National electric watch cleaning machine

[transporter]

Well, the local auction had this up for sale, got it for £55 in fully working   Condition.
Now I’ve done some reading through past posts on wiring, heating elements and so forth, I have come to the conclusion that baskets are the main problem.
Now mine doesn’t have any, so a Quick Look on eBay and I’ve found some generic baskets that I can fit.
I have ordered a 20cm length of 15mm diameter alloy rod that I’ll mount up on the lathe and bore an 8cm diameter hole 5cm deep and drill and tap a hole for the grub securing screw.
Once that end is done ( motor end ) I’ll turn my attention to the basket end as I don’t know the inside diameter of the hole on the basket frame. But once I do I’ll turn the rod down and again drill and tap a hole to secure the frame to the shaft.
The machine does take up a lot of space on the bench so it might have to live in the garage with my clock cleaning US tank and rinsed and steam cleaner and other bulky tools.
Hopefully I can make it fit, if not it’s out to the garage.

[SwissSeiko]

I have this same basket that I used for my automated machine. Its ok, but the compartments in the individual baskets are not seated on the bottom, which allows thin parts to move to other compartments. I plan on using it still, but im printing a new basket to use on nicer movements to its doesnt scratch, and keeps the parts separate.