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MG TD TF 1500 - No Surprise Really

Bumper all done, looks good, next project was to service the Clock, easy job seeing I restore vintage timepieces as my other hobby, this should have been a piece of cake, except the fact that some PO glued the hour hand on, I can't say much more except ask what to do now I am in Tears.

Regards

George
G Mills

George

When you say the hand is glued on I surmise you mean to the pinion. Careful application of a hot soldering iron will destroy the adhesion properties of the glue facilitating hand removal.
G Evans

Yes the hand had at some time broken off and it was stuck on with some type of glue, I need a new hand Here's hoping someone has a spare.

Regards

George
G Mills

Shouldn't be too awfully hard to make one using some brass sheet stock, a fine saw, some riffling files and a drill?
Kevin McLemore

Another way is to get a CAD drawing made of the hand and then get one water jet cut. I drew some antique clock hands for a friend some years ago and he had them cut out. The problem may be that the TF clock hand is too small. It may still be possible though.
Max Irvine

George, With all the clocks out there and you having experience with clocks, isn't there some parts somewhere that would be the correct size and shape? How about a hand from an old pocket watch, some being plain, some being fancy and in various sizes? Just a thought, as I know nothing about clocks. PJ
Paul S Jennings

There was a British Leyland car in the 70s called a Princess. The base model had a clock face on the dashboard but no mechanism behind it. Apparently this was cheaper than using a blanking plate.


Jan T
J Targosz

You could have a word or Email with Hal Kramer at hkramer -at- nycap.rr -dot- com
He might be able to help you with a hand.

Just a thought.
Rod
Rod Jones

Or you could try John Ostick at www.jdo1.com.

Tim
Tim Wilkinson

Or Mike Eck at http://www.jaguarclock.com/ who fits Smiths clocks with more reliable internal winding mechanisms.

John Quilter (TD8986)

Thanks for your replies, I do have quite a collection of hands that I could adapt but they are all too thin and would look odd unless I changed both, today off to my friend who restores pocket watches he may have something suitable.

Regards

George
G Mills

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