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I decided to take the plunge and go to school. I'll be starting at the York Time Institute in two weeks. Have been there for several visits now and have received good reviews from its students. I like the intimacy and dedication of its director, Daniel Nied. But it's going to be a long haul taking perhaps 2 years or more--depending on how I progress. Also I will be spending 3 night a week in York to attend four days a week. I'll spend long weekends at home in Berkeley Springs. I decided that I need to have someone, who has a lot of experience, supervise and instruct me. Plus there are elements of this craft that I simply never would have been able to try out because I would probably never have access to the right kind of equipment. I haven't had the kinds of feelings of expectation and, yes, anxiety, since before just starting college. I'm really looking forward to learning a lot of things but have a little anxiety over whether I'll be able to make the grade. But that's just my nature. In fact, Dan and all the other students I've talked too and spent time with have been very supportive so far. So, here goes! I won't be leaving this blog so I'll keep you posted on my progress. --Doug

Great find Chadders, you're right about buying tools being as big if not bigger than buying watches. :)

Nice set Chadders, really,really nice. Good tools are just invaluable and will last a lifetime. I have spent a fortune on tools over the years but I always seem to need more.

Good morning Alaskamick. I purchased an old Elma cleaner back in January and it has old German wiring. Here's what I found on mine, which came with a continental plug fitted, and is now fitted with a British thirteen amp plug. "My machine arrived from Germany today and everything is working perfectly. All I'm going to do is give it a light clean and polish and start using it. The only thing that had me puzzled was the colour of the old continental mains cable, Red is earth, Black is live and Grey is neutral. I did a lot of double checking before wiring the plug. The cable and electrical controls are all in excellent condition." The above is a quote from a post I made back in January. My machine unlike yours, did not have the fourth blue wire. I have a "SUSPICION" that the blue wire is there to give a 110 volt option. IE. If your mains supply was 110 volt, you would connect the Blue wire to the live instead of the Black. (DO NOT TRY THIS) PLEASE ENSURE THAT YOU GET A "QUALIFIED ELECTRICIAN" TO CHECK OUT YOUR MACHINE. WHAT I HAVE SAID ABOVE IS ONLY MY OPINION. I DO NOT RECOMMEND YOU WIRE THE MACHINE YOURSELF, AS THE ABOVE INFORMATION MAY OR MAY NOT BE CORRECT IN YOUR CASE. ALSO CONSIDER THAT THE PLUG MAY HAVE BEEN REMOVED BECAUSE OF A SERIOUS ELECTRICAL FAULT IN THE MACHINE!

Found this on the net. This is for 3 wires so be very careful as it looks like red was earth. Germany currently is using the international Electrical Commisions Coding Neutral Blue Line Brown (older Black) Ground is Green/Yellow The old system was (easy to identify if Red wire present or no Green/Yellow) Line Black Neutral Gray Ground Red

I think it is a really nice looking watch. Personal opinion I suppose