Barrel Arbor Fix

[jdrichard]

Had an issue with an old full plate waltham i picked up. The mainspring barrel arbor was stuck in the upper cover of the barrel. I figured that it needed to move within the barrel so i took the arbor out and out it in my watchmakers lathe and i used a ruby stone to polish it down a bit. Worked like a charm. Remove and cleaned the spring and popped the cover back on. Then reinstalled it in the movement and wound it up a bit and tested the palate fork with a tooth pick to see if it snaps back and forth. It did so the power was getting from the barrel to the fork. Balance was out as i just completed making a staff on my lathe for this watch.

 

 

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