Elma Watch Cleaning Machine

[oldhippy]

A few members on here know about electrical stuff. The type of help you are after. I am sure someone will be along and help.  

[m1ks]

There's a user called Moose who did a great thread on updating an old national machine who I'm sure could help with this.

He went quite in depth with the magical electricity stuff.

[praezis]

Nothing magic, a simple on/off switch approved for 230 V.
This type of switch is still available.

Frank

[Giumollo]

Does anybody know if I can use the Watch cleaning machine and these solutions to clean 18K gold jewellery?

[oldhippy]

Not recommended. What type of gold jewelry are we talking about?

[Giumollo]

A 25g 18K gold ring.

[Giumollo]

Ok, let's change the question, so it doesn't look so dumb.

What could I use to clean it? 

[oldhippy]

A ring. The best way and cheapest is to clean it in warm soapy water., using an old tooth brush.  Providing it doesn't have any stones you can use jewelers rouge on a rotating mop, then in the soapy water.  

[Deggsie]

Hello, I’ve recently purchased Elma WP Pro watch cleaning solution from Cousins UK. I’ve not had chance to try it out yet but wondered what results any of you may have had with it, good or bad. I planned to use the volition in small sealed beakers / jam jars in my ultrasonic tank.

 

This will be the first ammoniated cleaner I’ve used, and so I’ll carry out the decanting of cleaner into the small jars in a well vented area, possibly out in my garage.

 

I’d be interested in hearing how you guys use the cleaner and the results you get.

 

Kind regards Deggsie

 

 

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[Putty]

Afternoon All, I hope you are all well!

I hope someone can help. Not so long ago I picked up an Elma Super Elite watch cleaning machine - alas without any jars. Is anyone aware of a cheaper alternative jar that can be used with the machine or will I have to purchase from Cousins or somewhere similar? (The one currently being sold by HS Walsh on eBay is a tad too expensive!)

[oldhippy]

Have a look here.

https://www.cousinsuk.com/product/jars-lids-spares-elma-rm90-super-elite

[Putty]

1 hour ago, oldhippy said:

Have a look here.

https://www.cousinsuk.com/product/jars-lids-spares-elma-rm90-super-elite

Thank you! A month to wait however I don't think I'll be going anywhere. I might note down the dimensions and trawl Amazon for anything potentially chaper.

[oldhippy]

That is the best price I could find. Best of luck. 

[Putty]

I like Cousins as a company so I'll probably end up buying from there however if I do find a cheaper alternative I'll bung them up on here.

[Jehan]

Hello everyone!

Looking for some advice on what kind of grease you would use for the maintenance of the machine itself. 

I want to ensure the proper workings of the machine. I’d love to be able to take this thing completely apart but not sure where to even start. 

Has anyone here ever serviced one of these before?

Any advice would be highly appreciated!

[JAHM]

Latvas, I am new to this forum and just came across this post.  I have the exact machine for restoration (lots required) and am very interested in how you achieved such a great outcome, particularly the ID tags, Elma emblems/transfers/stickers and the timer dial. Were these still in good condition or did you have to restore these separately? Any help would be greatly appreciated.  Kind regards, John

PS The AUS Motor switch has three positions (AUS which makes the basket rotate clockwise; the centre position that stops the motor; and Motor which doesn't seem to do anything). Can you let me know what the three positions are actually supposed to do because I am not certain if it is currently wired correctly. 

[oldhippy]

The cleaner I had, would rotate one way after a while stop and go both ways in little burst, stop and then carry on washing in the opposite way to when it started. Don't know if that helps you.  

[Thoast]

I also own the exact same machine: Elma Elite.
With this machine, the motor is moved to the fixed position of the jars.

This is different with Elma Record where the base does rotate the jars to the fixed position of the motor (like a carousel).

To my little knowledge, the motor in the Elite rotates the basket only in one direction. I think, the L&R cleaning machines have an alternating function - just as OldHippie describes.

This matches the switch on my machine: it‘s a toggle switch, that offers two positions: on and off - labeled as „Motor“ and „Aus“.

Hope, this might help.

Cheers
Thorsten


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[JAHM]

Morning everyone.  I have followed the strip down procedures that some members have undertaken for restoring their Super Elite watch cleaning machine. They have been great. There have been a couple of comments about the difficulty in removing the shaft from the base unit. I am at that stage now.  To anyone who has done this, is there a trick to dismantling the shaft from the base?  If there is, I have not been able to work it out.

All assistance greatly received. Cheer, John 

 

[rafau]

JAHM,
I believe your original switch has been replaced with a 3 - way switch which is connected to work as a simple 2 - way one. Might have been a lack of a proper switch when repaired. Those switches got cracked from time to time

[JAHM]

Thanks Rafau.  You are spot on. When I pulled most of it apart last weekend, there was an aftermarket 3 position switch in place with the lower portion not wired in. Obviously the original failed at some time in the past. 

Looks like I'll be sourcing another one.  Cheers, John

[JAHM]

After some advice, some judicious heat and strong hands, the shaft is finally out. Thanks  

[luiazazrambo]

And here there is an Elma: https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/287496798997672/

[oldhippy]

That one has the fixture to clean more then one movement at a time. Nice machines/ good cleaners. 

[WatchRepairrr]

Can anyone help me i need to buy watch cleaning machine such as Elma or Witschi. Can anyone recommend model just for small service store lowest is the best

 

 

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