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Practical Clock Repairing Manual
Excellent and very detailed manual 'Practical Clock Repairing' , step by step instructions on repairing, adjusting and maintaining a wide variety of older clocks.
Contents include:
WORKSHOP AND BENCH. Stands and brackets for clocks.
Workshop layout. Tools and equipment
EXAMINING THE MOVEMENT. Names of parts. Part Dismantlinq. Letting down the mainspring. Examination for wear.
Checking the escapement. Adjustinq and repairing escapements. Checking
depths of wheels. Using the depth tool
DISMANTLING AND REPAIRING THE MOVEMENT.
Complete dismantling. Removing the mains ring. Testinq pivots. Polishing
pivots. Using the burnisher. Using the broach. Rebushing -three
methods
CLEANING AND REASSEMBLING. The cleaning machine.
Cleaning holes. Immersion cleaning. Cleaning with benzine. Mainspring
winders. Winding mainsprings by hand. Assembling the movement.
Testing during assembly. How much oil? Fitting the movement into the
case. Types of crutch
GEARING-PART 1. The ideal gear. Simple calculations of gear
atios. Distances of centres. Types of gear teeth. Uniform lead. Pitch.
Correct and incorrect meshing. Using the sector. Lantern pinions . .
GEARING-PART 11 : CALCULATIONS. Train calculations.
Finding the sizes of missing wheels. Motion work calculations. Table of clock
trains with lengths of pendulum. Table of 12-hour motion work trains
STRIKING CLOCKS. Checking the action of the striking
mechanism. Dismantling. Test, correction and repair. Assembly. Pinning
up plates. Oiling charts
CHIMING CLOCKS. Examining the chiming mechanism.
Automatic correction of chime sequence. Dismantling. Examination and
rectification. Assembly. Adjustment. Testing. Oiling charts. Adjusting
the ' drop off '
THE PENDULUM. Simple and compound pendulums.
Equivalent simple pendulum. Seconds pendulum. Altering rates. Suspension
sprinps. Arcs. Table of circular error. Barometric error.
Calculations. Tahle of pendulum lengths for particular number of vibrations.
Compensated pendulums. Security of fixing. Steadying long case clocks.
Testing for swaying. Crutches. Sympathetic vibration . . . . . .
MAKING A FUSEE TIMEPIECE PENDULUM MOVEMENT.
The train. Making the plates. Using scraper and file. Marking
off. Drilling and broaching. Turning pillars. Planishing tools. Using
diamantine and polisher. Making the barrel. Barre1 arbor
MAKING A FUSEE TIMEPIECE-continued. Turning between centres. Filing squares. Using the polisher. Barrel arbor holes.
Fusee and arbor. Finishing the fusee. The ratchet. Maintainin~ power
wheel. Fusee click spring. Filing springs and clicks. Pin rounding tool
MAKING A FUSEE TIMEPIECE-continued. The great
wheel. Maintaining power spring. Fusee iron and block. The train.
Crossing out wheels. Using pinion wire. Turning long arbors. Filing up
pinion wire. Hardening and tempering. Peening to straighten. Polishing
pinions. Turning to receive the wheel. Fitting the wheel. Riveting.
The facing tool. Pivot polishing. Using the polisher. Crossing out.
Soldering collets
MAKING A FUSEE TIMEPIECE-continued. The escapernent.
Back cock. Pallet arbor. Crutch. Hardening pallet pads.
Finishing pallet surfaces. Polishing pallet pads. Using depthing tools.
Planting the escapement. Fitting the back cock. Cutting oil sinks . . . .
MAKING A FUSEE TIMEPIECE-continued. Maintaining
power detent. Finishing the plates. Riveting pillars. Barrel ratchrt and
click. Tension spring. Cannon pinion. Hour wheel bridge. Hour
wheel. Minute wheel and cock. Motion work. Pendulum and its
suspension. Pendulum bob. Dial feet. General finish. Finishing the
ends of pivots. Making pins. Blueing hands. Lacquering. Screws.
Assembly. Fusee chain. Setting up. Adjusting rod . . . . . . . .
FRENCH CLOCKS. Cleaning methods. Cleaning oil sinks. Use
of chalk. Pendulum clocks. Removing pins. Names of parts. Testing
shakes of striking work. Exarnining the trairi. Escapement end-shake
correction. Extending a pivot. Systematic dismantling. Pivot pblishing.
Preparing a burnisher. Repairing worn squares. Blueing screws. Fitting
a new spring. Pivot repairs. Assembly. Examination of operation.
The hammer. Brocot escapement. Ting tang movements. Carriage
clocks. Repeating clocks. Alarm mechanisms. Grande sonnerie. Stop
work
CARRIAGE CLOCK ESCXPEMENTS. Contrate wheels.
Checking the action. Adjusting index pins of platform escapements. The
cylinder escapement, its action, adjustment and repair. Banking. Cleaning
platform escapernents
ENGLISH FUSEE BRACKET CLOCKS. Checking the
escapement. Releasing the mainspring set up. Examining the wheels and
pinions. Four methods of cleaning. Fitting a new fusee line. Cleaning a
rusty rusee chain. List of checks to make before winding up the mainspring.
Fusee striking rnovement action. Strike silent operation. Dismantling and
assembly. Making a new rack tail. Speed of striking. Half-hour striking.
Rise and fall mechanism. Chiming clocks. Pin barre1 operation
WEIGHT-DRIVEN AND ANTIQUE CLOCKS. The grandfather
clock. Methods of cleaning. Setting in beat. Testing striking.
The regulator. Mercurial pendulums. Dead beat escapements. Pallet
repair. Antique clocks. Restoration. Verge escapements. Pallet angles
ALARM CLOCKS. Charges for repair. Cleaning. Removing
winders and hand-set piece. Removing bezel and hands. Escapement
adjustments. Closing pivot holes. Removing balance spring. Polishing
balance wheel pivots. Fitting new pallet pins. Click spring repairs.
Assembly and oiling : quick cleaning method
400-DAY GERMAN CLOCKS. To clean, repair and adjust.
Examining. The escapement. Assembling. To correct the escapement
DEPTHING TOOL DIMENSIONS
TURNING AND SPIRAL CUTTING '4 CLOCK FUSEE
Very detailed and informative manual, Well illustrated and clearly laid out.
Approx 250 Pages.
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