First, let me say how much I learn reading in here. Second, I am a total newbie at repairing clocks, so far all I've needed to do is disassemble them, clean and oil and they run fine.
Except this one.
I have cleaned and oiled the movement, replaced the mainspring on the chime/strike side, cleaned and oiled the spring on the time side.
It runs without a load/bob on it, but it speeds up and slows down, not radically, but you can hear it. It seems the speed/slow cycle is the length of one rev of the EW.
This is 1 of two of these movements I have, the other is sans bell for the half-hour. It would unlock the strike and hit one time.
I have timed the strike so that it works well and stops after striking.
I'm just trying to give as good a picture as I can before asking for help/advice.
Also, the pinions seem to all be snug/no play except for the bush in the front plate for the EW. There is some slop, but it doesn't appear that the hole is out of round or anything. I believe the other parts movement's front plate is good.
I replaced the EW with my spare because the other is (self-made) toast.
When I put a weight on the suspension, it'll go from 30 seconds to a minute, depending on how much I swing it.
So I guess I'm not getting impulse here, but I really don't know what I should look for. There is a screw that holds the front bushing for the verge in place, it's not a Rathburn, but stock. I can adjust that so some extent, except that moving away from the BW more than a hair or 2 causes the movement to free-wheel.
Not sure if I need to unload and reclean/oil the mainspring, replace the plate (I don't have the ability to rebush, the ones in the pic were there when I bought the movement) or adjust the verge. I did try to bend one and it snapped. So, if the verges are adjustable, I'm missing something in the how-to department.
I just hope I'm using the right terminology...that would be a miracle ;-)
Jeff
Except this one.
I have cleaned and oiled the movement, replaced the mainspring on the chime/strike side, cleaned and oiled the spring on the time side.
It runs without a load/bob on it, but it speeds up and slows down, not radically, but you can hear it. It seems the speed/slow cycle is the length of one rev of the EW.
This is 1 of two of these movements I have, the other is sans bell for the half-hour. It would unlock the strike and hit one time.
I have timed the strike so that it works well and stops after striking.
I'm just trying to give as good a picture as I can before asking for help/advice.
Also, the pinions seem to all be snug/no play except for the bush in the front plate for the EW. There is some slop, but it doesn't appear that the hole is out of round or anything. I believe the other parts movement's front plate is good.
I replaced the EW with my spare because the other is (self-made) toast.
When I put a weight on the suspension, it'll go from 30 seconds to a minute, depending on how much I swing it.
So I guess I'm not getting impulse here, but I really don't know what I should look for. There is a screw that holds the front bushing for the verge in place, it's not a Rathburn, but stock. I can adjust that so some extent, except that moving away from the BW more than a hair or 2 causes the movement to free-wheel.
Not sure if I need to unload and reclean/oil the mainspring, replace the plate (I don't have the ability to rebush, the ones in the pic were there when I bought the movement) or adjust the verge. I did try to bend one and it snapped. So, if the verges are adjustable, I'm missing something in the how-to department.
I just hope I'm using the right terminology...that would be a miracle ;-)
Jeff
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