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I'm trying my hand at clocks and have been playing around with Westclox baby bens. The mainsprings are not huge, and I wanted to know if a pocket watch mainspring winder would work better than the larger clock winders. Any suggestions on what I should be looking at?
 
Posts: 152 | Location: Miami, Florida in the USA | Registered: August 11, 2009
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My pocket watch winders (an older Marshall Set)m are too small for Baby Ben clocks. I did a couple of them a few years ago by simply putting on a good pair of leather work gloves, and winding the springs by hand.
 
Posts: 213 | Location: Westminster, Maryland in the USA | Registered: March 02, 2015
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Ok thanks. I thought that they'd be too small. They are an odd size when you compare either pocket watches or larger clocks. I didn't know what anyone used. I made a winder with some wood and a screw for an old beat up Foreign clock I was practicing on that had a loop mainspring. Even had to make a clamp out of pounded copper wire.
 
Posts: 152 | Location: Miami, Florida in the USA | Registered: August 11, 2009
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