by watchthebear » Mon Oct 08, 2012 8:02 am
Good morning Folks (Pacific Coast time), I came by a vintage, or antique, Boggs Watch Cleaner. It is cast iron, top and bottom, 4 quart jars in a row, and threaded rods w/ tightening bolts at each end. there is a small electric motor w/ a paddle that goes about 1/3 of the way down into the jars (it is moved from jar to jar). below the jars, i assume in working order, is stamped, 1st jar, "soak 5 mins", 2nd jar, "rinse 10 secs., 3rd jar, "rinse 10 secs, and 4th "Jar", "dry 10 mins. the late watchmaker who had it had substituted the last jar for an old auto transmission can which he had punched full of holes. I am such a rookie I might as well try this out; but how? Does one fill the first jar full of cleaner, the second 2 full of fresh water, and leave the fourth as a "drying chamber"? Is one supposed to use the paddle at each station? even w/ the drying? I read the thread on cleaning down in the "hints" section a month or so ago, but think this is a different case. What would be the cleaning solution? should there be concern for the temps of the solution and rinse? would I use the paddle for the drying? maybe adding a hair dryer to the mix. Or, should I throw the whole thing in the scrap pile and learn to hand clean 'til I can afford an electrosonic (sp) cleaner. Would really like to hear all opinions. take care all.................b