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Re: WTB/WFT - winding stem for a V4 [message #8823 is a reply to message #8821]

Fri, 16 February 2018 18:30

JackW
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Tomas and Jason,

Thank you for the offers. But don't worry about it....

Now I'm going tell you about a noob-level mistake in diagnosing an issue. Think it boils down to not working on enough pocket watches.

See the bend in the stem in that photo above? I thought that was the issue... but it isn't. That is a feature, not a flaw. The stem is two parts and that pivots. It was rusty and wasn't pivoting. I did not realize this until I pulled out the stem to replace it with the one from Jason. Cleaning the existing stem and improving the depth of the stem sleeve solved the winding issue as to why is was skipping. The second thing on this was that I needed to tighten the canon pinon too. That I did today. Soooooo..... I figure my story will help others.

Thanks again!

All I know is based on hard work & writing by others. I can only aspire to augment this body of knowledge. If I am wrong it is because of my own failings. -me

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		WTB/WFT - winding stem for a V4 By: JackW on Tue, 30 January 2018 05:25
		Re: WTB/WFT - winding stem for a V4 By: kastner on Tue, 30 January 2018 14:48
		Re: WTB/WFT - winding stem for a V4 By: JackW on Wed, 31 January 2018 02:21
		Re: WTB/WFT - winding stem for a V4 By: Timeticker on Sat, 10 February 2018 02:36
		Re: WTB/WFT - winding stem for a V4 By: JackW on Sat, 10 February 2018 23:24
		Re: WTB/WFT - winding stem for a V4 By: Timeticker on Mon, 12 February 2018 21:21
		Re: WTB/WFT - winding stem for a V4 By: kastner on Tue, 13 February 2018 00:43
		Re: WTB/WFT - winding stem for a V4 By: JackW on Tue, 13 February 2018 01:55
		Re: WTB/WFT - winding stem for a V4 By: kastner on Tue, 13 February 2018 12:15
		Re: WTB/WFT - winding stem for a V4 By: Timeticker on Fri, 16 February 2018 02:41
		Re: WTB/WFT - winding stem for a V4 By: JackW on Fri, 16 February 2018 18:30
		Re: WTB/WFT - winding stem for a V4 By: kastner on Fri, 16 February 2018 18:33
		Re: WTB/WFT - winding stem for a V4 By: Timeticker on Mon, 19 February 2018 15:08
		Re: WTB/WFT - winding stem for a V4 By: JackW on Mon, 19 February 2018 15:56
		Re: WTB/WFT - winding stem for a V4 By: Thojil on Wed, 21 February 2018 16:31
		Re: WTB/WFT - winding stem for a V4 By: JackW on Thu, 22 February 2018 03:43

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