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Greetings, yesterday afternoon I was watching some anime on my laptop and a friend of mine who makes lawn ornaments as a job and for his business out of his mom's garage, had texted me a picture of an early 1900s German Grandfather clock that he was going to pick up from a guy that had bought an 1870s vintage house that was in really bad shape and he was going to tear it down an...

Hi. I need to buy some micro drill bits to do repivoting. Sizes .3 mm and up. It appears that what i need are carbide drills. Either tipped or solid carbide.

There are tons on internet. Judging by pricing most must be junk.

Looking for those with credible supplier suggestions.

Thanks. Joe.

So I have a 5 tube tall case grandfather clock movement that looks to be from the 1800s for sure the story the lady got was her father acquired it from a clock dealer who said it was some type of prototype which very well could be considering some of the movements workings and features my question is I can find no Maker's Mark hidden or otherwise the only markings I can find are...

NAWCC Chapter 52 - Los Padres (California) posted a Webb C. Ball biography from 1918 - https://new.nawcc.org/images/chapte...ted as Chapter 52 Articles/Ball Biography.pdf This biography recounts how Th...

This Ingraham doesn't run because the escape wheel has so much end shake that it jams up the strip pallet. You can see the previous poor attempts at repair in the photo. But note that the plates and cock are steel, which I've never worked on before, so I'm interested in advice.

I don't plan to use my expensive KWM reamers on the steel plates; I assume the steel is too h...