I am restoring a 30 hour longcase clock and the count wheel striking mechanism has confused me because it's not the same as in any of the books or forum posts that I've read!
Usually the count wheel circumference is high with slots for the count hook to drop in at the end of each strike, but on this one the circumference is mainly low (see picture) which means the warning wheel comes round and is stopped by the warning pin hitting the lever which has dropped and so I only ever get one strike, as the pin wheel can no longer rotate.
I've tried moving the two pin wheels that the lever strikes, and the striking wheel to different positions but the result is always the same. What am I not understanding please? Any help will be appreciated as I've tried to get this working without success over the last three days!
Kind regards, David
Usually the count wheel circumference is high with slots for the count hook to drop in at the end of each strike, but on this one the circumference is mainly low (see picture) which means the warning wheel comes round and is stopped by the warning pin hitting the lever which has dropped and so I only ever get one strike, as the pin wheel can no longer rotate.
I've tried moving the two pin wheels that the lever strikes, and the striking wheel to different positions but the result is always the same. What am I not understanding please? Any help will be appreciated as I've tried to get this working without success over the last three days!
Kind regards, David


