Joined: March 03, 2002 Photos: 540 Location: Rio Rico Arizona
Making a late bay clock set knob
Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 6:19 pm Views: 207
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Was missing a set knob for a black dial late bay quartz clock. A friend let me borrow his clock to use it as a pattern to make a new one. The only difference between the early bay mechanical clock knob and the late bay knob are the tangs are much longer to clear the second hand and the bottom is tapered rather than flat.
Chucked up a piece of brass round stock. drilled the proper size hole in the center first then filed it flat on both sides. The reason for using the lathe was to drill the hole exactly in the center and to use the locks on it to get it filed perfectly flat. The locks put it 180 deg. exactly from one side to the next to make filing easier.
