Hairspring amplitude problem…

[randy]

Whatever you do Tom…don’t get too hard on yourself…this is a HUUUUUUUUGE learning curve to conquer…..I can’t ( and probably won’t LOL ) tell you how many things I’ve flubbed along the way…….

RB

[tmac1956]

Everyone:

Thanks for the moral support! I know that we only learn when we make mistakes, bang our heads against the wall, and ultimately overcome and find a solution. I think Bob said that there is often a better way to do things and sometimes we can find them if we keep looking (paraphrasing here). We’ll maybe by “flailing away” in error, I might eventually stumble butt first into one.

Thanks again!
Tom

[arutha]

We all make mistakes when we are learning Tom, I know I have made my fair share and when all you have to go on is whats in front of you it is quite easy to replicate the previous repairers mistakes. It is only through experience and mistakes that we learn and rather than looking on the negative side look at the positive and be glad you have learnt something new and won’t make that mistake again. I remember just recently William had an issue with getting a clock running properly because the previous repair person had put the pallets back on the arbor the wrong way round. Fair play to William, he picked it up before any of us did. I quite often would put open springs back into the clocks the wrong way round so they would open out into the movement and jam against the centre arbor, stopping it running after only 3 days. i still do it now, just for old times sake of course
Don’t ever think you are alone, we are all making mistakes, its part of the frustrating fun that is horology
Paul.

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