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Re: October 30 day minimalist SAK challenge
Reply #960 on: October 21, 2016, 06:30:57 PM
Day 17:
(Attempting it ALL single layer!)

My grandfather clock's beat error has been substantially off, and it's like hearing fingernails scratching across a blackboard. In a mechanical clock or watch with an escapement, the beat error is the time difference between a Tick-->Tock and a Tock-->Tick. Would be too much to explain here how this is regulated in a watch or mantle type clock with a Swiss Lever (or similar) escapement. In a pendulum clock, it's regulated by making the movement's escapement vertical, so that the Tick-->Tock-->Tick-->Tock is evenly spaced. Instead, my clock has been very obviously running Tick->Tock---->Tick->Tock---->Tick->Tock.



This should be easy by adjusting the leveler jack screws on the bottom of the clock. The first step is stopping the clock and having its door unlocked so I can stop the pendulum and weights from banging into each other and the chimes while I adjust the leveling. Unfortunately I cannot find the key. It's not in the music cabinet or the wash stand on each side of the clock. Fortunately I'm carrying the Bantam today and it's combo opener isn't just for opening bottle and cans, it can manipulate the tumbler lever and bolt to open the larger of these simple, single lever furniture mortise locks.



 :woohoo: The door opened easily and I should be able to lock it again just as easily. The key will eventually turn up somewhere in the several stashes of keys around the house. It's undoubtedly hidden in a safe place, so safely hidden that I've not been able to find it.



Next step is setting a level on top of the clock. It won't necessarily show the top of the clock level when the beat rate is even as the clock works being perfectly vertical regulates that, not the clock case. It can be used to show how much relative change has been made in adjusting the tilt of the clock. I put two short 2x4 blocks on top to raise a short level enough to be seen above the facade. But wait, there's something on top of the clock! What have we here? It's the key to the clock door!! Perhaps the most logical place to put the key, my brain is not functioning well today.
 :facepalm:



At least I know now the Mighty Alox Bantam combo opener can be used to open some simple locks. I quickly decide it was a "proof of concept" demonstration, and not an act of desperation. That's my story now, and I'm sticking to it.  :whistle:  The level is now on top of the clock.



Now to adjust the leveling jack screws on the bottom. I know from watching the pendulum and observing the shorter time between beats occurs when the pendulum swings to the right, that the clock must be tilted to the right slightly. The jack screws on the right are all the way flush. A check on the jack screws on the left shows them already fully extended. The leveling jack screws aren't long enough to tilt the clock sufficiently. This will have to be done Old School using thin wedged shims, the kind that's used between floor joists and sub-flooring to stop floor squeaks (invariably caused by one or more flooring nails rubbing up and down in a joist nail hole).



I won't worry about their length for now as they're hidden around the side of the wash stand to the left of the clock (which is in a room corner). Adjusting how much the shims are pushed under the left edge of the clock regulates the beat error, and I work at it until it sounds as if it's been reduced to zero, or nearly so. If you look on the left side in the photo above, you can see the edge of the black left rear jack screw adjustment wheel standing out from the base of the clock. The door can be locked again, this time using the key, and I'll put it in the same safe location it was in before, on top of the clock.



Now to set up an app on my iPad to measure the beat rate and beat error. The beat rate is how fast or slow the clock is running. It should be exactly 3600 beats per hour (one every second; the typical rate for a grandfather size pendulum clock). Beat rate is regulated by location of the pendulum weight on the pendulum (the big round disc on this clock; it has much more mass than it appears to). Its height is adjusted using a thumb wheel on a very finely threaded vertical pendulum rod. Raise the weight and the beat rate increases; lower it and the beat rate decreases. While the app will tell me the beat rate, the issue was the beat error. The beat rate was nearly dead on. Correcting that may shift the beat rate slightly, but watching the clock for 3-5 days to see if it's fast or slow, and by how much, will work better. This app can also be used for watches and mainspring type clocks with Swiss Lever (or similar) escapements, so it has lift angle and amplitude are meaningless for a pendulum clock as the amplitude is set by clock design.



It needs to gather sufficient sample data, so I'll let it run for at least several hours. The Alox Bantam came through once again, with its Victorinox combo blade that can open some locks in addition to cans and bottles. Wouldn't advertise that much as law enforcement could then claim it's a "burglary tool" and promptly arrest anyone found in possession of one.  :o

John
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Re: October 30 day minimalist SAK challenge
Reply #961 on: October 21, 2016, 06:32:57 PM
Quote from: Kurt Misner on October 21, 2016, 06:05:18 PM
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Re: October 30 day minimalist SAK challenge
Reply #962 on: October 21, 2016, 06:34:49 PM
Quote from: jalind on October 21, 2016, 06:30:57 PM
Day 17:
(Attempting it ALL single layer!)

My grandfather clock's beat error has been substantially off, and it's like hearing fingernails scratching across a blackboard. In a mechanical clock or watch with an escapement, the beat error is the time difference between a Tick-->Tock and a Tock-->Tick. Would be too much to explain here how this is regulated in a watch or mantle type clock with a Swiss Lever (or similar) escapement. In a pendulum clock, it's regulated by making the movement's escapement vertical, so that the Tick-->Tock-->Tick-->Tock is evenly spaced. Instead, my clock has been very obviously running Tick->Tock---->Tick->Tock---->Tick->Tock.

(Image removed from quote.)

This should be easy by adjusting the leveler jack screws on the bottom of the clock. The first step is stopping the clock and having its door unlocked so I can stop the pendulum and weights from banging into each other and the chimes while I adjust the leveling. Unfortunately I cannot find the key. It's not in the music cabinet or the wash stand on each side of the clock. Fortunately I'm carrying the Bantam today and it's combo opener isn't just for opening bottle and cans, it can manipulate the tumbler lever and bolt to open the larger of these simple, single lever furniture mortise locks.

(Image removed from quote.)

 :woohoo: The door opened easily and I should be able to lock it again just as easily. The key will eventually turn up somewhere in the several stashes of keys around the house. It's undoubtedly hidden in a safe place, so safely hidden that I've not been able to find it.

(Image removed from quote.)

Next step is setting a level on top of the clock. It won't necessarily show the top of the clock level when the beat rate is even as the clock works being perfectly vertical regulates that, not the clock case. It can be used to show how much relative change has been made in adjusting the tilt of the clock. I put two short 2x4 blocks on top to raise a short level enough to be seen above the facade. But wait, there's something on top of the clock! What have we here? It's the key to the clock door!! Perhaps the most logical place to put the key, my brain is not functioning well today.
 :facepalm:

(Image removed from quote.)

At least I know now the Mighty Alox Bantam combo opener can be used to open some simple locks. I quickly decide it was a "proof of concept" demonstration, and not an act of desperation. That's my story now, and I'm sticking to it. The level is now on top of the clock.

(Image removed from quote.)

Now to adjust the leveling jack screws on the bottom. I know from watching the pendulum and observing the shorter time between beats occurs when the pendulum swings to the right, that the clock must be tilted to the right slightly. The jack screws on the right are all the way flush. A check on the jack screws on the left shows them already fully extended. The leveling jack screws aren't long enough to tilt the clock sufficiently. This will have to be done Old School using thin wedged shims, the kind that's used between floor joists and sub-flooring to stop floor squeaks (invariably caused by one or more flooring nails rubbing up and down in a joist nail hole).

(Image removed from quote.)

I won't worry about their length for now as they're hidden around the side of the wash stand to the left of the clock (which is in a room corner). Adjusting how much the shims are pushed under the left edge of the clock regulates the beat error, and I work at it until it sounds as if it's been reduced to zero, or nearly so. If you look on the left side in the photo above, you can see the edge of the black left rear jack screw adjustment wheel standing out from the base of the clock. The door can be locked again, this time using the key, and I'll put it in the same safe location it was in before, on top of the clock.

(Image removed from quote.)

Now to set up an app on my iPad to measure the beat rate and beat error. The beat rate is how fast or slow the clock is running. It should be exactly 3600 beats per hour (one every second; the typical rate for a grandfather size pendulum clock). Beat rate is regulated by location of the pendulum weight on the pendulum (the big round disc on this clock; it has much more mass than it appears to). Its height is adjusted using a thumb wheel on a very finely threaded vertical pendulum rod. Raise the weight and the beat rate increases; lower it and the beat rate decreases. While the app will tell me the beat rate, the issue was the beat error. The beat rate was nearly dead on. Correcting that may shift the beat rate slightly, but watching the clock for 3-5 days to see if it's fast or slow, and by how much, will work better. This app can also be used for watches and mainspring type clocks with Swiss Lever (or similar) escapements, so it has lift angle and amplitude are meaningless for a pendulum clock as the amplitude is set by clock design.

(Image removed from quote.)

It needs to gather sufficient sample data, so I'll let it run for at least several hours. The Alox Bantam came through once again, with its Victorinox combo blade that can open some locks in addition to cans and bottles. Wouldn't advertise that much as law enforcement could then claim it's a "burglary tool" and promptly arrest anyone found in possession of one.  :o

John
Awesome!  I have a 100 year old clock that I can't get to run fast enough. I should have you and your Bantam visit. ..;)

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Re: October 30 day minimalist SAK challenge
Reply #963 on: October 21, 2016, 06:43:33 PM
Quote from: jalind on October 21, 2016, 06:32:57 PM
Quote from: Kurt Misner on October 21, 2016, 06:05:18 PM
Day 21/30
Time for a touch up on the GID Classic.

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Re: October 30 day minimalist SAK challenge
Reply #964 on: October 21, 2016, 06:46:35 PM
Quote from: kaput on October 21, 2016, 06:43:33 PM
Quote from: jalind on October 21, 2016, 06:32:57 PM
Quote from: Kurt Misner on October 21, 2016, 06:05:18 PM
Day 21/30
Time for a touch up on the GID Classic.

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This is one of those hand me down pieces of knowledge that is cool.  It works if a cup with a fairly smooth surface is used.


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« Last Edit: October 21, 2016, 06:58:42 PM by Kurt Misner »
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Re: October 30 day minimalist SAK challenge
Reply #965 on: October 21, 2016, 06:57:18 PM
Quote from: Kurt Misner on October 21, 2016, 06:46:35 PM
Quote from: kaput on October 21, 2016, 06:43:33 PM
Quote from: jalind on October 21, 2016, 06:32:57 PM
Quote from: Kurt Misner on October 21, 2016, 06:05:18 PM
Day 21/30
Time for a touch up on the GID Classic.

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Seriously?! That's funny and too cool!
This is one of those hand me down pieces of knowledge that is cool.  It works of a cup with a fairly smooth surface is used.


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I may try it with a beater knife first, probably not my benchmade  :D

Thanks for posting that, I like life hacks like that.
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Re: October 30 day minimalist SAK challenge
Reply #966 on: October 21, 2016, 07:06:49 PM
Quote from: kaput on October 21, 2016, 06:57:18 PM
Quote from: Kurt Misner on October 21, 2016, 06:46:35 PM
Quote from: kaput on October 21, 2016, 06:43:33 PM
Quote from: jalind on October 21, 2016, 06:32:57 PM
Quote from: Kurt Misner on October 21, 2016, 06:05:18 PM
Day 21/30
Time for a touch up on the GID Classic.

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One of tricks most folks don't know about!
Seriously?! That's funny and too cool!
This is one of those hand me down pieces of knowledge that is cool.  It works of a cup with a fairly smooth surface is used.


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I may try it with a beater knife first, probably not my benchmade  :D

Thanks for posting that, I like life hacks like that.

A very similar hack is using the edge of a car or truck door window. Roll the window half-way down and use the window edge just like a stone or a steel. It's an even finer "grit" than a ceramic mug bottom! Learned that one in the military back in the halcyon days of my misspent youth.

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Re: October 30 day minimalist SAK challenge
Reply #967 on: October 21, 2016, 07:55:56 PM
Quote from: jalind on October 21, 2016, 07:06:49 PM
Quote from: kaput on October 21, 2016, 06:57:18 PM
Quote from: Kurt Misner on October 21, 2016, 06:46:35 PM
Quote from: kaput on October 21, 2016, 06:43:33 PM
Quote from: jalind on October 21, 2016, 06:32:57 PM
Quote from: Kurt Misner on October 21, 2016, 06:05:18 PM
Day 21/30
Time for a touch up on the GID Classic.

(Image removed from quote.)

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One of tricks most folks don't know about!
Seriously?! That's funny and too cool!
This is one of those hand me down pieces of knowledge that is cool.  It works of a cup with a fairly smooth surface is used.


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I may try it with a beater knife first, probably not my benchmade  :D

Thanks for posting that, I like life hacks like that.

A very similar hack is using the edge of a car or truck door window. Roll the window half-way down and use the window edge just like a stone or a steel. It's an even finer "grit" than a ceramic mug bottom! Learned that one in the military back in the halcyon days of my misspent youth.

John
I agree. I'm at work and actually burrowed the mug. Before that,  I looked at the bathroom mirrors.  Unfortunately,  they have beveled and polished edges. Polished edges don't work very well.



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Re: October 30 day minimalist SAK challenge
Reply #968 on: October 21, 2016, 07:59:42 PM
Yep I know exactly what your talking about regarding the car windows. Clever
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Re: October 30 day minimalist SAK challenge
Reply #969 on: October 21, 2016, 09:36:57 PM
I hate to say this,  but I'm missing my Climber.

Must...stay...strong...

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Reply #970 on: October 21, 2016, 10:13:36 PM
21/30 all about that Swiss'ness!
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Re: October 30 day minimalist SAK challenge
Reply #971 on: October 21, 2016, 10:24:10 PM
Day 20:

Dang. This is hard. Missed yesterday again. So here's what happened last night. I'll have to post again tonight.

Honed a few blades on the Smith's tri-stone. I think I could use a higher grit then the "fine" stone, which is about 800-1000 I think.

Its workable sharp, shaves ok if stropped with compound.

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Reply #972 on: October 21, 2016, 10:27:24 PM
Day 21...

Going really minimal, for me...my newly acquired Ambassador.



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Re: October 30 day minimalist SAK challenge
Reply #973 on: October 21, 2016, 10:30:39 PM
Quote from: Kurt Misner on October 21, 2016, 09:36:57 PM
I hate to say this,  but I'm missing my Climber.
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Re: October 30 day minimalist SAK challenge
Reply #974 on: October 21, 2016, 10:53:30 PM
T14 Day 21:
Savagery with a bantam >:D
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us Offline Mizedog

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Re: October 30 day minimalist SAK challenge
Reply #975 on: October 21, 2016, 11:24:19 PM
I bought the team doughnuts today and used the Classic to break down the empty boxes.


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Re: October 30 day minimalist SAK challenge
Reply #976 on: October 21, 2016, 11:34:54 PM
Day 21

Another attempt at making a lanyard. Couldn't cut as much tail as I wanted without taking the lanyard off.

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Re: October 30 day minimalist SAK challenge
Reply #977 on: October 22, 2016, 12:19:50 AM
DAY 21

Friday at last!  Time to crack open  the bourbon. The wax on the bottle was parculary tough.  Compact blade to the rescue!

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Re: October 30 day minimalist SAK challenge
Reply #978 on: October 22, 2016, 12:25:50 AM
Day 21

Everyone seems to have been sharpening their knives recently (is 20 days some sort of standard length a Victorinox can go before needing sharpening? :think:). I didn't want to be left out although it's a bit of a waste since I haven't really taken the time to fix some sort of shim to keep the blade from closing down on the frame, ouch!

Oh, and the blade looks horrible after some previous owner took something easy to course to it.
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Re: October 30 day minimalist SAK challenge
Reply #979 on: October 22, 2016, 02:03:09 AM
Quote from: mrynnr on October 21, 2016, 11:34:54 PM
Day 21

Another attempt at making a lanyard. Couldn't cut as much tail as I wanted without taking the lanyard off.

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Snow already?  I'm in Colorado at 7,000 feet and it will be 83 degrees tomorrow.
Quote from: Fortytwo on October 22, 2016, 12:25:50 AM
Day 21

Everyone seems to have been sharpening their knives recently (is 20 days some sort of standard length a Victorinox can go before needing sharpening? :think:). I didn't want to be left out although it's a bit of a waste since I haven't really taken the time to fix some sort of shim to keep the blade from closing down on the frame, ouch!

Oh, and the blade looks horrible after some previous owner took something easy to course to it.


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Re: October 30 day minimalist SAK challenge
Reply #980 on: October 22, 2016, 04:42:37 AM
Day 21:

I was going to post a picture of the knife "awl" by itself... But then Duplo bear showed up and offered to help pose the knife...

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Re: October 30 day minimalist SAK challenge
Reply #981 on: October 22, 2016, 04:53:17 AM
Quote from: Kurt Misner on October 22, 2016, 02:03:09 AM
Quote from: mrynnr on October 21, 2016, 11:34:54 PM
Day 21

Another attempt at making a lanyard. Couldn't cut as much tail as I wanted without taking the lanyard off.

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Snow already?  I'm in Colorado at 7,000 feet and it will be 83 degrees tomorrow.
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Day 21

Everyone seems to have been sharpening their knives recently (is 20 days some sort of standard length a Victorinox can go before needing sharpening? :think:). I didn't want to be left out although it's a bit of a waste since I haven't really taken the time to fix some sort of shim to keep the blade from closing down on the frame, ouch!

Oh, and the blade looks horrible after some previous owner took something easy to course to it.


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Yes... first day here in igloo land
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Re: October 30 day minimalist SAK challenge
Reply #982 on: October 22, 2016, 08:45:08 AM
Yesterday's (21/30) Tinker

Don't know what to carry today yet...
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Re: October 30 day minimalist SAK challenge
Reply #983 on: October 22, 2016, 10:57:23 AM
Day 22:


The novelty of the bail hasn't worn off yet, Wenger Standard Issue again today:


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Re: October 30 day minimalist SAK challenge
Reply #984 on: October 22, 2016, 11:19:01 AM
And it never will my friend, it never will. SI for me too today
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Re: October 30 day minimalist SAK challenge
Reply #985 on: October 22, 2016, 11:19:45 AM
Decided to go with my Black Pioneer
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Re: October 30 day minimalist SAK challenge
Reply #986 on: October 22, 2016, 12:15:59 PM
Day 22: Soldier Saturday; I hope I can take an outside picture during the day, but for now
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Re: October 30 day minimalist SAK challenge
Reply #987 on: October 22, 2016, 12:46:19 PM
22. Good carries all!  :like: '71 Elsie for me again.  :)
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Re: October 30 day minimalist SAK challenge
Reply #988 on: October 22, 2016, 01:16:33 PM
Quote from: hiraethus on October 22, 2016, 08:45:08 AM
Yesterday's (21/30) Tinker
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Don't know what to carry today yet...

Go with it. You can never lose with a Tinker!
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Re: October 30 day minimalist SAK challenge
Reply #989 on: October 22, 2016, 01:25:47 PM
Day 22, cadet

[--- arms length ---] (-.-) 

                                ^-- where the cat sits
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