backhoeboogie
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There was a Daneker clock ("Senator" model) advertised on Facebook. $200 Supposedly in working order but needed put back together.
I still got that 1-800-sucker tattoo on my head I think. I bought the clock.
3 days of work, another $60 worth of parts, and it runs. Runs good.
The suspension spring was broken so I made a trip to Fort Worth to Weatherly Clockworks. Met Steve Weatherly. He gave me tons of pointers and I listened. Thank goodness I listened. All the things that "might" need adjustment needed adjustment.
I put the new suspension spring in without putting the pendulum linkage on first. Big mistake. I had to assemble the linkage and reinstall it. If not for my wife's third hand, I'd have never made it. My hands are simply too big to get in there. It started working but without the pendulum it only took about 10 minutes to tick off an hour. But it worked!! Several times I had considered the case as potential kindling this winter after my sledge hammer worked it over. I simply had to walk away from the clock a dozen or so times to keep from banding it in my frustration.
I began the adjustments with the pendulum attached and eventually it worked. Now I have been adjusting time and as of this a.m. I am 1 1/2 seconds slow on the hour. I am elated.
Who would have ever thought I would be so happy simply to hear "Tick tock?"
I found safety pins down in the gears. The face had been removed and the keepers were apparently lost. Someone had used safety pins to hold the face on. They were too big so they just put the points into the studs. I could not find small enough cotter pins anywhere in town. So I bought the lifetime supply kit from TSC and turned the smallest ones down on a grinder. They work.
I cleaned and cleaned. Replaced the upper door seal that was cracked and broken.
It is now complete. I learned and whole lot.
This will be a Christmas present for my eldest daughter.
I still got that 1-800-sucker tattoo on my head I think. I bought the clock.
3 days of work, another $60 worth of parts, and it runs. Runs good.
The suspension spring was broken so I made a trip to Fort Worth to Weatherly Clockworks. Met Steve Weatherly. He gave me tons of pointers and I listened. Thank goodness I listened. All the things that "might" need adjustment needed adjustment.
I put the new suspension spring in without putting the pendulum linkage on first. Big mistake. I had to assemble the linkage and reinstall it. If not for my wife's third hand, I'd have never made it. My hands are simply too big to get in there. It started working but without the pendulum it only took about 10 minutes to tick off an hour. But it worked!! Several times I had considered the case as potential kindling this winter after my sledge hammer worked it over. I simply had to walk away from the clock a dozen or so times to keep from banding it in my frustration.
I began the adjustments with the pendulum attached and eventually it worked. Now I have been adjusting time and as of this a.m. I am 1 1/2 seconds slow on the hour. I am elated.
Who would have ever thought I would be so happy simply to hear "Tick tock?"
I found safety pins down in the gears. The face had been removed and the keepers were apparently lost. Someone had used safety pins to hold the face on. They were too big so they just put the points into the studs. I could not find small enough cotter pins anywhere in town. So I bought the lifetime supply kit from TSC and turned the smallest ones down on a grinder. They work.
I cleaned and cleaned. Replaced the upper door seal that was cracked and broken.
It is now complete. I learned and whole lot.
This will be a Christmas present for my eldest daughter.
