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Re: Conversion Angelus SF240 alarm

Posted: September 21st, 2018, 2:30 pm
by civic4982
Extra excited to see others go down the path of Angelus. Good luck EP!


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Re: Conversion Angelus SF240 alarm

Posted: September 22nd, 2018, 3:08 pm
by EP.-
Thank you civic4982!

Some items arrived:
. A movement ring
. 37mm 3 pieces dial
. Hands
. Stems not fully threaded

I have not got a case. I am planing to reuse one from some watch I already had.

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Re: Conversion Angelus SF240 alarm

Posted: September 22nd, 2018, 4:07 pm
by Yoda
Conversion next

Re: Conversion Angelus SF240 alarm

Posted: September 22nd, 2018, 5:26 pm
by Emilio
Gordon's new 6152 is the cat's whiskers

Re: Conversion Angelus SF240 alarm

Posted: September 23rd, 2018, 11:17 am
by EP.-
I disassembled the movement for cleaning and eliminating the parts that protrude from the side of the dial:

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I removed the brass pin with a staking tool, as Yoda told:

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I removed the steel pin in the picture by pulling out with the help of a small pliers as told Yoda:

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Now I have to split the gear, or sand down the wide part:

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Yoda advised not to use the dremel disk. Both the file and the disk are wider than the cleavage:

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Re: Conversion Angelus SF240 alarm

Posted: September 23rd, 2018, 11:37 am
by Yoda
Hold the smallest part in a pin vice and grind away the fat part. Leave a part of the tube, you know what I mean when you look at the picture before you disassembled the setting parts.
I find it easier to remove the geared portion from the side and then part of the tube.
Just don't press hard, that wheel is very brittle.

Re: Conversion Angelus SF240 alarm

Posted: September 23rd, 2018, 12:49 pm
by EP.-
Thank you Yoda!!
I will follow your instructions.

Re: Conversion Angelus SF240 alarm

Posted: September 23rd, 2018, 1:53 pm
by mykeos
Interesting, looking forward to the following steps!

Re: Conversion Angelus SF240 alarm

Posted: September 23rd, 2018, 3:38 pm
by EP.-
I tried the Yoda method, however my files are really bad and did not work.

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I tried as well a marquetry saw for hard materials without success.

Then I went to a carbuncle drill that I brought for forged steel an others very hard materials.

Sorry for the quality of the video. I used one hand with the mobile and the other with the dremel.

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Some pictures of the process:

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The final result:

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Tips:

- if I had not used the cooper wire the gear would had jump away three times.
- only the tip of the drill bit worked smoothly
- protective glases are compulsory. I put the watchmaker's magnifying glass inside.
- I remembered the advice of Yoda about the danger of break or explosion, and worked with many stops so that the gear do not get hot

Re: Conversion Angelus SF240 alarm

Posted: September 23rd, 2018, 4:48 pm
by Yoda
Great work, exactly what I meant! Looks perfect.