This is probably already known by pretty much everyone here, although I haven't seen it written in many of the great threads about the quest for minimizing friction and maximizing power in these clocks. I've had once Schatz 49 that's been running fine for a few weeks, but never got the rotation of my other 49s. I compared its setup with the other two I have and noticed a couple things... its fork was lower (which made sense, but I had to do that to get it running ... it didn't have enough power to run with the fork up higher, and needed to be set just barely above fluttering level) and the jerky movement of the fork, which actually slightly reversed direction momentarily during travels back and forth I could now see was being caused by the entrance escape wheel teeth landing on the slanted face (impulse? my terminology knowledge is still lousy) of the entrance pallet. Sooo... adjusted the escapement and all that is now working well. Then raised the fork. Smoother motion... still not much more swing.
What the heck?!? Hmmm.. maybe it's just at the low end of the test wind. Let it down, and it had at least two full turns of wind on it. Nope, that wasn't it. DID notice, however, that the barrel didn't turn as smoothly and as easily as my other Schatz 49s when winding it. Hmmmm....
Turns out, the washer underneath the "8"-shaped retaining clip that fits over the winding arbor and click wheel must be slightly too thin, as it was putting pressure on the click wheel and binding the arbor. I loosened that screw about 1/4 of a turn, and I'm instantly way over 270 degrees again just like the other 49s.
Sooo.. for those here as inexperienced as I (if there IS anyone like that here)... that's one more place to check.
What the heck?!? Hmmm.. maybe it's just at the low end of the test wind. Let it down, and it had at least two full turns of wind on it. Nope, that wasn't it. DID notice, however, that the barrel didn't turn as smoothly and as easily as my other Schatz 49s when winding it. Hmmmm....
Turns out, the washer underneath the "8"-shaped retaining clip that fits over the winding arbor and click wheel must be slightly too thin, as it was putting pressure on the click wheel and binding the arbor. I loosened that screw about 1/4 of a turn, and I'm instantly way over 270 degrees again just like the other 49s.
Sooo.. for those here as inexperienced as I (if there IS anyone like that here)... that's one more place to check.