DTI Care & Repair with Bob Part Two

The John Bull Indicator
Cleaned & ready for assembly

[@stephenwagar2663]

Bob's Great , He's Got The Nack For Doing This Kind Of Stuff !!! One Of My Old Mentors Used To Say " If It Was Easy , Anybody Could Do It " Welldone Bob , Thumbs Up !!!

[@whitehoose]

FOUR HOURS!!!!!! People have said I'm patient when Im working - but I'd have a bloody great hole where the window used to be if it took that long! It never ceases to amaze me the lengths people go for "fun" I can appreciate the sense of achievement - and I like to watch others like clickspring (and now bob) at work. I just cant see myself being so meticulous. I hope there is something else bob can show. This is like the old days when you went to the pictures and got two films. With the cooking and days out these little extras are smashing bonuses.

[@meduffer]

Wow! Four hours?! Your friend is a very patient man. Thank you John.

[@retromechanicalengineer]

It's great to see Bob at work, he's very meticulous and knowledgeable. He mentioned the engines he makes, it would be fantastic to see a video about those sometime. Thanks for another great video John. Cheers, Dean.

[@bobdixon6060]

hi john did a video sum time back of me engines

[@retromechanicalengineer]

@@bobdixon6060 Thanks Bob! Great video. I've started building engines, not a patch on your standard but learning all the time.

[@stanwooddave9758]

Thanks for sharing John & Bob. I would have never imagined how much work goes into fixing a clock gauge. patience of a saint, which I don't have. Can't wait for the next video.

[@lookcreations]

Am amazed Bobs hands can work on such small bits ! Thanks for sharing. All the best Mat.

[@aeromech8563]

awesome job mate love old skool engineering and watching you is next level im an aircraft engineer and think of my level of engineering being tractor fk compared to you. I build jet engines for a living and you are awesome! then to hear you have had a bad bike accident i have ridden for the last 35+ years with a real bad smash about 10 years ago. loving the videos keep em coming L&R Phil

[@billdlv]

John & Bob thanks very much for this. I was able to repair my 0-1" Fowler and clean up a 0-2" Japanese made SPI with your great info and tips.

Hi Bob, it take all sorts of people to make a world and you have the skill and mainly patience I do not have to work on such fiddly components. Very interesting to watch you and thank you for imparting your knowledge to us. Looking forward to the next part.

[@MrLukealbanese]

Fantastic work Bob and John. Looking forward to the rest of the series!

[@paulmorrey733]

Thanks John and Bob.. Great work from Bob

[@goldeee666]

very cool series many thanks bob and john. I would love to see the making of new bushes. good work

[@rossstenner4402]

Gentlemen, First great videos, really interesting & informative. Second thanks for these videos with Bob, you have saved my DTI from the dreaded blue tin with a 'W', I cleaned the stiff spindle with surgical spirit which worked & I used a bit of the plastic tube from a soap dispenser put a brass plug in it to make a cover for where the top end of the spindle emerges to prevent the ingress of further crud.

[@Davidthomasv8]

Brilliant work bob what a double act u and John

[@MaturePatriot]

Very interesting work. Thank you for the video.

[@darrenmartin2195]

Really enjoyed the lesson! Thanks.

[@wally379]

Brilliant! Keep em coming!

[@CH-pt8fz]

Great video, very interesting.

[@incubatork]

Nice video john and interesting to see whats inside. Sounds like bob was struggling not to use our geordie vocabulary(ie F words) 😉

[@lesliedodd3691]

Great content. Thanks, I will butcher my clagged up dial gauges at teh weekend!

[@richiewong1]

Doubleboost on a Saturday, win! P.S was at Beamish yesterday, haven’t been in years and still love it.

[@krazziee2000]

very good video ,, thanks ,,

[@spaldi01]

Really enjoying this. I have no need for a dti guage but really want one restored no Bob

[@robertklein9190]

We going all the way with this Bob, how to fit and repair the bushing? Like to see the offset repair.

[@millomweb]

8:00 I went to a clock/watch/jeweller for a glass ('lens'). They didn't have the correct thing but a slightly larger one - and gave me it for nothing ! The internals aren't vastly different from a mechanical watch - particularly pocket watch.

[@MartsGarage]

Excellent series, John. Thanks Bob. Lots of little tips and insights. What is used in the ultrasonic cleaner? water and mild washing up liquid?? Anything fancy?

[@christopherlease]

Great video. I would love to see the making of a bush. Any chance?

[@davidmeek6971]

Impressive skills. I teach engineering at a college in the Northeast, we have a Sigma comparator that has been out of use for a number of years. I believe the cross strip hinge is the problem. Do you think a repair is feasible? One workshop technician did attempt a repair but failed.

[@chestervaldes7551]

Is the left audio channel missing? Or is it my computer?

[@ianbertenshaw4350]

Now i know how to get the needle off without bending the damned thing ! Instrument oil ? Is this the same as say Starrett oil for micrometers ? I always thought you had to use watch oil as it doesn't dry out ? 3in one oil ? I would have thought it to be to gummy . I wonder what some of the Mil spec lubes for firearms would work like , they seem very light with a teflon additive and designed to not dry out .

[@bobdixon6060]

hi yep its starrett oil that I use I mentioned 3in one only if you had nothing at all. no clock or watch oil has to be constantly on the move a D'T'I may go and dawn a few times then back in its box so the clock oil will dry up regards bob

[@ianbertenshaw4350]

bob dixon Thanks Bob !

[@jamiebuckley1769]

wow talk about labour intensive work. i would be lost trying to figure out where all the parts go lol.

[@Ogma3bandcamp]

Terrified he was gonna lose summat.

[@slainesmith]

Think it might be time for a UK 'right to repair'. Can't count the number of times I have come across this ridiculous attitude regarding spares, and I do it as a day job.

[@ElectricGears]

Please feel free to name and shame that company for making that bullshit legal threat. Refusing to sell replacement parts is a dick move, but making baseless legal threats for repairing their products is over the line. In the electronics/computer sector (at lease in the US) there is a growing Right to Repair movement. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronics_right_to_repair