http://jornadaspsicologianortegrande.com/longcase-grandfather-clocks/clock-take-away-for-a-service Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Mantle Clocks Sat, 08 May 2010 22:03:59 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://jornadaspsicologianortegrande.com/longcase-grandfather-clocks/clock-take-away-for-a-service/comment-page-1#comment-1007 dnicholsoncole Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:25:18 +0000 http://jornadaspsicologianortegrande.com/longcase-grandfather-clocks/clock-take-away-for-a-service#comment-1007 <b>Yes. from Ruabon in ...</b> <br> Yes. from Ruabon in Wales... its still away.. the whole clock. the works are being cleaned, and the wood part is being worked over by a specialist too.. Yes. from Ruabon in …
Yes. from Ruabon in Wales… its still away.. the whole clock. the works are being cleaned, and the wood part is being worked over by a specialist too..

]]> http://jornadaspsicologianortegrande.com/longcase-grandfather-clocks/clock-take-away-for-a-service/comment-page-1#comment-1008 msaxmatt3 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:25:18 +0000 http://jornadaspsicologianortegrande.com/longcase-grandfather-clocks/clock-take-away-for-a-service#comment-1008 <b>that is a welsh ...</b> <br> that is a welsh clock? that is a welsh …
that is a welsh clock?

]]> http://jornadaspsicologianortegrande.com/longcase-grandfather-clocks/clock-take-away-for-a-service/comment-page-1#comment-1009 dnicholsoncole Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:25:18 +0000 http://jornadaspsicologianortegrande.com/longcase-grandfather-clocks/clock-take-away-for-a-service#comment-1009 <b>The problem is that ...</b> <br> The problem is that the dust becomes a sort of grinding paste if you just oil the mechanism without fully cleaning it. Its worked for over 200 years, but we have no memory of when it was last fully serviced. We will leave a laminated card stuck to the inside with this year's date so that people will know in 50yrs time if its due for another service. The problem is that …
The problem is that the dust becomes a sort of grinding paste if you just oil the mechanism without fully cleaning it. Its worked for over 200 years, but we have no memory of when it was last fully serviced. We will leave a laminated card stuck to the inside with this year’s date so that people will know in 50yrs time if its due for another service.

]]> http://jornadaspsicologianortegrande.com/longcase-grandfather-clocks/clock-take-away-for-a-service/comment-page-1#comment-1010 bsulli85 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:25:18 +0000 http://jornadaspsicologianortegrande.com/longcase-grandfather-clocks/clock-take-away-for-a-service#comment-1010 <b>Great clock. Did he ...</b> <br> Great clock. Did he fix it yet? What did the clock need, i'm assuming just a good cleaning and oil. I'm hoping to find my own like this someday. Great clock. Did he …
Great clock. Did he fix it yet? What did the clock need, i’m assuming just a good cleaning and oil. I’m hoping to find my own like this someday.

]]> http://jornadaspsicologianortegrande.com/longcase-grandfather-clocks/clock-take-away-for-a-service/comment-page-1#comment-1011 dnicholsoncole Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:25:18 +0000 http://jornadaspsicologianortegrande.com/longcase-grandfather-clocks/clock-take-away-for-a-service#comment-1011 <b>I chose it because ...</b> <br> I chose it because the music is 18th century, and so is the Clock. although i have it still in iMovie, it doesnt tell the name (from my itunes library) so i am ashamed to say, i cant re-identify it. Vivaldi perhaps. I chose it because …
I chose it because the music is 18th century, and so is the Clock. although i have it still in iMovie, it doesnt tell the name (from my itunes library) so i am ashamed to say, i cant re-identify it. Vivaldi perhaps.

]]> http://jornadaspsicologianortegrande.com/longcase-grandfather-clocks/clock-take-away-for-a-service/comment-page-1#comment-1001 PopeMarmalade3rd Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:25:17 +0000 http://jornadaspsicologianortegrande.com/longcase-grandfather-clocks/clock-take-away-for-a-service#comment-1001 <b>You'd be surprised ...</b> <br> You'd be surprised how easily they are damaged! usually due to contributing factors such as the pallets being resurfaced with springsteel which is left burred, teeth that have been damaged before by mishandling, lack of banking pins, or even just poor casting of the brass in the manufacture, it is a good idea to treat them with the same respect as a vienna regulator, I restore one every 3 weeks and the amount of time I spend undoing other peoples botching is truely unbelieveable. You’d be surprised …
You’d be surprised how easily they are damaged! usually due to contributing factors such as the pallets being resurfaced with springsteel which is left burred, teeth that have been damaged before by mishandling, lack of banking pins, or even just poor casting of the brass in the manufacture, it is a good idea to treat them with the same respect as a vienna regulator, I restore one every 3 weeks and the amount of time I spend undoing other peoples botching is truely unbelieveable.

]]> http://jornadaspsicologianortegrande.com/longcase-grandfather-clocks/clock-take-away-for-a-service/comment-page-1#comment-1002 KLOKFXR Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:25:17 +0000 http://jornadaspsicologianortegrande.com/longcase-grandfather-clocks/clock-take-away-for-a-service#comment-1002 <b>It would be very ...</b> <br> It would be very difficult to damage the escape wheel of an english bell movement. They are far from being delicate. Your rule of taking the pendulum off first however, is warranted. It would be very …
It would be very difficult to damage the escape wheel of an english bell movement. They are far from being delicate. Your rule of taking the pendulum off first however, is warranted.

]]> http://jornadaspsicologianortegrande.com/longcase-grandfather-clocks/clock-take-away-for-a-service/comment-page-1#comment-1003 PopeMarmalade3rd Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:25:17 +0000 http://jornadaspsicologianortegrande.com/longcase-grandfather-clocks/clock-take-away-for-a-service#comment-1003 <b>You can tell the " ...</b> <br> You can tell the "clock expert" that the pendulum ALWAYS comes off first before the weights and always goes on after the weights are rehung. This avoids potential damage to the escape wheel. My family have been restoring clocks since 1956. You can tell the ” …
You can tell the “clock expert” that the pendulum ALWAYS comes off first before the weights and always goes on after the weights are rehung. This avoids potential damage to the escape wheel. My family have been restoring clocks since 1956.

]]> http://jornadaspsicologianortegrande.com/longcase-grandfather-clocks/clock-take-away-for-a-service/comment-page-1#comment-1004 dnicholsoncole Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:25:17 +0000 http://jornadaspsicologianortegrande.com/longcase-grandfather-clocks/clock-take-away-for-a-service#comment-1004 <b>We are having the ...</b> <br> We are having the window in the room enlarged (not enough daylight from the south direction) so it would be wrong to reinstal the clock and then have builders dust from the window work. Its being stored by Martin, the clock man a bit longer. We are having the …
We are having the window in the room enlarged (not enough daylight from the south direction) so it would be wrong to reinstal the clock and then have builders dust from the window work. Its being stored by Martin, the clock man a bit longer.

]]> http://jornadaspsicologianortegrande.com/longcase-grandfather-clocks/clock-take-away-for-a-service/comment-page-1#comment-1005 msaxmatt3 Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:25:17 +0000 http://jornadaspsicologianortegrande.com/longcase-grandfather-clocks/clock-take-away-for-a-service#comment-1005 <b>let us know when ...</b> <br> let us know when the clock is back. the moon phase part of the movement had problems? let us know when …
let us know when the clock is back. the moon phase part of the movement had problems?

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