Hello everyone, I'm currently working on a Silas Hoadly time/strike movement. It came to me with several badly worn and broken Ivory Bushings. I turned some new bushings on my lathe (oak) and rebushed the clock. When I put the movement together, it would run between 2 and 6 hours then stop. I think I have narrowed the problem down to the Great Wheel and #2 Wheel (time side) with almost no engagement between the teeth of these 2 gears, and ocassionally binding, stopping the clock. Checked my bushings, they were dead center. Gear teeth are in good condition, they just seem to far apart. So, can I make a bushing with the hole "off center" and move my gears closer together? Or would I be in a worse mess?
BTW, I have a junk movement of the same clock, and the teeth on that movement mesh MUCH better. I swapped the gears to my good movement, still have the same problem, teeth barely engage. And my "good" gears have the same problem in the other (junk) movement. I've measured everything I can think of, and the measurements on the plates of both movements are virtually the same. Looking for any ideas! Thanks!
BTW, I have a junk movement of the same clock, and the teeth on that movement mesh MUCH better. I swapped the gears to my good movement, still have the same problem, teeth barely engage. And my "good" gears have the same problem in the other (junk) movement. I've measured everything I can think of, and the measurements on the plates of both movements are virtually the same. Looking for any ideas! Thanks!