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Hi it is Nov 29 2024 I heard you give a shout out to a guy named Dave from Canada I am from montreal canada I have a Seth Thomas you have one exactly the same in one of your videos 18 hundreds it do work but as you said over the years the dust and oils have caused it to not function right I would love to maybe contact him to see if he can repair it or if he can contact me with someone that can I don't want to bring it to just any jewler

I saw your newest video (and a few others) and during this 2 years it is clear that you learn some things :D I like sometime to repair mechanical stuff (not clocks, various machines, tools etc) and I like to use 2 things, electric brush (one for teeth, but with old tip) and kerosene. Kerosene is great for dissolving oils, grease etc. and also softens up other dirt. It needs to be cleaned with soap or other cleaner since itself is a little oily, but it's a lot easier than removing baked dirt

I would have advised against using an abrasive like steel wool on your springs. They're blued and it protects them from corrosion. Having rubbed some of it off, now the steel is less protected. You'll need to keep an eye on it and keep them oiled. You should have just cleaned them with your machine.

Wow very good video. I like how you are methodical in your approach and solution finding. I will be checking out your other videos. Well done. Cheers

I'm so glad you made this video! Today, I will be working on the second clock I've ever tackled, and it is a Seth Thomas Ogee! I especially appreciate your reaming demonstration. Very helpful. Many thanks!

My Grandfather was a machinist thru the 40's - 50's and later in retirement he took on restoring old clocks and other antiques. He had a workshop in his basement where he did all that stuff. We still have some old clocks from then. Unfortunately those 2 clocks are just falling apart. They got moved from the west coast to Florida 30 years ago and the changes in temperature and humidity has all but destroyed them. It's to bad too because they are... well.. were pretty nice. Anyway: he had small lathes and other tools related to machining small parts for that stuff. He did the wood work and all that too. Your doing some nice work sir. Thanks.

I really enjoyed the different aspects of restoration you used. The mechanical, the woodworking, the duck bath! I will be back for more...

Oh yea great job

Thanksgiving Eve ..11/24. Seth thomas also change minute hour hand S -T Initials main 1870s not sure .my case Needs work clock works good.pick up a winsted clock good shape.there was an advertising sticker on glass..probably extremely little use.left sticker on.

Looking forward to watching this later this evening. I have several "Ogee" clocks amoungst my modest collection of these 19th century Connecticut clocks. Thank you for putting this together!

I have to make sure but I believe that I have that same clock from my great grandmother's house. I have 2 old clocks that both need a restoration performed.

Do the pre-cleaning with kerosene before the ultra sound! Rinse with alcohol after to get rid of any water. residue.

Well done sir!

Hi, nice video and well done. Just some comments: One job to restaurant old stuff is to eliminate the previous unprofessional attempts to fix it. The old steel pins look like nails. Tapered brass pins are more appropriate for that. The bearing fit is way to loose.

A very nice restoration. Your narration was also excellent; very informative at a good pace with pauses here and then. I'm looking forward to future videos as well as your previous catalogue.

These clocks were a common present brought to Sweden by emigrants returning to visit their relatives in "the old country". One can find them in yardsales and auctions in Sweden and Norway. They are called "Amerikaklockor" (American clocks). People were very proud of them and the husband was the only one who were allowed to wind them.

I wish you had given us a shot of the whole clock when it was done.

Excellent video. Well done. I live in western Connecticut and drive through Thomaston now and then. The old brick factory is still there, although the clock in the video probably pre-dates it. I will look at that old factory building with different eyes now. Thank you.

3:00 My guess is that this is the original dial since all the dimensions and the holes fit perfectly but that it probably was repainted at some point. To verify that I'd look at the back and, from what I can tell, at 3:18 you can see both older paint in the background below the new coat of paint. I would assume that most of the old paint on the front of the dial would have been sanded off but you could always check for surface anomalies with a magnifying glass just in case it wasn't.

38:22 Could it be that someone had re-varnished the case at some point with a brush? In which case it is either varnish or shellac. Did you check whether the old veneer was covered with shellac or varnish? It might be that the original finish was shellac but subsequent layers of both varnish and shellac were applied. So what is on the glass might be a mixture. Btw I think shellac was used for attaching glass bulbs to their bases (although I might have gotten this completely wrong) in which case shellac would have made for a really strong glue to use on glass.

nicely done!

Thank you so much

I was hoping you would replace the clipped nails that held the movement together. They didnt belong there. Normally they would use tapered brass pins for that. Otherwise great work ❤

Thank you for the demonstration and explaining your process.

Lovely restoration, and plus the knowledge you have in these watches.

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The brass parts have begun to blue. This is due to heat. You might want to lower the heat a bit to keep this from happening. Those pins that hold the movement together looked like old nails. They should be tapered brass pins.

The main spring problem with getting the arbor in, the spring is set which robbs the amount of time the clock will run on fully winding, for example, a 30 hour clock would only run 29 hours

My settings on the ultrasonic is 35 C for 10 minutes and another 5 min. if needed to prevent any discoloring of the brass.

Excellent job and video!!

Very enjoyable!

Is that an app you use to get the timing of the clock, or is it an actual machine? You didn't have it listed so I thought I'd ask, nice job though, thank you for taking your time and getting all the details discussed.

This was really pleasant video to watch and listen to.

Original dial plate, repainted by hand.

That was really good that.

When matching veneer shape, try using a piece of painters tape over it, rub it with a pencil, it will transfer the shape on to the tape. I learned that from an antique restorer

Beautifully done .cheers mate from Australia 🇦🇺

In the future you may want to try to save as much of the original veneer as possible to use in the really small areas, such as the miter point just to the side of your repair. The repair will be absolutely invisible and true to the original. Most items of this age would have been glued with hide glue. That is easily loosened with a little heat and moisture. Consider using hide glue on your veneer repairs since it is reversable. You don't have to use the flaked stuff there are commercial liquid hide glues available. Painters tape can make a good template for your repair area by rubbing the edges to create a crease, then transfer the tape to the new veneer and cut.

Nice sympathetic restoration, just repairing obvious damage and bringing back functionality. We'll done. Should give many years of service again.

Hello, Sir - I have a type of Seth Thomas with the day and date faces that Lincoln had in the White House. (Also featured in 'Seven Days in May') It has an 1876 patent date and and has worked alright but needs veneer repair and a general tune-up. What would be the ballpark cost to rehab it, etc.?

I'm delighted that you calculate the ideal beats per minute from the tooth and pinion counts - I've hardly seen any TH-cam clock repairer do that, and I feel it saves a lot of time regulating the clock when everything is back together. Thanks for this video

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Very interesting thankyou

Great job on the clock! I have yet to find an app that will test the calibration of a clock. All the apps are for mechanical watches......

Thanks!

Thanks!

The dial is original, but it's been very poorly repainted. Your information on the date is correct. Around 1865 is when they changed the labels to Thomaston, but I assume they still had a lot of existing plates which were already stamped with Plymouth Hollow on them, so it likely took a year or two to get rid of all the old stock.

I watched the whole video twice and learned a lot from your rescue and rebuild of this 1860's OG. She ticks and strikes again thanks to your efforts. Well done.

That was a beautiful restoration. It does look like to me that the face plate was "restored" at some point, but it still looks old and works perfectly with the clock.

Try elma red 1:9, in the ultrasonic, and brakecleaner on the pivotholes, then displace water with IPA, the brass looks like new and totally cleaned , nice work youre doing 😃👍🏻and yes i have evolved from gasoline in a bucket 😂 it was afterall too good to be true 😢