 1937 and then refurbished in 1966, this ½ second Master clock is already up on the wall under test. Just needs the wiring changing to bring back it's original charm! on the right is
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By Simon Taylor
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Slave clock mechanism 3 messages
Hi all, Just acquired 3 Synchronome slaves, Unfortunately in my enthusiasm I didn’t spot that only one of three had an impulse mechanism, the other two being electric Does anyone have, or know, where
Hi all, Just acquired 3 Synchronome slaves, Unfortunately in my enthusiasm I didn’t spot that only one of three had an impulse mechanism, the other two being electric Does anyone have, or know, where
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By Ian Lonsdale
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Pallet design 31 messages
Hello everyone, recently transferred here from the old group, where I'd lurked for some time. I've done a bit of theoretical work on Synchronomes that I published in Horological Science News, happy to
Hello everyone, recently transferred here from the old group, where I'd lurked for some time. I've done a bit of theoretical work on Synchronomes that I published in Horological Science News, happy to
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By John Haine
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"...had tried to saw it in half." 😢The re-birth. 🥳 8 messages
And so to the final part. the battery movements were replaced with a pair of Synchronome types, mainly as I didn't have any E.C.S. ones. The GPO factory at Holloway frequently refurbished clocks and i
And so to the final part. the battery movements were replaced with a pair of Synchronome types, mainly as I didn't have any E.C.S. ones. The GPO factory at Holloway frequently refurbished clocks and i
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By Simon Taylor
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putting clocks on forwards or backwards 5 messages
I used to have to visit master and slave clock sites and step on or stop for an hour, clock systems. Putting back was easy, just stop them for an hour. However, stepping on an hour was not so easy. Wi
I used to have to visit master and slave clock sites and step on or stop for an hour, clock systems. Putting back was easy, just stop them for an hour. However, stepping on an hour was not so easy. Wi
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By Geoff
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Regulator style slave 9 messages
While folk are delving among drawings, I have seen somewhere a regulator style slave somewhere, not sure if an amateur adapted a conventional movement or a manufacturers special but essentially a bar
While folk are delving among drawings, I have seen somewhere a regulator style slave somewhere, not sure if an amateur adapted a conventional movement or a manufacturers special but essentially a bar
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By RICHARD ADAMEK
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Magneta 2 messages
Dear All, After quiet some silence in the past years I'm really surprised of the echo the name Magneta created in the new group. As some of the group members know I have been researching the Swiss sid
Dear All, After quiet some silence in the past years I'm really surprised of the echo the name Magneta created in the new group. As some of the group members know I have been researching the Swiss sid
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By Niklaus Maag
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Magneta and also Bowell 11 messages
Dear All, I’m conscious that we have wandered away from Synchronome but I feel we are all happy playing in the same broad sandpit. I hope so. Simon has some great material on Magneta you can find thro
Dear All, I’m conscious that we have wandered away from Synchronome but I feel we are all happy playing in the same broad sandpit. I hope so. Simon has some great material on Magneta you can find thro
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By James Nye
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Gents Clock wihats missing? 6 messages
Jim et al, According to one of Colin Renold's books, "J T Gent & Co" traded from 1872 to 1892 (or thereabouts) when the name changed to "Gent & Company". I bought my clock in the same condition as you
Jim et al, According to one of Colin Renold's books, "J T Gent & Co" traded from 1872 to 1892 (or thereabouts) when the name changed to "Gent & Company". I bought my clock in the same condition as you
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By Ian Richardson
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gathering arm jewel 9 messages
I have a synchronome clock in the shop for repair and someone has replaced the jewel in the gathering arm with a piece of brass. Can anyone advise me where I can locate a jewel of the correct size and
I have a synchronome clock in the shop for repair and someone has replaced the jewel in the gathering arm with a piece of brass. Can anyone advise me where I can locate a jewel of the correct size and
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By Bob Desrochers
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New Members
Hi We now reached 100 members on this forum, Happy New year to all regards Jim
Hi We now reached 100 members on this forum, Happy New year to all regards Jim
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By James Kelly
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test 2 messages
Test Steve AZ, USA
By Steve Berger
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"...had tried to saw it in half." 😢Part 2 🙂
This mostly seems to be getting to members, so here is part 2! The wood glue took ok and next was some filling with one of those fibre plastic wood type products. This sort of went well, but I am not
This mostly seems to be getting to members, so here is part 2! The wood glue took ok and next was some filling with one of those fibre plastic wood type products. This sort of went well, but I am not
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By Simon Taylor
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New Year late again 6 messages
A Happy New Year to you all. Well, a belated one, as delivered by BBC TV. Did anyone else notice that the stroke of midnight landed on the screen about 9 seconds into 2019? That's happened before but
A Happy New Year to you all. Well, a belated one, as delivered by BBC TV. Did anyone else notice that the stroke of midnight landed on the screen about 9 seconds into 2019? That's happened before but
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By Brian Styles
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