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  1. kinsler33

    How to trouble-shoot non-functioning of a Grandfather Clock with Original Hammond clock works

    Why would an AC clock contain a 6.3 v transformer, and what is an induction plate? You can check the health of any ac coil by applying power and listening for the AC hum.
  2. kinsler33

    American Philco 570 Grandfather Clock Radio

    Then peen the hole closed so that it's a fairly tight slip fit on the arbor. I was going to suggest a tiny drop of low-strength green Loctite but that's too likely to cause trouble.
  3. kinsler33

    Sessions Sessions electric desk clock movement

    If you find some source for the fiber gears, or any other parts for that matter, be sure and tell us. Otherwise, you may be mounting a continuous sweep battery movement in there. Ronell seems to have the best selection.
  4. kinsler33

    American Philco 570 Grandfather Clock Radio

    The second hand might be threaded, or perhaps was at one time: look closely at the shaft. The problem with concentric bushings is that they tend to rotate when you're reaming them out, and the best cure for that is to just peen them in and then just leave them in place.
  5. kinsler33

    American Philco 570 Grandfather Clock Radio

    I don't wish to cause trouble, but: The insulation on that motor coil is old--probably celebrating its 90th birthday. It's varnished kraft paper, or it was until it began decaying into dust. And while I've never heard an instance of a house fire caused by an old electric clock, the whole...
  6. kinsler33

    Explanation for scary spinning clock hands?

    It's an "atomic" clock. The movements look much like ordinary quartz movements.
  7. kinsler33

    synchron motor alternatives and thoughts?

    Sounds a bit like a bent pivot. But there are other 'gearmotors' available, perhaps not Synchron. Check for surplus ones at All Electronics Corp (.com, I think.) It's an excellent outfit. And most low-torque shaded-pole 120v motors can be stalled indefinitely without damage. Stepper motors...
  8. kinsler33

    Standard Electric Need Help With A Standard Electric Time Company Clock

    Those are splendid clocks. Next time, remove the pendulum prior to moving one. Note that the suspension spring's dimensions don't have to be all that perfect, so if something's unavailable, get something else that's roughly the same. You can even make one. Suspension springs have been fudged...
  9. kinsler33

    Post your quartz clock matters here

    Two suggestions: (1) replace the whole movement with a new one. Yours look like "push-on" hands, so find a quartz movement that's meant for those. Timesavers or Ronnell seem to be the best sources. Use a continuous-sweep movement if they have one with push-on hands. (2) Find a disabled...
  10. kinsler33

    A clicking Golden Hour clock

    I think the essential problem is one of poor accuracy--too tight or too loose--plus a tendency for that wretched glass to jam in its frame. I'd love to re-design that clock. If there was room to place steel bearing balls between that big gear and the outer frame... M Kinsler
  11. kinsler33

    A clicking Golden Hour clock

    Thank you for this. The thing has begun to click once again, and I must go to pick it up and try again. Mark Kinsler
  12. kinsler33

    A clicking Golden Hour clock

    Thank you. I think I've done all that, but I'll check once again. I've also applied more dry lube. I was just about to see if I could use Butter Bearings as guides for the glass (they're tiny ball-bearing assemblies used in grandfather clocks, sometimes, and I have a few.) But right now the...
  13. kinsler33

    A clicking Golden Hour clock

    Well, it's back again. Same clock. Same ticking. I have tried: Installing little nylon pads for the glass to ride on Installing nylon screws whose depth I can adjust, and the glass rides upon those Learning that the frame was surprisingly egg-shaped, which I corrected by leaning on it and...
  14. kinsler33

    Post your quartz clock matters here

    The Horolovar company, horolovar.com -&nbspThis website is for sale! -&nbsphorolovar Resources and Information., I think, makes battery holders for these. Check their website, and if that's not clear, give them a call at the phone number listed therein. Timesavers.com may also sell them...
  15. kinsler33

    Post your quartz clock matters here

    I cut the I-hand washer off the hands supplied and glue or solder on to the old hands. In other instances I remake the hands bosses to fit. As an apprentice I filed lots of I-holes in hands. Oh. I never thought of that. I've always had a difficult time filing out those I-holes. That's why...
  16. kinsler33

    Post your quartz clock matters here

    Here, the two styles of hands are 'I-hand' and 'push-on.' The I-hand is likely your "Chinese" type, but they're best identified by the brass nut that holds the oval-holed minute hand onto the threaded shaft. As for batteries for quartz clocks, I strongly suspect that all of these movements...
  17. kinsler33

    Post your quartz clock matters here

    Zilch, I'm afraid. Quality control isn't too bad. The electromagnets are wound, dozens at a time, on a rather amazing machine, and the electronics--an oscillator and a fifteen-stage divider--are by this time ancient technology. Typically the mechanicals either work or they don't, though...
  18. kinsler33

    Post your quartz clock matters here

    The Young Town seems to be a good movement. I've used the YT high-torque, no-second-hand movements that Ronnel offers, though that'll be of little use in the UK. For a pendulum, buy a pendulum driver. These usually fit around a mini-sized quartz movement and seem quite trouble-free. For...
  19. kinsler33

    Post your quartz clock matters here

    In general, the minute-hand arbor ought to be staked in fairly securely. Given the prices--at least over here--replace the movement with a high-torque continuous-sweep one. That is, use a high-torque movement if it's one of these huge wall clocks with a minute hand longer than maybe six inches...
  20. kinsler33

    Post your quartz clock matters here

    So could the voltage across one or two of your precision resistors if they were connected in series with the battery and the clock. To get an average, you'd connect a largish electrolytic capacitor across the resistors such that they, the capacitor, and your voltmeter are all in parallel...
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