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  1. HotCzech46

    Friesian tail clock problem

    As noted by everyone else, it is impossible to tell for sure from your pictures what is going on. If I am correct, it looks like the shaft holding on the hands just broke off. That shaft would be rounded where the hour hand fits, but have squared shoulders to hold the minute hand and at the...
  2. HotCzech46

    Hermle mechanism oiling points

    Thanks, everyone. I was concerned about the surface of the ratchet where it faces on the first wheel. As the clock runs, they are in a fixed position with regard to each other. When winding, however, the sprocket turns independent of the first wheel and I was wondering if that interface...
  3. HotCzech46

    Hermle mechanism oiling points

    I have worked on a lot of mainspring clocks, but am now restoring my first Hermle movement with weights. So far, so good. I dismantled it, cleaned it in the ultrasonic cleaner, checked all holes for wear (surprisingly, no bushings needed) and reassembled it. Then I oiled it, but was not sure...
  4. HotCzech46

    Barrel mainspring arbor post separates

    Or better yet, follow Willie X's suggestion. Voice of experience!
  5. HotCzech46

    Barrel mainspring arbor post separates

    It sounds like either the pin on the arbor has failed to engage with the mainspring or the other end of the mainspring has failed to engage with the notch on the barrel. Take the lid off the barrel and make sure you can engage the arbor on the end of the mainspring. Not sure if I can explain...
  6. HotCzech46

    Newbie Repair Questions (2)

    KES, first things first. Can you give us some idea of your plans/intentions? Are you just interested in repairing this clock or are you planning on continuing with Horology work and getting into clock repair? If you just want this clock fixed, then I think you have received excellent advice...
  7. HotCzech46

    Identity and repair questions about this English clock

    Yup. Willie is right, as usual. I am going through my collection of old movements to see if any of their barrels will work, but the unique, two piece arbor on this movement makes it almost impossible to match. In the meantime, since the barrels are identical, I have switched them, so the good...
  8. HotCzech46

    Identity and repair questions about this English clock

    Maybe someone can help me figure out where to go from here. I should have picked it up from the photos I attached above, but did not catch it until I had cleaned, oil and was reassembling the mainsprings into the barrel. About 1/4th of the teeth are completely missing from one of the first...
  9. HotCzech46

    Identity and repair questions about this English clock

    I picked up a few clocks, all in bad need of repair, from an estate and they were all Enfield or Perivale clocks, except for this one. I thought it was a perivale movement until I started working on it. No question that it could be German, or otherwise, but I just assumed that it was English...
  10. HotCzech46

    Identity and repair questions about this English clock

    I thought about putting this into a different forum section since I am trying to identify the clock, but I also have some questions about repairing it, so I thought I would start here. Pictures attached. I have several Bertini and Enfield and other clocks with Perivale movements, and this is...
  11. HotCzech46

    Cuckoo Cuckoo Clock Calibration Ap

    Just putting my 2 cents worth in here. I love that app. I had trouble isolating sounds from the clock, with the iphone picking up extraneous sounds and causing problems. It was really bad on some English clocks which are really silent. My solution was to buy a cheap (about $5 on Amazon or...
  12. HotCzech46

    Anchor (or recoil or deadbeat?) escapement identification and adjustment

    Thanks, Willie. Merry Christmas to you as well. This is off topic, but I thought I would take a minute to answer some of Dick's concerns. I am relatively new to all this, but I spent my time reading and learning and looking for advice wherever I could find it. I have several of...
  13. HotCzech46

    Anchor (or recoil or deadbeat?) escapement identification and adjustment

    Willie X - Thanks. I don't have that book, but I do have Laurie Penman's "The Clock Repairer's Handbook". It is 176 pages with about 30 pages devoted to escapements. Huge amount of detail and history. LaBounty - You and Willie X are spot on. I'll keep adjusting it. I get frustrated on...
  14. HotCzech46

    Anchor (or recoil or deadbeat?) escapement identification and adjustment

    I have read numerous posts here about anchor adjustments, but nothing helped. I am still a Newbie but have repaired many American recoil escapements and feel comfortable working on them. This is my first Anchor escapement (I think) on a Perivale movement out of a Bentima clock made in Great...
  15. HotCzech46

    How do I fix a screwed-up Bushing job?

    I just wanted to close out this thread by letting everyone know that I was successful in fixing my screwup. Jeff, I could not pin the plates together since there are two spring wires that are welded in to one of the plates and I did not want to remove them. However, I marked a larger concentric...
  16. HotCzech46

    How do I fix a screwed-up Bushing job?

    I think Willie is talking about a Drafting Guide. I found my old one for ellipsis but can't find the one for circles. I attached a picture. You can get them on Amazon or most of the office supply houses. Note that they have marks for locating the center (at least this one does for anything...
  17. HotCzech46

    Bushing suggestion

    Mark, what size drill bit do you use for doing this? Do you use a different size bit for each of the six different KWM bushing OD's? I gather you install them flush with the inside of the plate and then cut off the extra from the outside. The drill bit won't make it perfectly flat, but you...
  18. HotCzech46

    How do I fix a screwed-up Bushing job?

    As usual, great responses! Allan - Thanks for that! I was using the bushing chart that ikjjkl prepared and uploaded on the forums back in 2008. That size bushing is not listed for Bergeon. As you know, Timesavers has about 500 bushings listed, and I just missed this one going through their...
  19. HotCzech46

    How do I fix a screwed-up Bushing job?

    I am still a relative Newbie, although I have repaired about a dozen clocks. I have learned a lot about bushing through trial and error. However, I could never get the first clock I tried it on to work properly. I put the clock aside but have now come back to it. I obviously didn't know what...
  20. HotCzech46

    Smiths-Enfield not turning minute hand

    No metal fatigue, just surface scratch. I think the problem now is that I pulled the canon pinion and polished it such that when I put it back together, there was no friction and the wheel turned too freely. I adjusted the tension by just bending the tabs on the spring slightly. Put...
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