First Mechanism rebuild

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treefrog
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First Mechanism rebuild

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Spent the last few Yule Tide days rebuilding a Mills mechanism, 1st attempt and after a few trial and error momens have managed to strip down and clean and rebuild and it stills works. Well actually it did not work well before at all well before hand, mainly due to locking lever stopping too early and the overall slowness of the reels. Kicks well now and stops cleanly. Even stripped down the clock and re-oiled. What better way to spend this time of year. Oh well only another 4 to go. Painting the casing tomorrow.... :)
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Stripped dirty mechanism
Stripped dirty mechanism
Pile of dirty bits
Pile of dirty bits
Cleaned rebuilt mechanism
Cleaned rebuilt mechanism
Complete (did not rebuild reels, apart from lubing centre rod, will probably do this soon with some new strips)
Complete (did not rebuild reels, apart from lubing centre rod, will probably do this soon with some new strips)
Polished cabinet
Polished cabinet
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.................'tis the only way to gain the knowledge! In fact this is how I learned how women work, the exception being that they function better when they're dirty. :roll:
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Ahaa Badpenny!! so you are the chap who writes on the back of filthy buses:-
"I wish my wife was this dirty"
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I can assure you you're wrong, if I'm not allowed to chase women then I sure as hell won't demean myself to try and catch buses.
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