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    Dating Schneider Cuckoo Regula 34

    Thank you. It’s weird. I’ve looked at various pics of this clock online, & the order of chains seems to vary. I dunno how that could be
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    Dating Schneider Cuckoo Regula 34

    So, got this thing completely disassembled & cleaned up. I found out this is a slightly more complex clock than the average cuckoo. I had a music box, spinning dancers, bobbing birds, & the cuckoo. When I got it, the chain for the music box to weight was broken. Somehow I knew the fact that I...
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    Dating Schneider Cuckoo Regula 34

    Hello, came across my first cuckoo clock at a price that was too good to pass up. It seems to be an Anton Schneider w/ a Regula 34 movt. Only obvious issues is wood hour hand broken off & music box weight chain broken. Chain is fixable & ordered new hands. I’m curious if there is a way to get...
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    Spring Power Affecting Rate

    Just to finalize this thread, I’ll tell you how I solved this issue. The clock o was currently having this issue was with a Lux alarm clock. My original plan was to try an alternate spring as said above. But I had a ton of time into this already. I have been trying to figure this out for4 mos...
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    Ansonia statue clock cleanup methods?

    I have a an Ansonia clock like that I haven’t touched just because I can’t figure out what I want to do with the statue. Paint? RnB? Leave it alone? From the research I’ve done the best at home treatment is Metal Effects oxidizing bronze paint. It has real metal in it that oxidizes of time
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    Spring Power Affecting Rate

    Not sure I understand? Yes, if you increase power with a finger the balance wheel speeds up it’s rotation back & forth, but is that related somehow to clock running to slow?
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    Spring Power Affecting Rate

    Clutch isn’t loose - I checked that 1st
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    Spring Power Affecting Rate

    I don’t have a video, clock is back together & will be until I get a lighter spring. Movement was disassembled, cleaned, bushed, & broken spring replace. Hairspring not put in US. The one that has me most baffled is the Lux alarm clock. Yes it’s a cheap clock. It’s loosing an hr+ a day. Tried...
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    Spring Power Affecting Rate

    Thank you. Tried both those things & there was some change , but not enough. The hairspring bounces from top to bottom on the regulator. I feel like something is significantly off to loose an hour a day. Small adjustments are not doing it. Sounds like the spring is too powerful, I’m going to...
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    Spring Power Affecting Rate

    Sorry it wasn’t clear, when I’m talking about power/thickness of springs I mean mainspring
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    Spring Power Affecting Rate

    The movements I’m talking about are American hairspring / balance wheel clock movements. One was a Seth Thomas marine lever escapement clock movement & the other is a Lux alarm clock type movement. Both had broken springs when I got them. So, I don’t know how they ran before. So, if I...
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    Spring Power Affecting Rate

    I’m wondering if all other factors are unchanged (pendulum length, etc…) will installing a more powerful spring in a clock make it run faster? It seems to me, the common sense answer to this is yes. By the same token, a weaker spring would make a clock run slower? I’m asking because I’ve had 2...
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    Newbie intro with a few question

    I believe there are approximate standard or close to standard bpm for for most clocks. Someone please correct me if I’m wrong; but aren’t most average tall case clocks about 60 bpm; or 1 best a second? However, I think unless you know fairly specifically it’s not very useful. I know most common...
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    Help Lux alarm clock

    This is a Lux movement center shaft. There are some variations on these, as the 30 hour movement changed as time went on. Yours from what it sounds like is a newer one (bent tabs) & this is is slightly older, but it should be similar enough. The silver wheel on the center shaft (at the center...
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    Help Lux alarm clock

    Have that same clock & just worked on another Lux with same movement. At one point Lux switched from movements held together by brass nuts to movements held together by bending tabs, the later you have & it’s awful because the tabs often break. Of course anything could be installed...
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    Newbie intro with a few question

    Get the Cuckoo Clock Calibration app if you have an iPhone. It makes putting a clock in beat a lot easier if you are not good at hearing it. I’m always off ~10% or so by ear compared the the app; which I believe is more accurate than me. I’ve seen a few ways people use to decide if a hole needs...
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    Newbie intro with a few question

    It’s hard to know why it won’t run reliably, but was the clock in beat? A clock not in beat will not run reliably. Other possibilities could be something binding in the train, escapement issues, something bent not noticed, hands interfering with each other, or damaged / worn spring. Those...
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    Jerome Clock Repair

    So, there is two ways to do this. Way # 1 is you are trying to learn about clocks & picked this up & would like to restore it. By all means, follow advice above & disassemble, clean, learn, get a mentor, etc… Way #2 is you really don’t have a huge interest in learning about clocks but are...
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    Cuckoo Cuckoo Clock Calibration Ap

    It’s not so much BPM I like the app for, but getting the clock in beat. It tells you when the clock is in beat; so you can adjust it on the wall; the crutch; or adjust the hairspring. Maybe it’s me; but I found most of the time by ear I was only about 80% there - esp balance wheel movements ...
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    Lux Clock Hour Hand

    A puller works very well. You can get one on Amazon for pretty cheap. You could also try sliding washers over the hand & around the base; then prying up gently on each side with 2 screwdrivers.
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