Reply To: Newbie Sessions

[kennyheacock]

Thanks Bob;
I’ve avoided Youtube all along as I had dial up for years. I tried it and found a Gilbert bim bam. Don’t think that’s my strike. There was one on there called a “ding dong” (I don’t know if that is a real name for a strike.) which sounds more like mine . It seems to have the same interval between each strike and the actuator tabs on the cam are 180 apart. BTW, I left the brass springs off of the strike mechanism as they were so old and brittle. Works well without them and if the timing isn’t right they won’t help anyway.

Saw a lathe video on Youtube and said to myself, “self, that looks just like the flag Bob made for pivots.” Perhaps because it was one of your lathe videos and it was the flag you made in the lesson.

I also saw a Butterworth (I’m partial to Butterworth; bought an urgos movement from him years ago.) bushing system which seems good for beginners and a clever device called a “preacher” that would be good for newbies to use when bushing. Do you think the preacher is a good idea until someone gets a proper bushing press/machine? One could make the dimples on the inside of the plate if he wasn’t sure of the historical value of the movement. It might make a good back up in case the bushing wasn’t properly centered.

Thanks again,
Kenny