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Thanks Bob. Appreciated. Glad it was of use... dont forget to check out my other channels on clock repair ReadRepairs and how to repair pendulum clocks. Yours, Matthew

Hi. Thanks for your feedback. I havent re-watched the whole thing yet. From what I see I show the escape wheel to intermediate wheel centre distance as an example of centre distance (11.54). When I show the drawing, I hope I make it clear that the centre distance we are interested in here its the escape wheel to pallet arbor? (12.58) Apologies if this isnt clear! M

Thanks Richard. Not sure whether you saw my other channels, How to repair pendulum clocks and READ Repairs? M

Thank you! Appreciated!

A good point! Thank you.

Дякую тобі! Dyakuyu tobi!

Thanks Mark, appreciated.

Thank you! Glad it was useful! Matthew

Thanks Doug for your kind feedback. I'm glad you found the series of use. The Club was a lock-down initiative so it only ran for a year. I dont know whether you have found out other to clock repair related TH-cam channels? READ Repairs and How to repair pendulum clocks... (links below). You may find them of use too. If you have any questions, please shout. Good luck too with your clock repair progress. Matthew. th-cam.com/channels/QAVLubQcXt3QbzlchD0Wkw.html. th-cam.com/channels/q25FhgQkNLeNJOBcw9BOlA.html

Дякуємо за ваш відгук.

@@openclockclubarchive325 це дуже гарно те ,що ви робите

Skvělý! děkujeme za vaši milou zpětnou vazbu. Doufám, že obsah povzbudí vašeho vnuka. Matthew

Eu tentei fazer esse dias e me deparei com essa dificuldade de fazer espaçador de tempo e questão de ir regulando até ficar bom o melhor para aprender tem que fazer..

Yes! Good question. A lifetime exclusion and alienation from certain members of a certain institution who 'believe' there is a right and wrong name for things. The reality (my version of reality) is the thing often called a third wheel is not in-fact the third wheel in the train so that may be confusing for beginners. Calling it the third wheel reinforces (for some people) the idea they are cognoscenti, in a special club where those in the know, know, and those that dont should be made to suffer. For me, I'd rather call it the upper intermediate wheel, seems a more logical and easy to understand name for beginners and 'outsiders'. M

Hi @Yobbaray. Apologies for not giving a link to the mysterious book. Here is the link. At the moment it is only available on the Kindle reader as the first edition of hard copy sold out. www.amazon.co.uk/repair-pendulum-clocks-Getting-started-ebook/dp/B08NYWVC7Z We are re-printing later this summer so please keep an eye on our website for updates! Thanks for asking, Matthew www.howtorepairpendulumclocks.co.uk

@@openclockclubarchive325Perfect - thanks!

Glad it was of use. M

Thanks for the feedback. Glad it was of use! M

Thank you for the kind feedback. Glad the video was of use. Matthew

Thanks for the kind feedback and good luck with the clock. Matthew

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@@openclockclubarchive325 Thanks!

Heureux que vous les ayez trouvés utiles et merci de vous être abonné.

Hmmm, interesting. I had a similar experience a couple of weeks ago. Imn my case it turned out the suspension spring was moving in the back cock slot making a double ticking noise. The movement was barely perceptible I put a small amount of heavyish oil on it and the sound disappeared. Did you put oil where the crutch impulses the pendulum rod? Also, check the backs of the pallets are not glancing the escape wheel teeth. To check, increase the centre distance between the escape wheel Arbor and the pallets ever so slightly. If the clock has one of those relatively lightweight pendulum bobs, check it is not moving on the rod. Hope this helps

@@readrepairs thanks. I need to do a complete disassembly to clean inspect anyway but its good to know what to look for ahead of time. You might be on to something.

Hi Adrian. Thanks for your feedback. Have a delve into these links below. We also run a Facebook group. Yours Matthew

@@openclockclubarchive325 Thank you very much, Matthew. I do appreciate your speedy response. Best wishes, Adrian

Yes! Most eighteenth and nineteenth century collets are soft soldered to their arbors so do not heat otherwise they will never be concentric again. Only in the machine/mass manufacture era are they pressed onto their arbors.

You have to make it I'm afraid. Here's a video showing you how. th-cam.com/video/RltAkur-QaY/w-d-xo.html

Thank you

Thank you! As always, positive feedback appreciated. M

A good point! Thank you for reminding me. Matthew

Hi Lowell. if you were to plot the torque output from an unwinding spring, you would have something akin to a stretched-out S shape with a reasonably straight bit in the middle an curved ends. In a clock with positive escapement error like an anchor escapement, the clock will run faster with more torque and vice versa. The point of the mainspring set-up and the stop work is is effectively to cut off the ends of the S shaped torque curve so you only have the middle bit. Even so, the fusee and spring torque curve are never perfectly matched so you can fine-tune the arrangement will less or more set up. lets say the clock keeps good time for 6 days then in the 7th starts to loose time, you need to move the used part of the spring 'up' a bit and you do this by increasing the set-up. Conversely, if the clock gains in the first day or so then settles into a relative losing rate, you need to decrease set-up to use less of the top end of the spring curve. Hope that makes sense. an electric timing device is useful for this but you can put timekeeping manually over a week, make an adjustment and see if that helps. The clock I worked on I never gotten round to changing it so it runs fine and loses at the end of the week. I just wind it more often! M

I wonder how much setup you can apply before you run out of spring to wind at the end winding the clock? Meaning that you don't get all of the chain on the fusee because the spring is already tight, or fully wound.

How is the friction between the pallets and the crutch (leader) achieved at the moment? Happy to help. You might like to join our Facebook group (How to repair pendulum clocks) where you can post images and loads of people to help.

Yes. It is such a common issue. For optimal operation, the pendulum assembly 'must' hang vertically and swing in a 'clean' arc. Glad this was of use. M

Great! I think we did a session on French clocks? if you are new to clock repair, go easy with those clocks, the pivots (bearings) are quite fragile. Check out the other channel too How to repair pendulum clocks. M

@@openclockclubarchive325 thanks. Yes the pivots look very small. I have good mechanical knowledge as i come from a family of mechanics but i am actually a joiner carpenter and furniture maker these days only fixing m own vehicle and my motorcycles. I have always been fascinated by mechanical clocks but never owned one. My grandfather had many and we where allowed to wind them and adjust them. I have 4 slate/marble clocks now to look at. I will be taking my time and doing as much research as possible. The good thing is they do not seam to be very valuable and have been in a cupboard for many years. I have made a spring winder and im also going to make a depthing tool. I do however need a lathe and other tools yet. The first clock im doing appears to just need stripping and cleaning. It has a very nice perfectly working barometer in the bottom, the movement is by Gay Vicarino & co and i will be keeping this clock.

@@seanwilson471 Hi Sean. Sounds like these clocks are in good hands. Good luck with your projects and if you have any queries, we have a How to repair pendulum clocks Facebook group! Yours Matthew

Hi Dave. Thanks for your comment. I've been repairing clocks for just over twenty years plus 15 years before that as an amateur interest allied to another job/business. When you say back to centre, how do you determine that that centre is? Do you mean centre distance? Thanks, Matthew P.S. do you have a website or TH-cam channel I can check out? Always much to learn. M

Hi Dave. Just following-up on your feedback. Can you share more of your technique please? If you have a channel I can share with our 1500 Facebook members? Many thanks, Matthew

Thank you! Good luck with your recovery! Matthew

I'll try that

Glad it was useful

@@openclockclubarchive325 Today I finished the escape wheel using the exact methods you have mentioned. The clock actually works now!!! I was really quite proud of myself as this was the first grown up clock repair I've ever done. Thank you for all your uploads, they are much appreciated. Although I've never been around to watch the live events, I have watched every single episode on TH-cam and sometimes go back to refer to them. Johnny

@@treetopspider Great news! Thanks for the feedback. Upwards and onwards!