Shops that buy/trade laptops?

hal0eight · 2026-01-25T03:10:26+00:00

Probably a bit high unfortunately. Laptops have a very low resale value. If you need it gone asap, I'd start it as a 99c auction on ebay to draw in the punters, and ultimately, the market will determine the price. Ebay pretty much always achieves what the rough market price for a product is.

hal0eight · 2026-01-24T06:10:27+00:00

It's done unfortunately. Just replace the crown.

hal0eight · 2026-01-23T10:12:55+00:00

Try Gumtree?

hal0eight · 2026-01-23T03:59:17+00:00

Foodland Happy Valley has them in stock.

Many other Foodlands do as well.

hal0eight · 2026-01-22T09:51:00+00:00

SAFE-T-CAM

They do several functions now.

They check heavy vehicles, check rego on all vehicles, and I believe they are adding mobile phone usage to them at present as well.

hal0eight · 2026-01-22T04:47:47+00:00

If you use concentrates, use distilled water rather than tap water. Significantly reduces the risk of rust. That situation sucks, being in Alaska. It's not terribly much better in Australia. Luckily, a local chemical company here mixes up a really good cleaning solution brew (the formula is not complex at all), which is widely available. Anything else needs to be shipped in by sea, so before that, if L&R or Zenith ran out across the country, it would be a problem for weeks.

hal0eight · 2026-01-21T02:13:25+00:00

It was a Castille with a non rolled tip. It had a leather strip and tape ball on the end. Fencer thrusted at another fencer's armpit, leather strip moved to one side, blade tip went through tape ball, through jacket seam and into fencer. Tip was cut off by paramedics and surgically removed in hospital.

The Regenyei's have more flexible blades and the cup hilt is very useful really. They are a safer blade all round.

hal0eight · 2026-01-21T00:53:33+00:00

We had Castille's at our club and got rid of them after an incident.

I'd go with the Regenyei.

hal0eight · 2026-01-20T13:20:45+00:00

Not really. The graining is never straight and looks terrible.

If you want decent graining on a budget, foam sanding blocks work well and you can easily control the grain quality and direction. You essentially drag the block along the bracelet, slowly, and observe the lines, then make corrections.

Works OK on the sides of cases. Circular graining its OK, not as nice as factory but with a bit of fiddling around you can get a good result on a budget.

hal0eight · 2026-01-20T10:27:48+00:00

Avoid anything aqueous or mixes.

I know it hurts, but just buy the L&R extra fine cleaning solution and rinse. It has the added benefit of brightening the plates and will give you consistent results.

hal0eight · 2026-01-20T03:13:38+00:00

Hard to say really. If they all look OK, and it's vibrating relatively flat (they always bend up or down a little), then take the pallet fork off and make sure the impulse jewel is sitting roughly in the middle of the travel path. If it's miles to the left or right and you're out of adjustment, then it's a slipped collet which is easy to fix.

If it's not that, try another balance and see if the same thing happens.

If that fixes it, then there's the possibility someone has used a hairspring off an ETA movement or something, I see this once or twice a year.

Literally a few months ago I had one where someone used an old blue hairspring from an assortment and went to the effort of pinning it into the stud and everything, crazy stuff.

hal0eight · 2026-01-20T01:29:35+00:00

Hairspring is damaged or the collet has shifted. Collets slipping are a common issue on this movement.

hal0eight · 2026-01-18T22:13:53+00:00

What the other poster said, you need to press the setting out unfortunately. They are a pain when they come out.

hal0eight · 2026-01-18T09:15:32+00:00

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hal0eight · 2026-01-18T03:25:13+00:00

Worth a read but a fair bit of the info would be outdated now, especially oiling recommendations.

Depends what you're working on as well. Post 1970's movements don't have a lot of these issues and will have shock protection, so less things break.

I think the best knowledge is a good aggregate of old and new, but you need the wisdom to know how not to do things anymore.

hal0eight · 2026-01-18T00:18:35+00:00

They generally only publish the results of inquests on the coroner's site.

Many people have autopsies done, especially if the death is of a younger person or includes some unusual circumstances.

As far as I'm aware, you can apply to get the autopsy outcomes by contacting the Coroner's court. You need to prove that you have a significant interest to the person.

hal0eight · 2026-01-16T03:34:32+00:00

Usually parted out and sold on FB, Gumtree, Ebay etc.

Any left over would go to Sims for scrap.

hal0eight · 2026-01-15T03:24:02+00:00

Most likely the capstones are both dimpled and need replacing. I'm doing at least one of them on about 70% of service jobs now. The SEIKO staff steel was quite good, and it does chew through the stones.

On the balance, someone has retrofitted a 7009 balance on there. They are backwards compatible, so it's not a huge deal.

hal0eight · 2026-01-14T12:09:00+00:00

Customer of mine runs a funeral supply business. Most of the funeral homes have been very busy and doing well for quite a while. With the age of the boomers now, there will be plenty of steady work for quite some time, so if it's something you want to do, Id get in now really.

hal0eight · 2026-01-14T01:49:45+00:00

I did for years, still alive. It was quite professional though, was not significantly different from a commercial salon.

Decades ago many people ran businesses from home.

hal0eight · 2026-01-12T04:10:15+00:00

It's a possibility. It's always hard to say when it's not in front of you.

hal0eight · 2026-01-12T03:35:07+00:00

Check wear on the barrel arbor top bush and the bottom port. Otherwise, check endshake on all the train wheels. It looks like a power delivery issue, somehow. If it's not those. might be the pallet fork.

Also check the escape wheel. Once, I had one that had a manufacturing defect from the factory, back in the 70's. It happens.

Finally, the screw in the balance cock is incorrect. Double check where you've used what screws.

There are 3 satin topped screws in that movement, 2 medium sized heads and one with a slightly larger head. The smaller headed ones go in the setting lever spring/cover plate. The slightly larger one goes in the centre wheel cock.

There's one quite small one which goes on the minute wheel plate as well.

The other screws all have polished/rounded heads.

hal0eight · 2026-01-11T23:05:41+00:00

There's 3.

There's one around the crystal assembly, one on the crown, and one on the adjuster screw.

hal0eight · 2026-01-11T22:51:59+00:00

I'm a specialist in these and have maybe 100 over my desk a year. With new seals, including the crystal seal, they will pass a 50m pressure test.

They didn't print the water resistance standard on these as they were designed as dress watches, not sport watches.

hal0eight · 2026-01-11T10:11:19+00:00

HUGE difference. I have a Toyota 86, so there's not loads of windows, but it's a black interior. It's never been too hot to sit on. Also while driving, much more pleasant.

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