14-12-2012, 06:07 PM
Interesting, I always wanted a cuckoo clock, do you know anything about pocket watches Joe, I have one that doesn't work, it hasn't worked since the 70's.
It was the victim of an underground explosion.
Explanation....
When drilling and blasting down the tin mines we could not wear wrist watches because of the extreem vibration plus all the water flying everywhere, so I had the brainwave of using my pocket watch and putting it in a tin box.
I used an old tobacco tin, I cut some polystyrene to fit the tin and cut a shape in the polystyrene so the watch would fit in it, I then cut out a window in the lid and replaced the cut out piece if tin with some clear perspex I bolted this to the lid together with a homemade rubber gasket so the whole biz was water and dust proof. We always used to prop the tin up on a ledge of rock when drilling etc so we would know how we were doing when drilling in relation to our allocated blasting time.
It worked a treat until one day after blasting we were waiting for the cage and realized I had left the tin with the watch in it behind, it was about 6 ft from the blast, the mucking crew on the night shift found it and it was given to me the following shift, the pocket watch had stoped at the exact moment the blast fired which was just after 1 pm, it's been like that ever since, the watch itself looks from the outside in perfect condition, I remember trying to wind it up shortly afterwards and it wound up ok put none of the hands went round, what are the chances do you reckon as it is of sentimental value.
Lawrence.
It was the victim of an underground explosion.
Explanation....
When drilling and blasting down the tin mines we could not wear wrist watches because of the extreem vibration plus all the water flying everywhere, so I had the brainwave of using my pocket watch and putting it in a tin box.
I used an old tobacco tin, I cut some polystyrene to fit the tin and cut a shape in the polystyrene so the watch would fit in it, I then cut out a window in the lid and replaced the cut out piece if tin with some clear perspex I bolted this to the lid together with a homemade rubber gasket so the whole biz was water and dust proof. We always used to prop the tin up on a ledge of rock when drilling etc so we would know how we were doing when drilling in relation to our allocated blasting time.
It worked a treat until one day after blasting we were waiting for the cage and realized I had left the tin with the watch in it behind, it was about 6 ft from the blast, the mucking crew on the night shift found it and it was given to me the following shift, the pocket watch had stoped at the exact moment the blast fired which was just after 1 pm, it's been like that ever since, the watch itself looks from the outside in perfect condition, I remember trying to wind it up shortly afterwards and it wound up ok put none of the hands went round, what are the chances do you reckon as it is of sentimental value.
Lawrence.
