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being careful not to disturb the roller jewel. Lock the balance assem
bly in the staking tool with the proper balance Staff remover and
drive out the shaft. If the staff will not drive out with gentle tapping,
it will be necessary to chuck up the balance in the lathe and turn off
the riveting shoulder or roller shoulder of the staff with the graver
(fig. 27). Care must be exercised here so as not to cut the arm of the
balance wheel. Select the proper staff for replacement. To replace
the staff, only one hole in the staking tool table (or one stump) and.
two punches are necessary (fig. 26). Place the staff into the hole of
the staking tool table, riveting shoulder up. Place the balance wheel
arm over the staff and allow the balance wheel to come down in
position on the staff (A, fig. 26). Using a round-nosed spreading
punch, spread out the riveting shoulder of the staff until it is firmly
fixed in the balance wheel arm (B, fig. 26). Finish off the riveting
operation with a flat-nosed punch of the same size (C, fig. 26). The
Hamilton railroad grade watch is equipped with a two-piece staff
which facilitates replacement (fig. 28). This staff is identified by a
groove cut on the roller seat of the staff. The hub of the staff is
riveted permanently into the arm of the balance wheel and the
staff fits into the hub frictiontight. To remove a friction fit staff,
remove the roller and hairspring assemblies as described above, and
drive out the staff with a staff remover. Place the new staff into the
hole of the staking tool table and position the balance wheel on the
staff. Press the wheel in place with a flat-nosed punch. Remove the
balance wheel and place the roller assembly over the same hole in
the staking tool table. Insert the balance wheel into the roller as
sembly and in the hole in the staking tool table. Using the same
flat-nosed punch, gently drive staff down until the roller assembly is
in contact with the hub of the staff. At this point, check the balance
wheel for trueness and poise (par. 36). After the balance has been
trued and poised, place it in the hole of the staking tool table with
the roller down and, using the same flat-nosed punch, press the hair
spring into proper position.
h. Polishing of Pivots.
(1) The staff should be clamped in a balance chuck and properly
centered. The speed of the lathe must be minimized to check the
amount of heat caused by the pressure of the burnisher against the
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pivot being polished. Excessive heat will reduce the hardness of the
steel pivot.
(2) In the case of a badly scored pivot, a jasper stone should be
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used to reduce the metal of the pivot. Rouge, with a slight amount
of oil, should then be applied to the bell-metal burnisher. Apply
rouge sparingly. The burnisher must be held parallel to the pivot
so as to eliminate the possibility of tapering the pivot. A slight backand-forth action, together with a sliding movement from side to side
of the burnisher toward the end of the pivot, will utilize the applica
tion of the rouge and oil and will present a highly polished pivot.
CAUTION: Care must be exercised in the amount of pressure ap
plied to the bell-metal burnisher to prevent the pivot from snapping
off.

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