I am in need of some help with a New Master 100 day anniversary clock. I have run out of ideas and it still doesn't run but for a very short period of time.
I am trying to fix this clock for a friend who bought the clock in the 60's. He says the clock has never run since he bought it.
When I got the clock it didn't have any suspension spring and I have since purchased one to fit it. I oiled the clock but I didn't do any pivot work as it has never really run. I put the clock in beat and it seems to have some recoil when the pallet pins drop of the escape wheel teeth, but in a very short period of time it stops.
Is there something that I should know about this brand of anniversary clock verses the other anniversary clocks?
Any ideas would be appreciated as the help I get from this site has always been a life saver when I run out of ideas.
I will say that this New Master is about the cheapest built anniversary that I have ever worked on. I tried to slow the pendulum down some at one point so that the pendulum would take a wider swing and hopefully help the pallets to clear the escape wheel teeth and to my surprise the pendulum hit the upright post that the movement sits on.
Thanks for any help you can give
John
I am trying to fix this clock for a friend who bought the clock in the 60's. He says the clock has never run since he bought it.
When I got the clock it didn't have any suspension spring and I have since purchased one to fit it. I oiled the clock but I didn't do any pivot work as it has never really run. I put the clock in beat and it seems to have some recoil when the pallet pins drop of the escape wheel teeth, but in a very short period of time it stops.
Is there something that I should know about this brand of anniversary clock verses the other anniversary clocks?
Any ideas would be appreciated as the help I get from this site has always been a life saver when I run out of ideas.
I will say that this New Master is about the cheapest built anniversary that I have ever worked on. I tried to slow the pendulum down some at one point so that the pendulum would take a wider swing and hopefully help the pallets to clear the escape wheel teeth and to my surprise the pendulum hit the upright post that the movement sits on.
Thanks for any help you can give
John