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    Gustav Becker mantle clock chime problem

    I'm afraid that I can't remember and the clock is in its case. When I put it together I did not have the advantage or otherwise of a reference book so had to work out how the mechanism was designed to operate. The description below may not be 100% accurate but it helped my thinking. My...
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    Gustav Becker mantle clock chime problem

    The attached picture (before cleaning!) shows the pin on the strike warning wheel.
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    Gustav Becker mantle clock chime problem

    I have a similar clock and have worked on it successfully although I am a relative novice. The clock is currently in its case and resting but I have some pictures of it in various states. I think there is some mislabelling in the pictures. There is, or should be, a warning pin on the strike...
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    Getting the tension right on centre wheel

    Thanks. I will remove the collet and install a stronger spring.
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    Getting the tension right on centre wheel

    "But I believe that the lantern pinion is staked to the wheel not to the arbor". That's right.
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    Getting the tension right on centre wheel

    Thanks. I'm talking about the lantern pinon. But I believe that the lantern pinion is staked to the wheel not to the arbor. Having thought about it some more I think the solution is to replace my replacement spring with something stronger. My thinking is that the friction required is between the...
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    Getting the tension right on centre wheel

    Thanks, but I guess I asked the wrong question. I know that there is not enough friction because the pinion is turning but the arbor is not. What I don't understand is how to change the amount of friction so that the pinion will turn the arbor under normal operation but will allow the arbor to...
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    Getting the tension right on centre wheel

    I have this HAC Alarm clock which has been keeping me busy with various faults. It is now ticking happily but the hands don't turn. I deduced that the centre wheel was turning but its arbor was not rotating. I think I understand the construction of the arbor and wheel but perhaps not. As I...
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    HAC Alarm design and terminology

    I have just acquired this HAC Alarm clock. Before I work on it I would like to understand what I have here. I haven't found images of a similar clock through internet searches. I thought this had a pin pallet escapement but on examination it appears to have an anchor escapement, but I haven't...
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    What am I missing?

    Thanks both. Being dumb I suppose. Of course I left the case with the friend because it needed some repair to the woodwork.
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    What am I missing?

    I have a friend's clock which has had an accident and was not known to work previously. It never-the-less seems to be intact except that the suspension spring is broken and I can't see a way of attaching a replacement suspension spring. I have not yet dismantled the clock which appears to have a...
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    Silencing W200 Chimes

    Thanks Willie. That had not occurred to me. The rod must have been shortened as it currently doesn't reach inside the plates. I'll make a replacement.
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    Silencing W200 Chimes

    I have an HAC movement marked W220 with a platform escapement. From the forum I see this also occurs as a Junghans movement. I have dismantled and serviced the movement and it works well and chimes with both Westminster and Whittington chimes. When I bought the clock the lever to silence the...
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    Gustav Becker chime struggle

    Now resolved. I eventually discovered that the chime autocorrect wheel was not secure on its arbor and moved slightly over time. There is one arbor with one wheel with slots stopping the 1st 2nd and 4th quarter chimes, a further wheel with a single slot stopping the 3/4 chime, as well as a gear...
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    Gustav Becker chime struggle

    I am an amateur with experience on a number of clocks including other examples of Gustav Becker clocks with Westminster chimes but I am struggling with this one. It as has been dismantled and cleaned and runs perfectly for days on end and has run perfectly for a couple of weeks in test...
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    Setting up Gustav Becker P18 Westminster chimes

    I have a similar Gustav Becker movement which has a common autocorrect mechanism. If the chimes get out of sequence, which can happen if the clock stops and is restarted after moving for example, the chimes and strike will come back into the correct sequence within a couple of hours. Whilst it...
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    Waterbury suspension repair

    Any ideas on how to repair this Waterbury suspension part. Two teeth have sheared off the adjuster for the pendulum length. The gear wheel has an interior thread which runs through the lower platform and seems to be riveted onto a large washer. My current take is to leave well alone rather than...
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    French escapement spring

    I discovered in "Clockmaking in England and Wales in the Twentieth Century: The Industrialized Manufacture of Domestic Mechanical Clocks" by by John Glanville, William M Wolmuth a picture of this Elliot escapement where the spring is described as having a buffering effect to reduce the noise of...
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    Gustav Becker Westminster Service

    Good news. You can sleep at night now. Glad to help. Brian
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    Gustav Becker Westminster Service

    Looks OK to me. Good luck.
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