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Step 3Measure and cut spindle.
Now it is time to assemble the whole thing. Put the face plate on the spindle with 2 screws. Now place the platters and separation rings on the spindle in the order they will be when the clock is complete. Then measure how far down you want to cut the spindle with the platters and separation rings together. Draw a line with a pencil and cut it with the hack saw.
After the cut has been made you will see there is a magnet sleeve inside of the spindle. This will need to be removed. I used a small hammer and a "Pin Punch" which was ground down to an angle.
After the magnet is removed, the cut end of the spindle will have to be smoothed and straight. A file could be used but a sanding belt would be much quicker. If a file is used the aluminum can gum up the file and a file card will be needed to clean the file. During this phase the platters and separation rings will need to be put on the spindle many times during the grinding process to see if enough metal is ground off or if it is even with the last platter.
During this process I realized that I had to cut a notch out of the spindle that had the better quartz movement on to get everything to fit better. The reason for that notch was because the metal hanger on the quartz movement stuck out farther then the cheap quartz one did. The notch can be seen in the 3rd and 4th pictures. I used a Dremel tool with a bit used for metal cutting. I don't know the name or number of it but it looks like the multi purpose cutting bit. But the teeth are much closer together and it's used for metal.
In the last picture has the 2 spindles that I made so far. The one on the left I learned the hard way about using the punch and hammer to remove the motor. I attempted to cut the whole thing in half. Notice the bearing is gone and the notch that I cut for the quartz movement. The one on the right I used the punch and the black bearing still in the spindle
After the cut has been made you will see there is a magnet sleeve inside of the spindle. This will need to be removed. I used a small hammer and a "Pin Punch" which was ground down to an angle.
After the magnet is removed, the cut end of the spindle will have to be smoothed and straight. A file could be used but a sanding belt would be much quicker. If a file is used the aluminum can gum up the file and a file card will be needed to clean the file. During this phase the platters and separation rings will need to be put on the spindle many times during the grinding process to see if enough metal is ground off or if it is even with the last platter.
During this process I realized that I had to cut a notch out of the spindle that had the better quartz movement on to get everything to fit better. The reason for that notch was because the metal hanger on the quartz movement stuck out farther then the cheap quartz one did. The notch can be seen in the 3rd and 4th pictures. I used a Dremel tool with a bit used for metal cutting. I don't know the name or number of it but it looks like the multi purpose cutting bit. But the teeth are much closer together and it's used for metal.
In the last picture has the 2 spindles that I made so far. The one on the left I learned the hard way about using the punch and hammer to remove the motor. I attempted to cut the whole thing in half. Notice the bearing is gone and the notch that I cut for the quartz movement. The one on the right I used the punch and the black bearing still in the spindle
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