Ringing the 8 again!

 The Worcester Catherdal young ringers came for a visit, and this meant that all 8 bells were rung for the first time since February 2020.

 Here is a view from above.

Swing time correction

 One of the important jobs still outstanding was to bring the swing times into alignment. These are measured by the "Oddstruckness Meter" I make. Getting the timings correct will help improve the overall standard of the ringing and it is worth taking the time to get these fine details correct.

To do this, two pieces of metal weighing a total of 1.5kg were bolted to the vertical spokes of the wheel as shown here.

 

 

This slowed the bell down by 25ms and the swing time curve now looks like this :-

As you can see, the timings are now very close to the ideal curve (thin black line).