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       #Post#: 20665--------------------------------------------------
       Future new project?
       By: Tony Bird Date: February 10, 2020, 3:25 am
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       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.
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       Regards Tony.
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       Re: Future new project?
       By: Nick Date: February 10, 2020, 11:44 pm
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       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
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       Re: Future new project?
       By: Woe is me Date: February 16, 2020, 10:19 am
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       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.
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