Incoming… what do you have? (Vol. 3)
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h0b0 said:
I see it is bi-lingual "El Back Light" for the Spanish.
My G-Shock strap fell apart on Sunday after around 10 years. I can't complain though as I have beaten the crap our of that watch. I am amused that the replacement strap is 25% of the original purchase price. That is worse than Rolex!
25% of the £70 the watch cost? Not so bad. My G-Shock strap fell apart on Sunday after around 10 years. I can't complain though as I have beaten the crap our of that watch. I am amused that the replacement strap is 25% of the original purchase price. That is worse than Rolex!
mikeveal said:
I take it you have something against "reveal Spoiler".
Or did you just feel the need to widdle on the roaring inferno of my grand reveal?
It did seem a strange way of quoting didn't it...Or did you just feel the need to widdle on the roaring inferno of my grand reveal?
Anyhow, I like the way that your work has brought some clarity to the face, particularly the sub second dial. Are you doing much more to it, or leaving "as is" now?
Troubleatmill said:
My OCD wouldn't cope with the screws on the rear not being aligned.
Roger Smith on why screws don’t line uptertius said:
Troubleatmill said:
My OCD wouldn't cope with the screws on the rear not being aligned.
Roger Smith on why screws don’t line upMulti-quote!!
I think that's it. I'm scared that being more aggressive will remove the paint.It's a lot better in the flesh than the photo. The right side of the dial isn't dull, like in the pic. The hour sections reflect differently and it's impossible to take a pic without one side looking dull and grubby.
All torque settings have a tolerance and the tolerance will translate into a range of angles. The coarser the thread and the tighter the tolerance, the smaller the acceptable angle range.
Let's say for example that the acceptable torque range is +/- 1/8 turn (+22.5 or -22.5 from ideal torque.) A screw with a given thread start / length to seat will cover 45 degrees of alignment.
You need four screws to cover 180 degrees and then the slot headed screws have a rotational symmetry of 180 degrees. So if you could make just four screws perfectly 45 degrees out of sync you've covered all alignment cases. Of course, you couldn't make these, so you'd need to sort the screws into several part bins.
It would of course make servicing a nightmare. Screws would have to go back in the exact order, or they wouldn't line up.
Are you listening Roger?
h0b0 said:
Hmmmmm. The photo in the reveal wasn’t (and still isn’t) working for me so I thought I would assist by fixing the img.
No worries. I did wonder if it was something like that.daveenty said:
Anyhow, I like the way that your work has brought some clarity to the face, particularly the sub second dial. Are you doing much more to it, or leaving "as is" now?
Thanks! I think that's it. I'm scared that being more aggressive will remove the paint.It's a lot better in the flesh than the photo. The right side of the dial isn't dull, like in the pic. The hour sections reflect differently and it's impossible to take a pic without one side looking dull and grubby.tertius said:
Of course he's right. But the problem could be solved relatively simply, either by design or by binning. All torque settings have a tolerance and the tolerance will translate into a range of angles. The coarser the thread and the tighter the tolerance, the smaller the acceptable angle range.
Let's say for example that the acceptable torque range is +/- 1/8 turn (+22.5 or -22.5 from ideal torque.) A screw with a given thread start / length to seat will cover 45 degrees of alignment.
You need four screws to cover 180 degrees and then the slot headed screws have a rotational symmetry of 180 degrees. So if you could make just four screws perfectly 45 degrees out of sync you've covered all alignment cases. Of course, you couldn't make these, so you'd need to sort the screws into several part bins.
It would of course make servicing a nightmare. Screws would have to go back in the exact order, or they wouldn't line up.
Are you listening Roger?
Not bought anything for a while - good couple of years actually.
But prompted by a thread on another forum I ordered a Seiko SKX007J from creation - sold my previous one a couple of years back.
Picked it up from the Post office today, here it is next to my 6309:
Forgot how good the quality is for the price.
But prompted by a thread on another forum I ordered a Seiko SKX007J from creation - sold my previous one a couple of years back.
Picked it up from the Post office today, here it is next to my 6309:
Forgot how good the quality is for the price.
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