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Update on Ingraham 30 hr clock and question about alarm pallet fork

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I posted elsewhere about my Ingraham $25 clock purchase this weekend.  Well, I am servicing it.  Showing pictures of the movement before and after clean.  All is well with the movement itself.  The alarm, however, has a broken pallet fork (or maybe just call it a fork).  I show pictures of the break.

Apart from looking for one on ebay, what is the best approach?  I guess I could build one from scratch, given the right material from the fork itself.

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Well...I had to do something, so I decided to attach the fork.  Not done yet...but here is where I am so far.

Tomorrow I will drill a hole, do some grinding to fit to the post and then rivet it in.  Fortunately, this is not a critical dimensional fit.

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I think you are going about it the best way. I think that is what I would do if I didn't have a replacement. I know you can buy replacement verges that is what Americans call them as we call them pallets, but this is for the alarm and not the movement. 

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