Horology

[JagCabMan]

Hi Guys, anyone interested in a Forum for Horology- The Study Of Clocks, discuss your collection, acquisitions, problems, share repair info? Regards, Nick

 

[mick-a-nick]

I know a wee bit about clocks etc - not a specialist, just enjoy repairing, re-building them.
Nothing to do with wood though, I would have been a cabinet maker for MFI in that department.

 

[Zeebad]

just dont have the time to get involved.

 

[needsabiggerfuse]

Maybe not the sort of thing you're thinking of, but here's one I made earlier.

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[Shugster]

Maybe not the sort of thing you're thinking of, but here's one I made earlier.

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I see you used a PIC on there. Did you design it yourself or was it a kit?

 

[needsabiggerfuse]

I see you used a PIC on there. Did you design it yourself or was it a kit?

Design - Noooooo!! I think it may have been one of those '... in my day ...' conversations, but I ended up Googling Nixie tubes and saw this nice little kit which crosses the divide between valves, transistors and PICs. By the way, it's a PIC16F628A which knocks out hours, minutes and seconds from a 12 volt AC, 50Hz input. This is then fed into a DM7441A BCD Nixie driver to turn the tubes on and off as required. There's 170 volts DC floating around in there, so this baby is HOT!!!

 

[Tashy_Man]

Think you might get more interest if you put a W in front of horology.....DT_Xtremez_42:

Crack on....................DT_Xtremez_09:

 

[AlienFB]

Was always fascinated with the clockwork stuff and thought I might give this a bash when my time is up (more time on my hands, eh eh geddit??)

Had a look at some kits and its quite pricey, have you got any good sites to start with?

 

[JagCabMan]

Horology

Was always fascinated with the clockwork stuff and thought I might give this a bash when my time is up (more time on my hands, eh eh geddit??)

Had a look at some kits and its quite pricey, have you got any good sites to start with?

Hi, lots of kits available, just google, some of paper, some are of wood, some metal.

I started seriously while posted to Germany in 1982, I enjoy repairing and making replacement parts where I can, I wanted to do a horology course when i took redundancy but it was 12 months long and i did not qualify so I took the London City & Guilds Antique Furniture & Restoration Course as part of resettlement.

Since I moved to Australia I have my own business repairing / restoring Antiques including clocks, very enjoyable. Clocks are still my passion though.

Why go with a kit, just go to a flea market or boot sale and pick up anything and get stuck in. It is the best way, there are also many books available and masses of online help in repairing all types of clocks.

All the best Nick

 

[spanner-do]

It looks like the Portable Electronic Number Indicating System