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Hello Don,
Please don’t get discouraged. I saw your post yesterday and could have replied in part but didn’t want to make only a partial post and not everything you were asking was clear to me. You posted
There is one thing i did’nt notice is there is three wait gears two turn one way and one turns the other way, can anyone tell me where the one goes? and how to time it.
You might want to describe it in more detail and put a foto up here for us if that’s possible too. At least for me because you lost me with that one. As far as a lathe goes I would say you don’t need one at this point. This is something you can buy later. The first thing would be to get some theory and repair techniques down. There are simple staking tools for clock repair but the way you word it in your post it sounds like you were asking about a staking set that is used mostly for watch repair. Bob has a video up in the watch course section where he shows how to use a staking set. I don’t remember which video though. I don’t think you need a watch staking set though. The simple hand tools that he uses in the videos like large tweezers, screwdrivers, some mainspring let down keys, pliers, files, a magnifying visor, oil, cleaning solution and a hand bushing tool set with some of the most common bushings — you can ask the supplier about which size bushings are needed the most — should take you a long way through the beginning stages and won’t break the piggy bank which is often a concern for beginners.
Try to get some pictures up here and a better description of the problem you’re having and maybe someone can help out.
I hope this helps for now Don–
John