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Home made hairspring bottle. 1 small bottle of ink emptied, a cut to size and shaped mesh filter from an old cafetiere and a 3/4 rubber plumbing washer. I may swap out the washer and filter for a 3/4 filter washer if there is enough stretch in the mesh to accommodate a balance cock. And 1 litre of Perc. Total cost inc. the Perc 22 quid the bits were all scrap.

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4 hours ago, gpraceman said:

I use a small jam jar and found a seller on eBay that sells stainless baskets of various sizes.  He had one that fits the jar pretty well.

Very handy for the size 👍, the one i made up is a little tight to fit a balance complete in. I haven't come across a seller like that in the uk but now i know what to search, cheers me dears 👍. 

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9 minutes ago, Neverenoughwatches said:

Very handy for the size 👍, the one i made up is a little tight to fit a balance complete in. I haven't come across a seller like that in the uk but now i know what to search, cheers me dears 👍. 

The basket shipped from China.  Looks like that seller is on the UK eBay site.

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