{"id":156,"date":"2013-11-05T15:38:01","date_gmt":"2013-11-05T15:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chiswickclockrepair.wordpress.com\/?p=156"},"modified":"2013-11-05T15:38:01","modified_gmt":"2013-11-05T15:38:01","slug":"seth-thomas-wall-clock-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/iantrowbridge.co.uk\/?p=156","title":{"rendered":"Seth Thomas wall clock &#8211; part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The entire movement has been stripped down and has been through the ultrasonic tank using the Horogreen 3-part process. Temporarily reassembled it now looks a lot better than it did:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/iantrowbridge.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/p1040467a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-167\" alt=\"P1040467a\" src=\"http:\/\/iantrowbridge.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/p1040467a.jpg?w=660\" width=\"660\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"http:\/\/iantrowbridge.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/p1040467a.jpg 1504w, http:\/\/iantrowbridge.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/p1040467a-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/iantrowbridge.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/p1040467a-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/iantrowbridge.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/p1040467a-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/iantrowbridge.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/p1040468a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-168\" alt=\"P1040468a\" src=\"http:\/\/iantrowbridge.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/p1040468a.jpg?w=660\" width=\"660\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"http:\/\/iantrowbridge.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/p1040468a.jpg 1504w, http:\/\/iantrowbridge.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/p1040468a-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/iantrowbridge.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/p1040468a-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/iantrowbridge.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/p1040468a-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The plates will be given a final polish before final assembly.<\/p>\n<p>Now I could properly examine the pivot holes in the plates for wear; here&#8217;s two examples:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/iantrowbridge.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/p1040459a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-159\" alt=\"P1040459a\" src=\"http:\/\/iantrowbridge.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/p1040459a.jpg?w=660\" width=\"660\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"http:\/\/iantrowbridge.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/p1040459a.jpg 2992w, http:\/\/iantrowbridge.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/p1040459a-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/iantrowbridge.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/p1040459a-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/iantrowbridge.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/p1040459a-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/iantrowbridge.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/p1040461a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-161\" alt=\"P1040461a\" src=\"http:\/\/iantrowbridge.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/p1040461a.jpg?w=660\" width=\"660\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"http:\/\/iantrowbridge.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/p1040461a.jpg 1504w, http:\/\/iantrowbridge.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/p1040461a-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/iantrowbridge.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/p1040461a-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/iantrowbridge.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/p1040461a-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>These are visibly oval, and the side-shake can be easily felt. Most of the pivot holes will need to be bushed &#8211; \u00a0Bergeon bushes of the required sizes have been ordered from Cousins UK.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the arbor pivots are worn as well:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/iantrowbridge.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/p1040462a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-162\" alt=\"P1040462a\" src=\"http:\/\/iantrowbridge.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/p1040462a.jpg?w=660\" width=\"660\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"http:\/\/iantrowbridge.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/p1040462a.jpg 1504w, http:\/\/iantrowbridge.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/p1040462a-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/iantrowbridge.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/p1040462a-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/iantrowbridge.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/p1040462a-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s one that has been turned in the lathe with a pivot file and burnisher, and awaits a final polish:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/iantrowbridge.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/p1040465a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-165\" alt=\"P1040465a\" src=\"http:\/\/iantrowbridge.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/p1040465a.jpg?w=660\" width=\"660\" height=\"660\" srcset=\"http:\/\/iantrowbridge.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/p1040465a.jpg 1504w, http:\/\/iantrowbridge.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/p1040465a-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/iantrowbridge.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/p1040465a-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/iantrowbridge.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/p1040465a-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The entire movement has been stripped down and has been through the ultrasonic tank using the Horogreen 3-part process. Temporarily reassembled it now looks a lot better than it did: The plates will be given a final polish before final assembly. Now I could properly examine the pivot holes in the plates for wear; here&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[26,31],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/iantrowbridge.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/iantrowbridge.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/iantrowbridge.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/iantrowbridge.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/iantrowbridge.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=156"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/iantrowbridge.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/156\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/iantrowbridge.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/iantrowbridge.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/iantrowbridge.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}