AWCI Correspondence Course in Clock Repair
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Order Desk 800-776-6858 .Jittl·el 1110 Grand Boulevard Order FAX 800-776-6862 .llt••·el Kansas City, MO 64106-2348 Local 816-421-6110 HOROWGICAL Ul TIMES CoNTENTs VOLUME 32, NUMBER 3, MARCH 2008 Official Publication of the FEATURES American Watchmakers-Ciockmakers Institute Fit and Finnish, By Curtis D. Thomson 6 EDITORIAL & EXECUTIVE OFFICES OSU-Okmulgee Watchmaking Program American Watchmakers-Ciockmakers Institute (AWCI) Receives $1 Million Grant from Rolex 10 701 Enterprise Drive Harrison, OH 45030 Dealing with Escape Wheel Problems, Part 2, By David J. LaBounty 12 Toll Free 1-866-FOR-AWCI (367-2924) Do You Reuse Old Q-Tips ™?, Part 1, By Manuel Yazijian 18 or (513) 367-9800 Fax: (513) 367-1414 E-mail: [email protected] COLUMNS Website: www.awci.com Office Hours: Ask the Chemist, By the Chemists at Zenith Solutions 28 Monday-Friday 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM (EST) Fusees and Stopworks, Part 2, By Laurie Penman 30 Closed National Holidays DEPARTMENTS Managing Editor & Advertising Manager Donna K. Baas President's Message, By Dennis Warner 2 Associate Editor & Design Associate Executive Director's Message, By James E. Lubic 3 Katherine J. Ortt Questions & Answers, By David A. Christianson 4 Executive Director/Education & Technical Director Bulletin Board 9 James E. Lubic, CMW21 From the Workshop, By Jack Kurdzionak 24 Finance Director Thomas J. Pack, CPA New Members 35 Watchmaking Instructor/Certification Coordinator Industry News 40 Thomas D. Schomaker, CMW21 Classified Advertising 44 Clock Instructor Advertisers' Index 48 Laurie Penman AWCI Staff Directory Education Coordinator 48 Nancy L. Wellmann Membership Coordinator EDUCATION Sharon McManus AWCI Correspondence Course in Clock Repair 33 Receptionist/Technical Support Daniela Ott ETA Calibers Class - Alessandro Betti, Instructor 36 IT Director AWCI Academy of Watchmaking Classes 37 Jim Meyer AWCI 21 81 Century Certification Exam Schedule 37 Lathe I and Lathe II Classes- June 2008 38 HOROLOG/CAL TIMES ADVISORY COMMITTEE Ron Iverson, CMC: Chairman SPECIAL INTEREST Karel Ebenstreit, CMW Chip Lim, CMW, CMC, CMEW AWCI Convention & Educational Symposium 17 Robert D. Porter, CMW AWCI Honor Awards Nominations 22 E-mail: [email protected] AWCI Directors' E-mail Address Directory 23 AWCI-ELM Trust Donations 27 Reprinting and repr<Xluction is prohibited without written permission from Wisconsin Horological Society Annual Convention 34 the American Watchmakers-C1ockmakers Institute. Copyright @008 by the American Watchmakers.Ciockmakers Institute. HOROLOGICAL TIMES (ISSNO 145-9546) is published monthly and copyrighted by the American Watchmakers-Ciockmakers Institute, 701 Enterpriise Drive, Hanison, OH 45030-1696. Subscription price for the public is $125.00 per year ($8.50 per copy) . Members subscription is $60.00 which is included with annual dues of $125.00. Periodicals postage paid at Harrison, OH 45030 and addi COVER tional entries. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to HOROLOGI This month's cover features a CAL TIMES, 701 Enterprise Drive, Harrison, OH 45030 Kari Voutilainen timepiece ·- ... I -= By Dennis Warner, CW21 The midyear meeting of your Board of Directors was held on February 9th and 1 10 \ 2008. What usually is a meeting of the Executive Committee turned out to be a regular meeting because of the great number of Directors in attendance. Dale Coates, the representative from our Perpetuation Fund investment com pany, Johnson Investment Counsel, Inc., was introduced to the Board. He pre sented a brief history of his company and discussed our investment strategies for our funds. Most members of the Board had not had the opportunity to meet Dale since the selection of his firm following the Annual Meeting in 2007. Dale Coates and our attorney Scott Gilligan had the opportunity to field and OFFICERS answer questions from members of the Board. Dennis J. Warner, CW21: President [email protected] All committees submitted written reports about the activities and progress of James Sadilek: 1st Vice President [email protected] their groups. Tamara Houk, CW21: 2nd Vice President [email protected] After the Education Committee chairperson, Jerry Faier, made his updates con Matt Henning, CW: Secretary cerning the watch and clock programs the Board of Directors made the following mhenning@ awci.com proclamation: Jack Kurdzionak, CW21: Treasurer jkurdzionak@ awci.com "The Board of Directors recognizes the aggressive effort of AWCI's DIRECTORS clockmaking community in their efforts to advance the clockmaking pro Glenn D. Gardner, CMW fession. We endorse the work of the clock section of the AWCI Education [email protected] Committee to produce a top-notched certification program and will work Roland (Ron) Iverson, CMC to provide full funding for the completed program by the Annual Meeting riverson@ awci.com 2009." Lloyd Lehn, CC llehn@ awci.com The Board approved a motion from the Nominating Committee that set new Doug Stuart criteria for nomination procedures. The "Qualifications & Selection Process" [email protected] will be added to the Policy Manual. Please refer to the PDF file at www.awci.com James K. Zimmerman, CMW, CMC, CMEW then go to "ABOUT" and click on "Policy Manual" to view. jzimmerman@ awci.corn Dan Spath, CMW: Affiliate Chapter Director dspath@ awci.com The Honor Awards Committee also has additions to the Policy Manual that are added and available at the same site. Elbert Lewis, CMW: REC Director elewis@ awci.com Tamara Houk, CW21: lAB Director The lAB (Industry Advisory Board) continues to support the efforts of AWCI thouk@ awci.com through expert advice and financial aid. We are all appreciative of their contri butions. IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT Jim Door [email protected] We have two places for members to visit on the internet to learn about AWCI. FELLOW I mentioned www.awci.com where all aspects of AWCI are presented. The American Watchmakers-Ciockmakers Institute other is a Yahoo group called AWIMatters. This site gives instant information Robert F. Bishop *Harold J. Herman to its members and a voice for all. If you would like to become a member of James H. Broughton J.M. Huckabee that group contact these Directors for instructions: Doug Stuart and Lloyd Lehn by Fred S. Burckhardt Gerald G. Jaeger Alice B. Carpenter *Benjamin Matz using the e-mail addresses listed in this issue of Horological Times on page 23. David A. Christianson Robert A. Nelson George Daniels *Hamilton E. Pease For a detailed account of all meetings visit www.awci.com to read the minutes Wes Door Archie B. Perkins of this and past meetings. *Henry B. Fried Antoine Simonin *Josephine F. Hagans William 0. Smith, Jr. *Orville R. Hagans Milton C. Stevens You can become involved and stay informed by first visiting us through your Ewell D. Hartman *Marvin E. Whitney computer and utilizing the information in the HT in the comfort of your home. •oeceased 2 Horological Times March 2008 The month of March is the first month of the year that the Horological Times goes out to those who renewed their membership with AWCI for 2008. If you have re ceived this issue that means that you have renewed your membership, and I would like to thank you for your membership and your support of AWCI. This past October we sent the 2008 dues renewals to 2,951 members. So far 2,053 have paid. That is a 70% renewal rate. When we add in 86 members who renewed or became members during the months of October through December of 2007, and the 355 life members, we come up with a membership of 2,494. Of the 964 members who haven't renewed, we know that 13 have passed away and 44 have notified us they are canceling their membership. That leaves 897 members that we would like to see renew their membership. I would like to add to President Warner's meeting update by informing our member ship of two motions that were approved by the Board of Directors at the midyear meeting.