(DIR) Return Create A Forum - Home --------------------------------------------------------- Office of Steam Forum for Model &amp ;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp; Toy Steam Gas &amp ;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp; Hot Air Engines (HTM) https://officeofsteamforum.createaforum.com --------------------------------------------------------- ***************************************************** (DIR) Return to: Restorations ***************************************************** #Post#: 20665-------------------------------------------------- Future new project? By: Tony Bird Date: February 10, 2020, 3:25 am --------------------------------------------------------- Hi, Before leaving the UK last week as well as doing a bit of track work on the layout I did a little bit of work on a possible future project. I have been retired 13 years and thought I had no unknown horological items left; but in a decomposing plastic bag on a book shelf in my den a clock was found. I have no memories of it! The item in question is a good quality German 8 day striking pendulum clock; for the technical it has a rack strike and a dead-beat escapement with vernier regulator, at a guess made around 1900 or not long after. I have too many other projects on the go at the moment to make a start on doing something with it; but thoughts would be using the movement as a sort of open case skeleton type clock possibly using charity shop purchases to fill it out a bit. To this end I have removed the centre of its dial to show the striking mechanism working and it is now back in a new plastic bag on the shelf. [attachimg=1] [attachimg=2] [attachimg=3] [attachimg=4] Regards Tony. #Post#: 20694-------------------------------------------------- Re: Future new project? By: Nick Date: February 10, 2020, 11:44 pm --------------------------------------------------------- When a plastic storage bag starts decomposing, you know it's been stashed away for awhile :D :D Already looks a lot better with the innards on display #Post#: 20943-------------------------------------------------- Re: Future new project? By: Woe is me Date: February 16, 2020, 10:19 am --------------------------------------------------------- Well Tony lets hope you didn't dust it, open it, and rebag it just so it can set somewhere on the shelf for the next umpteen years. Maybe put a tag on it. *****************************************************