A customer brought me a 1775 English bracket clock for repair. The works are fuzee driven and the previous "smith" used mono-filament fishing line between the barrel and fuzee. I decided to restore it to its previous state and use gut. Well, after a few months, the gut broke and the clock is back. Someone said use brass cable, rather than the gut. The mono-filament line works, but needless to say is a poor substitute.

What would you folks recommend? This clock is over 200 years old, and these things have worked with gut before. Perhaps there is something I can do with the gut to insure it holds up.

Thanks for your help.

Use Steel cable. Why take a chance on it breaking and doing a lot of damage.

Bob

GREETINGS KEN, WHAT SIZE GUT DID YOU USE? YOU SHOULD TRY THE UK OR GERMANY FOR GOOD QUALITY GUT. TAKE CARE. EDDIE

All

Bronze line should be fine, I've used it for years without trouble. Check that the holes are smooth, my guess is that there may be a sharp section which cut the line.

If you use bronze line you will have to anneal the ends so that you can tie a decent knot etc, just heat it to red heat over a torch and allow it to cool.

Cousins material supplies in the uk stock bronze line (they have a web site)

Hope this helps

Clive