Refurbishing old gauge

[Chris-B]

Does anyone know the correct way of removing the needle so I can refurbish the facia ?

I don't want to damage it with the Bull in a China shop method

Thanks

Chris

[Flyboy]

They normally just pull off. Instrument/clock repairers have a little puller to do it.

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Clock-Hand-Puller-and-Remover-/201673475072?hash=item2ef4ad0400:g:MesAAOSwAF5UZjdb

[Chris-B]

Ahh Flyboy that would make sense ... Thanks

[Athy]

I thought the thread was going to be about a retro revamp of the main line out of Paddington.

[Chris-B]

post three off topic .. cool, well done Athy ...LOL .........

 

 

 

no trains were or will be harmed

[NMEA]

Ahh Flyboy that would make sense ... Thanks

Take care! some of the larger gauges like yours have a tiny cross pin, but that should be fairly evident if it has one.

[Chris-B]

ok NMEA will look at the needle with a magnifying glass ...ty

[FadeToScarlet]

I don't want to damage it with the Bull in a China shop method

 

Who are you, and what have you done with Chris?

[Chris-B]

ho ho ho James ..........I CAN do subtle

[Athy]

ho ho ho James ..........I CAN do subtle

I noticed that at Alvecote this year - you were unexpectedly gentle with the unsuspecting passers-by who found themselves caught up in the parades.

 

 

Pity.

[by'eck]

As a student apprentice with the (as was) CEGB, part of our training (cheap labour) was working at our local power station, in this case Hull.

 

We rotated around various shops including the instrument one. I remember taking apart all manner of gauges although mainly temperature and pressure. Typical overhaul included stripping down after removing glass and pointer (using similar extractor as linked above) , cleaning parts in solvent, maybe re-painting dial before re-assembly, testing and calibrating on a rig.

[Chris-B]

right puller ordered .......and waits

[jonathanA]

Clearing out some junk in my garage and found a box of budenberg gauges of various denominations

 

Two of them are rigged with alarm contacts, one has cracked glass and one no glass

 

Lovely things that might be useful to some one with a vintage machine of some sort

 

Hopefully the pic will work !

 

PM if interested or with suggestions of how to get them a loving home otherwise I'll weigh em in, the're heavy beasts

[Cheshire cat]

Far to nice too weigh in! Budenburg are still going although they are no longer at the side of the Bridgwater canal.

 

Edited for spelling

Edited November 8, 2016 by Cheshire cat

[Barry]

Clearing out some junk in my garage and found a box of budenberg gauges of various denominations

 

Two of them are rigged with alarm contacts, one has cracked glass and one no glass

 

Lovely things that might be useful to some one with a vintage machine of some sort

 

Hopefully the pic will work !

 

PM if interested or with suggestions of how to get them a loving home otherwise I'll weigh em in, the're heavy beastsimage.jpeg

 

Just gone right back to my youth - I spent several years constantly looking at pressure and vacuum gauges just like those

[MtB]

Clearing out some junk in my garage and found a box of budenberg gauges of various denominations

 

Two of them are rigged with alarm contacts, one has cracked glass and one no glass

 

Lovely things that might be useful to some one with a vintage machine of some sort

 

Hopefully the pic will work !

 

PM if interested or with suggestions of how to get them a loving home otherwise I'll weigh em in, the're heavy beastsimage.jpeg

 

 

I bet you'd get £30 for each of them on ebay.

[dmr]

We met a trading boat at Middlewich festival this year who was taking old brass gauges, making new faces, and then turning them into clocks and barometers. He was doing very brisk business. He did have a contact who did some sort of industrial refurbishment and was able to provide a supply of old gauges as he said eBay was a bit expensive.

 

..............Dave

[jonathanA]

Hmm possibly but probably not worth the hassle with the oh it's not quite the size I thought it was or it doesn't work or I don't want to pay the postage can I pick up etc

 

They are nice bits of industrial history though

 

 

I bet you'd get £30 for each of them on ebay.

[monkeyhanger]

Does anyone know the correct way of removing the needle so I can refurbish the facia ?

I don't want to damage it with the Bull in a China shop method

Thanks

Chris

Check to see if the brass part in the centre of the needle will unscrew. They sometimes do, and then the needle should just lift off. If the brass part is knurled, it will probably unscrew.