Hi all. So, this is my next project, I bought this triple fusee bracket clock. See pics. I removed the movement to find that for some reason I cannot release the "Chime" at all. No matter how much I play with things, it won't release and the fusee is under power and fully wound. Must have been a problem with it. Does anyone out there have any idea how I can get this chime sequence to start? (I removed the hammers so I could see better) Nothing looks broken.
Yeah, I prodded and played and moved everything but nothing would make the chime sequence start.
Yes, I am hoping to get the chime and strike working properly. That way I can analyze it working and understand it better so that when I do take it apart, I'll know how it's suppose to function. I do eventually want to let down the power (and the reserve power on the fusees) and separate the plates for full cleaning.
Yes, that is my intention, to fully understand it before I take apart.....also, there is no safe way to take apart without releasing that tension on the barrel without that chiming section working. (that I know of)
Here's a closer pic, I don't know if it's any clearer but the pin on the wheel is not stopping the wheel, it is passed.
Also, I checked all of the wheels in the chime train including the fusee cone and they all have sufficient endshake which clears the theory that they are jammed somehow.
I was able to find the problem and now the chimes are working....not properly due to the system being unserviced but they will wind down now. What it was, was the arbor with the stop pin goes through the plate and to a bridge with a pivot hole. That bridge can move. It was in such a position that the arbor of the stop wheel was up against the back plate and not able to turn. After close inspection I realized this might be stopping it and adjusted it. And away it went. Here's a pic of where the problem was for anybody that may have a similar problem. I now wonder why that arbor would be allowed to move like that? Strange.
That bridge mounts to the plate with a screw. There is also a pin in the bridge that goes into a hole in the plate and keeps the bridge from moving. Your pin must be broken or missing.
Nice clock,, very similar chime function. Mine seems to be working albeit slowly and needing prodding once in a while, so I will just take it apart and clean it.
Lloyd, I have not worked on enough of these movements to know if some have auto-sync. Mine does not. The drum slides easily without removing screws , etc. once set, it stays in sync unless the chime train runs down before the time train.
