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joe6263
PostPosted: Sat Feb 08, 2014 3:34 pm 
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Hi everyone

Hope you all had a wonderfully holiday, I have got back straight into the swing of things, Learning to service the barrel and flatten wheels and end-shakes also oiling the winding and setting mechanism been very fun just finished our exam as well. But time is flying by so fast soon be finished and moving onto my next training should be also interesting. A screw broke in the main plate so I had to extract it very cool process. We have also been intensively learning cleanliness of jewels and the movement this is a very important matter any dirt or dust can effect the running of the movement. Also I would like to take this opportunity to thank my teachers and staff at the school for their support and help and for taking me on at 16 it been a big learning curve but i have had their support all the way trough and my teacher as always explained things in a way I understand so I would like to thank them for everything.

Also thank you all for viewing and taking the time to read my posts. :) :)

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Very nice - and good to see the math for the mainspring as well :-)

Great work Joe!
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Thanks Roff and yes it was fun to learn also learnt some other like the power reserve

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Great post as always, Joe! 8) All the best for the year ahead!
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Your posts are always a joy to read! Seeing the math relating to the mainspring power storage is why as an engineer watches deeply interest me.

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Love seeing the progress! :-)
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I love reading your updates Joe. Great stuff. :thumbsup: Good to see it's all going well.

BTW, the maths brings me out in cold sweats, reminding me of my economics degree!

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Great stuff Joe, keep at it and keep them posts coming, love reading them!
That shot of the whiteboard reminds me of deriving the quantum mechanics Schrodinger equation in my university days :-)

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It's a fascinating journey to watch from the outside. Thanks for sharing. Glad to hear all is going well! Like others I don't miss the math either!

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Hi thanks everyone for the nice feedback, Yeah the maths got me at first but thankfully my teacher explained and laid the working out in a good way so it was easier to understand haha. Thanks everyone :) :)

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Very nice! Keep em coming! And great job as usual.

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Thanks for the post!
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Thank you everyone for your support :) :)

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