...and a promising-looking pocketwatch, but after much prying, unscrewing and smashing, I was disappointed to find that the majority of the innards of the watches were made of plastic, and those gears that I did find were much to small to be of any use. I guess my question is, aside from buying them in bulk from Ebay and the like, what kind of watches, clocks or gadgets should I keep an eye out...

...to take up a block on your page? The last week has been a little weird... it started out kind of bad, but it's made me think a lot (about certain subjects), so that's good.  I feel like I've switched gears in my mind officially this past week.  It kind of feels good switching gears.  :-)   It's not just one area either... if I could mentally show you, I feel as if my head is filled up with gears and...

Saw this and knew that it needed to be posted.

...... but in my heart I always wanted things to "move". So finally, after taking apart every piece and cleaning and doing some basic "repair" (read: scrubbing off rust) and in some cases substituting other gears, I finally got my pendants to "work". No, alas, they won't keep time - but you can see how these wonderful gears all work together and spin. Moving the largest centre gear moves the second and third...

... I am not, alas a watchmaker (maybe one day. lol) but I'm fairly good with figuring out things. I wanted to make some jewelry that would move... not just swing, or "be moveable" - I wanted to get the gears to spin. No shock it took a heck of a while to get it going. The piece below is going to be the first of 5 or maybe 6 pieces I hope to make. Not only is there the challenge of getting halfway...

...make them more wearable. Still, I'm sure if the person is careful they won't have any issues. There's a lot of fine detail in the pocketwatch - little stars, the intricate engraving on the gold pieces, little hands that can be moved by careful fingers. so... scary steampunk jewelry for halloween! :D and something a lot less scary. I hand tinted the gears which came out nicely, imho.

Recent gear sighting in San Francisco, 8th/Market Streets

For anyone who read my Quest for Gears post, thought you might like to know... Tonight I gave in to the temptation, headed back to Benny's, and picked up the smaller of the regular alarm clocks to see what gears it might yield. Turns out, it's made by the same company that made the travel alarm. So for the extra $3 in price, I got a bigger case. Yep - exactly the same innards.

Dear Mun (because you're not posting these here ), SLAGGING FINISH IT ALREADY! You keep complaining to everyone and their grand-creator about how you want to get me back in the game and that YOU... help! Even if you have to reread what you've written of our fanfic and the massive amount of notes you've taken about the fic to help out at this point. And yes, I am nice. Get used to it!

...to check electrical systems for shorts and faulty connections. After identifying problems, home appliance repairers replace or repair defective belts, motors, heating elements, switches, gears, or other items. They tighten, align, clean, and lubricate parts as necessary. Repairers use common hand tools, including screwdrivers, wrenches, files, and pliers, as well as soldering guns and...