Perivale movements and worn bushes...

Today I am trying to get a Perivale three train movement up and running, but it has a worn bush on the backplate. I have no equipment or tools for rebushing so I'll have to do this another way. I have another identical Perivale movement with a perfectly good backplate but worn bushes on the front! So I'm going to spend a few hours (but not today) dismantling six trains of prime English clockwork then reassembling one with the good plates, taking care to clean all the black grease out of the pivotholes before carefully flinging it all together again.

Do any of you find that Perivale (otherwise known as British Anvil) movements are particularly bad for worn bushes?

It's been a whole year...

I can hardly believe it's a whole year since I last posted on this site. I have acquired a few more clocks and I'm putting a few project clocks together this month while I'm on a fortnight's holiday from work. I now have a longcase clock with an interesting triple chime mechanism which may take a couple more months to complete (it's standing here in bits as I speak), I have a Napoleon clock with a six-rod chime, and various other items to show the World... once they are complete.

I'm going to find out if I can embed Youtube videos on this page, and possibly link to some videos from my Youtube channel. I don't like to admit, but after 12 months I still have very little idea how to use this site. However that will all change! I have a duty to keep posting otherwise this site will simply slip into oblivion.

I'm glad to see a couple of people have left me comments on my site. Keep the discussions going! Sorry I haven't sussed out how to reply to individual users yet, but rest assured I read your comments!