Thanks for the video and showing how to calibrate the barometer at the end, which was the part I especially needed. I just picked one up from the thrift store that has the same guts but the surround is wood ships wheel.
Hi Chris. These are my my favorite videos of yours. I collect Barometers. And I think, Thanks to your clock repair vids, that I may have stumbled across why old barometer pointers dont move from high to low pressure as much anymore. Well they have much the same clock like movements in them. So they proberly " gumup" with old dryed out oil ! ( I lernt this from you ) So if I use your technique of cleaning away the old oil and then applying new oil, I think that we could regain full movement in the dial pointer again ! I noticed that the micro chain on the barometer you were working on looked to be stiff and " gummed up ". I was actually waiting for you to use your clock cleaning technique on that unit. I,am a big follower of you, Love your vids. I,am looking to retire in 4 yrs and move from Newcastle NSW to central VIC ! All the best Chris. Say hi to Christine for me. Ian T.
Thanks Ian! 😊 You could well be right about the works needing a clean & re-lube. I didn't bother going to that much trouble and the barometer is actually fluctuating quite well now anyway. I think the main use of barometers is to see if the pressure is rising or falling rather than reading off the exact barometric pressure! Be sure to call in and say hello when you make it down mate! 😊👍 Christine says Hi back! 😊
Thanks for the video! My grandfather gave me his old barometer (of the same make) and my wife and I have since been trying to figure out how to get it back up and running. It was jostled from zero over the years. Anyway, your video certainly helped! Thank you!
As kid in the 70s my parents had barometers. They had couple of the them. I use to like little houses they had with the boy and girl, one would come out for rain or sun shine
From memory the disk is actually two disks, one concave and one convex, sealed together. When the atmospheric pressure changes the needle is moved by the differential between that and the constant pressure (could even be a vacuum) in the hermetically sealed discs.
Back in the late 80s, mate some German 2 part stuff, look like the JB of wot we have these days. He paid like $40 which was a fair bit money back then. But he glued the the end of his gear stick of a Cortina 1968. It's head like a little fall thing at the end inside we have met the gearbox. It would have taken a lot of pressure. It lasts to the 3 months and he glue it back on again.
I guess that's why the internet is so handy!! I guess if you had access to an official weather station in your local area, you could check with them - otherwise, I don't know!
It is responding well to the change in pressure Martin - which is all that I'm really interested in to be honest. I don't really care what the actual pressure is but I do look to see if it's dropping, stable or rising. So no - I haven't actually checked that the pressure reading is accurate.
@@TheUltimateRecycler I was just curious, if these things were actually accurate? I'd always suspected they weren't, but who knows, perhaps I've been unfairly dismissing them!?
@@martincowie4520 Yes, it would be an interesting comparison indeed. I only have this one in the shop at the moment though. I suspect that they won't be very accurate also!
My Selsi Forecaster was made in England in 1940. Still works!
Excellent! They made some good stuff back then! 👍😊
Fun little repair. These weather instruments are fascinating.
Thanks TPS! Yep and I've always been a bit of a weather watcher! 😊👍
Thanks for the video and showing how to calibrate the barometer at the end, which was the part I especially needed. I just picked one up from the thrift store that has the same guts but the surround is wood ships wheel.
Yep, they turn up at thrift stores quite often and I usually grab them! Thanks for watching Chris 😊👍
Thanks for the tutorial! You helped me calibrate 2 vintage barometers!
That's great! 😃👍
Hi Chris.
These are my my favorite videos of yours.
I collect Barometers.
And I think, Thanks to your clock repair vids, that I may have stumbled across why old barometer pointers dont move from high to low pressure as much anymore.
Well they have much the same clock like movements in them.
So they proberly " gumup" with old dryed out oil ! ( I lernt this from you )
So if I use your technique of cleaning away the old oil and then applying new oil, I think that we could regain full movement in the dial pointer again !
I noticed that the micro chain on the barometer you were working on looked to be stiff and " gummed up ".
I was actually waiting for you to use your clock cleaning technique on that unit.
I,am a big follower of you, Love your vids.
I,am looking to retire in 4 yrs and move from Newcastle NSW to central VIC !
All the best Chris. Say hi to Christine for me.
Ian T.
Thanks Ian! 😊 You could well be right about the works needing a clean & re-lube. I didn't bother going to that much trouble and the barometer is actually fluctuating quite well now anyway.
I think the main use of barometers is to see if the pressure is rising or falling rather than reading off the exact barometric pressure! Be sure to call in and say hello when you make it down mate! 😊👍 Christine says Hi back! 😊
Thanks Chris! I was just given a vintage SELSI Barometer. Your video helped me understand how they work and how to calibrate it. Thanks Again!!!
Glad it helped! Thanks Glenn 👍
That come up like new 👌
Yeah, it did come up pretty well! Thanks mate 👍😊
I love to learn how things work. That was fascinating. Thank you
Thanks Cynthia, glad you enjoyed it! 😊
Lovely little Barometer and probably a high quality vacuum movement been German. The little disc is simply a vacuum chamber.
Thanks Sean! 😊👍
Looks great once you cleaned it up. Another interesting one Chris.
Thanks Katrina, yeah it cleaned up very nicely! 😊
Great work Chris. Never knew you could recalibrate them. Lovely little barometer.
Thanks Glen! 👍😊
Very cool repair, I learned how to adjust it !
Thanks Retif! 😊
Thanks for the video! My grandfather gave me his old barometer (of the same make) and my wife and I have since been trying to figure out how to get it back up and running. It was jostled from zero over the years. Anyway, your video certainly helped! Thank you!
That's great! Thanks for watching! 😃👍
Good one Chris, hope the shoulder is healing up. my knees are my barometer these days ☔
Haha, my knees too Doc! Yep, shoulder is going quite well now, thanks 😊
Really enjoyed that. Thank you.
That's great! Thanks for watching! 😊
Another awesome repair Chris 👍👍
Thanks Noddy, yeah it came up pretty well and is working nicely 👍😊
Wow, Great fix Chris. Learning heaps from these types of videos. Cheers.
Thanks Ross! 👍😊
Excellent video! Particularly liked the tip on how to determine the casing makeup...bakelite or plastic.
Thanks Perry, glad you enjoyed it! 😊👍
Looks great. Top Marks
Thanks 😁👍
Great information here for me to do some maintenance myself, subbed❤👍👍🏴
Excellent Michael, welcome to the channel! 👍😊😊
Nice job Chris 👍🙂
Thanks Dave! Hope you guys are well 😊
Magnificent
Thanks for watching FF 😊👍
Great video, thank you! While I was setting my barometer, the tiny needle that points snapped. Any suggestions how to fix that?
Ooh, that will pretty much mean some type of replacement needle I guess! Thanks for watching 😊
Excelente! Parabéns
Thank you! 😊👍
As kid in the 70s my parents had barometers. They had couple of the them. I use to like little houses they had with the boy and girl, one would come out for rain or sun shine
Ah yes, I've seen those ones! They are very cool 😎👍
From memory the disk is actually two disks, one concave and one convex, sealed together. When the atmospheric pressure changes the needle is moved by the differential between that and the constant pressure (could even be a vacuum) in the hermetically sealed discs.
That sounds an accurate description David, thank you! 👍
Back in the late 80s, mate some German 2 part stuff, look like the JB of wot we have these days. He paid like $40 which was a fair bit money back then. But he glued the the end of his gear stick of a Cortina 1968. It's head like a little fall thing at the end inside we have met the gearbox. It would have taken a lot of pressure. It lasts to the 3 months and he glue it back on again.
That sounds like a pretty good test for it Graham! I do like the JB Weld, it's pretty versatile stuff!
So how would you calibrate it without the Internet and googling what the pressure is?
I guess that's why the internet is so handy!! I guess if you had access to an official weather station in your local area, you could check with them - otherwise, I don't know!
Have you been checking to see if the barometer is keeping the correct pressure after a change in pressure?
It is responding well to the change in pressure Martin - which is all that I'm really interested in to be honest. I don't really care what the actual pressure is but I do look to see if it's dropping, stable or rising. So no - I haven't actually checked that the pressure reading is accurate.
@@TheUltimateRecycler I was just curious, if these things were actually accurate? I'd always suspected they weren't, but who knows, perhaps I've been unfairly dismissing them!?
You might be in a unique position to have a handful of different models in your shop and see how they keep track with one another...
@@martincowie4520 Yes, it would be an interesting comparison indeed. I only have this one in the shop at the moment though. I suspect that they won't be very accurate also!
Plastic polish for the original PlayStation 3s
Maybe one day I'll restore a PS 3s mate! 😁