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Next Meeting August 10, 2009
Howard County Senior Center
9401 Frederick Road
Ellicott City, Maryland
410 313 1400
The Center opens at 7:30
PM sharp
Have dinner with us before the meeting
Double T Diner
10055 Baltimore National Pike,
Ellicott City, MD 21042
410
750 3300
We meet 6 to 6:30pm. Tell them to seat you with
the Watch & Clock Group.
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Club Officers
Board Members
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Tech Question for the next meeting:
How old is your clock and watch oil and when should you dispose of it?
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From the Pres.
Well Guys, we had another Good Meeting!
July 13th,
George Tresansky talked about the Very Interesting talk about how to discern
an original and valuable Ferguson Pocket Watch Dials.
Bob and Stan showed slides on how to define similar parts made by different manufactures.
The Internet Site, The Little Machine Shop, donated $80.00 in Gifts to us that we will raffle off one at each meeting in place of the fifty-fifty bankroll
that we normally do. They also sent Inch and Metric Tap Drill and Clearance drill charts and Catalogs for every member. In case you didn't make the July 13 meeting, the items to choose from will be:
- a Shop Apron
- a 6 inch Electronic Caliper
- a Dial Indicator, Magnetic Base & Point Set
July 27th,
I missed this one, I was selling Food Platters for my Ruritan Club at the Jefferson
Carnival.
-Dan won the Drawing and will have his choice of LMS Gifts.
-George T. brought in his Kenninger movement with chrome plated arbors and discussed
the pros and cons of repair or replacement.
-Bob and Stan talked about a repair to Dave Hannemann's platform escapement.
LeRoy gave a description of Bob's discussion:
The guard pin discussion involved the repair of an escapement platform for David H's
clock. David had broken the guard pin off the pallet fork arm. Bob R. made a replacement guard pin and installed
it on the arm while Stanly assembled the platform and fine tuned it. How do you create a tiny guard pin consisting of
a post with an arm (L shaped) projected from it? Bob's solution - he turned a disk whose radius was the length
of the guard pin arm, and included a post with stepped shoulder at its center. The smaller stepped end of the post
would be inserted in a hole on the pallet fork arm and riveted. He then marked out the guard pin on the
disk surface and removed all the excess metal of the disk, creating a post with attached arm. The repair restored the
platform escapement to its original condition. The concept of the repair helps the rest of us think out side the box.
LeRoy
I spoke to Jim Michaels at NAWCC, School Director and Lead Watch Instructor, he
invited our club to come up and tour the School and Workshops. This needs to be a afternoon weekday trip. We only need to
come up with a date. Jim also expressed interest in joining us after he comes back from the AWCI Convention.
For those of you that look SkyWard
The annual Perseid meteor shower began in late July and will peak the night of Tuesday, Aug. 11, and early morning of Wednesday,
Aug. 12.
Guests at meteor-watching parties should bring blankets or reclining lawn chairs so they can lie back to watch the sky.
Standing and craning your neck back will lead to a stiff neck.
Tri-State Astronomers next to Antietam National Battlefield's visitors center at
9:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 11, and Wednesday, Aug. 12. The parties will last until 1 a.m. For more information, call Dan Kaminsky
at 301-988-9828 or go to www.tristateastronomers.org .
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Secretary Report:
June 13, 2009 Meeting Minutes
In attendance were: Al Takatsch
, Stan Craig, Bob Rothen, Earl Knight, Dan Spath, George Tresansky, George Painter, John Ryea, Bill Miller, Wilbur Robinson,
Jack Kennan, Tom Koluch, Leroy Roberts, David Grau and David Hannemann.
Old Business:
Al reminded members that we should review the list of available cock/watch related videos and make use of this free
service. Please pass any request to Al.
Treasurer’s
Report: Rent for the use of the senior center facility has been increased to $75 per meeting.
His report was accepted.
Secretary’s
Report: The minutes for the previous meeting, posted on the HAM Home Page, were accepted as published.
New Business:
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Dan Spath will attend the AWCI meeting in Rhode Island . It was recommended
and approved to pay $700 towards Dan’s trip.
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Al signed the club up with a web tool site, Little Machine Shop.com (LMS). The
LMS provided several gifts as appreciation. These gifts will be raffled off at future meetings. Additionally,
all members were provided an LMS catalog and a drill size chart.
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A motion was made to send a fruit basket or flowers to Ralph Ecker. Ralph is
due to be discharged from the hospital soon. The motion was approved.
Presentations:
George
Tresansky conducted an informative discussion on Ferguson pocket watch dials. He provided a sample
of the original Ferguson dial as well as reproduction models. Bob Rothen discussed horological terminology
and the confusion caused when an item is identified by multiple names. One example: the
“cap jewel” is often called an “end stone”. Thank you to both gents for their presentations.
Bob Rothen won the 50/50.
Respectfully submitted,
LeRoy Roberts, Secretary ******************************************************
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