Cleaning wood
When cleaning wood in which is watchmaking a pointed round sticks made of boxwood or spindle tree called that to this day for the cleaning of bearing bores , oil cuts and drives used. In the past, cleaning wood was also used in other trades for various purposes.
Cleaning woods are generally used for all cleaning work on sensitive metal surfaces where metal tools would lead to damage. Cleaning wood is also used to manipulate sensitive small parts in watchmaking, precision and fine mechanics. When working with z. B. batteries and button cells is through the use of plaster timber electrical short avoided.
Application examples
When cleaning a mechanical clock , all bearing bores must be cleaned out together with the oil depressions in which encrustations can easily become lodged. For this purpose, a piece of cleaning wood is sharpened with a sharp knife, inserted into the hole, turned and pulled out. This process is repeated until the wood comes out completely clean.
In a similar way, the gaps between the teeth of the shoots are cleaned and examined for traces of rust. These can be removed with a polishing agent and wood. The part in question must then be cleaned again to remove any residue of the polishing agent.
The cleaning wood for watchmakers is available in diameters from 2 mm to 6 mm.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lukas Stolberg: Lexicon of the pocket watch ; Carinthia Verlag; Klagenfurt 1995; ISBN 3-85378-423-2 ; P. 175
- ^ Economic encyclopedia by JG Krünitz: Putzholz
- ^ Klaus Menny: The function of the clock; Callwey Munich 1994; P. 77; ISBN 3-7667-1095-8
Web links
- Cleaning wood . In: Heinrich August Pierer , Julius Löbe (Hrsg.): Universal Lexicon of the Present and the Past . 4th edition. tape 13 . Altenburg 1861, p. 711 ( zeno.org ).