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You usually disassemble clocks and clean the plates, wheels excreta in an ammonia biased cleaner. Old simple clocks are a lot easier to do then complicated three train clocks. After cleaning and reassembly you oil them of course, then they can be oiled every few years but will eventually need to be properly cleaned again at some point. What he is doing is ok but is more of a band aid. It's like putting oil in your car; the most important thing is you don't run the car low or out of oil. There are not many people who could take that movement apart and get it back together correctly, so there is that too. A mans got to know his limitations. Good luck!
Help! After sonic cleaning the movement while together and then rinsed in baking soda then hot water, how do I oil the movement to keep from rusting? Thank you.
Jan 14, 2024 I've watched your video on grandfather clock mechanism cleaning (along with a host of other RU-vid videos on the subject). Today, I took the movement (which I had earlier removed from the clock) and cleaned and oiled it. I took my time and the work progressed without a hitch. Upon completion, I reinstalled the movement, face, weights, and pendulum. The clock now chimes all three tunes, gongs and accurately keeps time without any problems. Most of my time spent on this project involved watching RU-vid videos and taking notes on the subject before I started anything else. The cleaning and oiling work really is very straight forward. Oh, and I did find using toothpicks would work but the force required to clean old oil out of the pivot holes caused the toothpicks to splinter or break. Toothpick wood seems to be too soft for this work. A sharpened, small-diameter wood dowel with small pieces of old T-shirt worked great for me doing this cleaning work. My clock is a 1982 Ridgeway Grandfather 3-chime, 3-weight, chain-driven Clock with a Urgos UW 32 570 D movement. My clock movement uses a single 6.2-pound weight along with two (2) 4.6-pound weights and a 35" long pendulum with 6.5" dia. bob. I've taken the movement out of the clock case to clean and oil it with the intent of restoring the gong and chime functions. The process of removing the movement from your clock case is straight forward and uses tapered pins to hold the clock face to the movement. Thank you for the straightforward, nicely shot video (great lighting, angles and audio) on clock cleaning and oiling.
This video is absolutely amazing and I love all the little stories included. It's too bad RU-vid does not promote and push videos like this further and help the creators more
Thanks great video! I have a Herschede model 294 that is not chiming (unless I give the chime train gear a little push). Boulgt a replair manual ad is sounds liek I need to clean and oil. Your video helped me feel better about all of it. :)
I have one that I got from my grandparents after they passed away. where the weights hang from the right side I can't get back down do. do I take the clock motor out to get chain back down or is there easier way to get chain back down. I can get it to go on the other side when ai make it coockoo.
My hands work fine till they get to just before the hour and then it will no longer move. I have tried adjusting the hands, and making sure the clock is level.
Seems to me that opening the right side door and depressing the strike actuator bar would be a heck of a lot easier and faster. That's how I solve this issue. All rear count wheel cuckoo clocks with side doors can be reset this way.
Hi David, I have a Dutch Stool Clock. It has been running fine since I've set it up in my home three years ago. For the first time ever I neglected to pull the weights up, the weights went all the way down, touching the floor. Since then I hear no warning, nor does it chime at all. Please what would you advise? I have worked on it on my own before, but I am stumped this time.
