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What I thought would be one of the easier jobs was making these 5 arbors. As it turns out I underestimated how difficult it was to turn music wire and to make a good square shoulder for each pivot. I finally finished all of them and was using a parting off tool, a pivot file, and a jewelers file with a safe edge to make the pivot and the shoulder. They even looked pretty good under X10 magnification.
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The 5 finished arbors made from 3/32" music wire. The longer arbor is for the escape wheel.
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I completed all 4 lantern pinions. I tested the fit of the arbors in them and after reaming them with a reamer made from the music wire the fit is perfect... nice and snug.
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I thought why not drill a hole through the chuck adapter so the arbor would fit through it. I can't see where this would weaken the adapter and if it didn't work as I hoped then a new adapter is only about $5. I only drilled it slightly larger than my arbor but could bore it out bigger in the future if necessary.
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Wheels 2, 3 and 4 installed to check depthing, endshake, etc. Using the flat depthing tool worked great. These wheels/pinions are spinning easily and quietly.
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Escape wheel and pinion added. The relationship from the 4th wheel to the escape pinion is a little close but at this point I don't have a real front bushing for the escape arbor. A hole in the front plate is being used to temporarily support the arbor so I will wait until I complete the front escape cock before I decide if the escape wheel needs re-depthing. The front plate will eventually be cut away behind the escape wheel.
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