The basic setup and use of a typical "rattle" alarm as found on American mantel clocks.
Improve your skills by learning how to breathe during difficult clockmaking tasks.
3. Burnishing
To burnish or not to burnish? Herein lies an advanced method of pivot restoration.
There are many uses for CAD in clockmaking...these are just a few.
A simple method for finding and checking lift angles on a half-deadbeat anchor.
Don't throw away that damaged escape wheel...restore it!
Basic pendulum theory is used to derive a formula for finding French clock beat rates.
Ever had the feeling you were forgetting something?
9. In the Can
How to service a Telechron B rotor.
10. Levers
An in-depth discussion of the strike levers of American mantel clocks.
The basics of cleaning and adjusting a platform as commonly found on carriage clocks.
A step-by-step description of the restoration of a Waterbury floor regulator #61. Includes care and maintenance instructions. (By Andrew E. LaBounty)
13. What is it?
Identifying a strange lever found on a Seth Thomas "hip" style movement.
Bob Whiteman does a quick evaluation of surface finish of pivots
Bob Whiteman takes a look at two pivots, serviced with differing techniques, under a Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) in this followup article to "A Quick Evaluation of Surface Finish of Pivots".
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