Removing the hours hand from 1930-40 french wall clock

[Itay]

I currently try to clean and oil (with clock oil) my grandfather's clock after a long time without operating.

In order to get access to both sides of the movement i want to remove the dial.

I have successfully removed the minutes hand by pulling the wire that hold it in place, but the hour hand stayed fixed.

Before I will do any damage to this precious clock, I wanted to ask if there is a certain way to full it out. maybe to remove the copper ring on the inside? Do I need a special tool to remove it?

A link to some pictures I took of the hour hand-

http://www.bubbleshare.com/album/629622

Thanks in advance to anyone who can help!

[Joe D.]

It is just a friction fit, but sometimes they are pretty tight. Try twisting the hand while pulling on it.

Joe

[harold bain]

Hi, Itay, welcome to the message board. The hour hand is friction fit, and can be removed with a pulling and twisting motion, keeping the pressure close to the center to avoid bending the hand.

[Itay]

Hey Harold & Joe :)

It worked. thanks very much.

I have one more question, do i pot a drop of clock oil inside the spring barrel to..?

[Mike Phelan]

Itay
To what?
Depending on what sort of clock it is, the spring needs very thick oil or grease, but unless you are cleaning as well as oiling, and therefore dismantling it, your spring won't really get lubricated.

[Scottie-TX]

. . . . . also if some are extremely tenacious, teeth of motion works may be at risk from excessive torque. When that is the case, I try to sneak beneath the dial and grip the hour cannon wheel so torque is against the grip and not the mating teeth.

[Hayson]

Itay
To what?


You're keen Mike:). Giving English lessons to speakers of other languages which include the difference between TO, TOO & TWO, is beyond the call of duty when only clock advice is called for :)

[Scottie-TX]

"between" indicates a comparison between TWO entities. TO, TOO, AND TWO, are more than two. So "among" should be used and the noun should therefore be plural - "differences".
Ooops; Fergot th' smileys.
Use yer imalgamation.

[Mike Phelan]

You're keen Mike:). Giving English lessons to speakers of other languages which include the difference between TO, TOO & TWO, is beyond the call of duty when only clock advice is called for :)

That was a genuine question, though, as I thought the OP had missed the end of what he was going to say.

I read everything literally, and there is a good reason for that, which I am not going to go into here, as my medical history is of no interest to you people.

I even put some clock advice in there as well, though that often appears to be ignored.

Such is life. Maybe I should not bother posting if there is something I have to ask questions about. :(

[Scottie-TX]

Naw, MIKEY; We herd all about your prostheses, karbunkels, bunions, and lumbago. Oh by th' way tho, how'd that toenail replacement go. There was rumor you got, "main toe poisoning" . Sure it was jes' a roomer.
Don't run off! I got some leaking grids here I need to disgust.
Some clocks too!

[Mike Phelan]

Nope, Scottie, none of those: brain prostheses don't exist yet. I'm still here, you see.

[Scottie-TX]

Yeah. I know. Pity. I had a brain scan a time ago. They didn' find anything.

[Hayson]

Clearly my casual and lighthearted remark was taken more seriously than intended. I'll stop using smilies as it's obviously not the done thing amongst the smart set.

[harold bain]

The problem with internet conversation is that often remarks are misinterpreted. In a normal conversation, this would quickly be recognised and corrected. Mike, I don't think Hayson was taking you to task, as the smilies indicate. His point was that many members don't have a good grasp of the English language. One Texan comes to mind:D
(just teasing, Scottie).

[Mike Phelan]

I appreciate what you mean, Harold, and I do know that Hayson wasn't having a go at me; I do often find that sometimes a genuine question when I don't understand something does get interpreted in the wrong way - that might be a pond difference or just me - dunno.

Nothing to do with this; mods, feel free to delete, but I'm probably a bit jingoistic about my language, even though it's a hotch-potch of various bits from different countries over the centuries. Coloured by the fact that not too many years ago, I was lying in hospital (twice) trying to remember the alphabet and how to write my name, for the best part of a week.

OK - I know all this is totally off topic, so I'm sorry for taking up the OP's time. For what it's worth, I have re-read this post and had to correct quite a few typos, and I've no idea whether one or two crept in. I try to take the same care when I am repairing a clock or a radio, and in most cases, it works.

I'll shut up now and have a weekend break in the Dales, away from clocks and laptops!

[shutterbug]

I'll have to admit that the original "to....?" made me also think it was an unended sentence with many possible endings; like 'to do what?'. I still think that's a possibility, so Mike's response is logical and helpful. If the writer really meant 'too', why add the '...?' to the end? Quite possibly his English writing is right on :)

[Scottie-TX]

As MAC well knows, I'm often wrong but across the pond, "I say." is a common reply such as, "really!" Or; "I did not know that!" "I say!" - a response to something spoken.
Itay, I believe MIKEY in jest, suggested it mean, " I say" ( I tay )
I tay? "to what".
Am I over analysing this?

[Bruce Barnes]

Wasn't it Bernard Baruch that said that...."England and the 'Colonies' are seperated by a common language"... :D
ain't conversation grand?
Bruce

[laprade]

Scottie,

"I taut I taw a puddy tat"

What was the canary's name?

only the English upper classes use "I say" and "Oh really", both uttered without moving the upper lip. (stiff upper lip)

When you finish speaking to one of them, they say "Oh really"

When speaking to you, they usually finish with "don't you think?"

Try talking without moving your upper lip, you'll sound just like Phil the Greek and Betty Windsor.

Alex Douglas-Home (former premier) went one better: he could speak (on TV) without moving either upper or lower lips.

Oh really!

"I say! old chap, hope that new avatar of yours doesn’t rattle off and smash me keyboard! what! (they never say "my", doesn't work too well with only one lip moving!)

laprade

[Missy]

Laprade, Tweety Bird & Sylvester the cat. I loved that cartoon!!!

Missy