Check, Service & Minor Repair of a 1930s Garrard English Mantel Clock. Someone's been Fiddling!! 

Ah yes Rolf, I thought it looked familiar! Thanks mate 😊👍

Yep, correct Dave! I didn't know there was sound quality reasons but I guess that makes sense! 👍😊

Haha, most farmers are good at twitching fencing wire Geoff! 🤣

That's fantastic John, I love a good news clock story! 👏😀

Thanks Glen! 😊👍

Thanks Campbell! I'm sure you can do it! 👍😊

Thanks Les! It is such a shame that these old mechanical marvels aren't appreciated so much anymore!

Haha, your standards have always been too high Dave! 😆 Four minutes a day can certainly be improved upon - I think I meant (in the video) that it was 'not bad' without any initial adjustment. However pendulum clocks will always vary a bit with change in temperature and humidity so four minutes a week is almost unachievable. Sleep well mate! 😊

I've had a few old clocks through the shop Dean where people have replaced the movement with a quartz one. A fairly common hack.

Haha, yep should have thought of that! 🤣 Thanks Alex 👍

It's not too late Martin, it is still ticking away in my workshop! 😁

You might consider looking up Garrard of Regent St, the royal jeweller. The staff antiquarian horologist from the 1980s was a lovely chap by the name of Douglas Belton. I believe that he's still alive for what it's worth. Nice video, thanks!

Thanks Geo! Good luck with your repair jobs! 👍😊

Yes I have a few English electric clocks here try and restore at some stage! Thanks for watching

Many thanks Dazz! 😃👍

Yes, the quality of workmanship always amazes me on these old things - it really shows pride in their work! 👍😀

Excellent, that's great work mate! I would do the same if I didn't have three lifetimes worth of projects ahead of me here already! 🤪

Where are you located and do you fix a mantel clock for me.

They are not scary after awhile Christine! 😊

Thanks Cynthia 😊

Thanks Uncle Jack! Clocks are always enjoyable to bring back to life! 😊

Ok cool - I'll check that out! Thanks mate 😊👍

Only on a countwheel strike. The rack strike used in this movement is fixed in position and has to be set up as the hands are put on. Once set up, it can't go out of sequence.

Thanks Longship 😊

I forget the app I used Davo, but I didn't pay for it!

@@TheUltimateRecycler I put my level on the shelf Two pieces of card .040” under one end seems to have done the trick. Only time will tell 🤠

@@DavoShed It's trial and error to some degree as the beat of a clock can be adjusted independently to the actual level. Therefore if you have a crooked mantlepiece, you can adjust the beat so that it runs perfectly without being chocked at one end. So a level isn't really necessary!

It constantly amazes me what people were able to do with old style tools back then - let alone the clever people who actually came up with the mechanical ideas!

It's fairly easy to do, on some clocks you will have an adjustment screw or thumbwheel, to make the pendulum longer or shorter, the longer it is, the slower it will run and vice versa. That clock could be trimmed a little closer but it could take a week to do it! Having to check the time over day and making the very small adjustments necessary. These types of clock will always vary due to temperature, on a hot day the pendulum will expand slowing the clock down and on a cold day it will speed up! 🤣🤣 This is quite normal on this kind of clock, Back in the day, people had to regularly ajust their clocks and watches usually from a radio time check, church hour bell or just a friend who had updated their watch just recently, it seems crazy now but that's how it was, unless you had a very expensive time peace. On the larger more expensive pendulum clocks they counteracted the expansion and contraction by using multiple spokes, where the spokes would work against each other to keep the pendulum at a constant length. On good quality watches, which is even more difficult to keep regulated, high precision gear's, (cogs) springs were used, the gear's under stress were sat in Ruby bearings. Back in the day, some people would brag about how many jewels they had in their watch. 🤣😂🤣 Hope this helps Regards from a crazy old English man.

Yes, Graham the pendulum can be adjusted as explained by the crazy old English man!! 🤣 Thanks Les! 👍😊

@@TheUltimateRecycler 🤣🤣🤣

@@TheUltimateRecycler lol. I glad U didn't call me the crazy one. Mayb next time

Yes Rick, at least nothing too drastic was done and the parts were put back in the clock!

Thanks Mark! 👍😊

Thanks Mark. There may be other good apps out there - I haven't looked for awhile!

Yes Gary, to do a proper & full service that would be required 👍

It's a bit hard to tell without seeing it in person Grace, but it's possible the pallet needs some sort of adjustment or the pendulum has some limited swing movement issue. It sounds like the rest of the movement is ok.

I think it was called 'clock tuner'. I haven't used it for ages!

The clock?

Yes

No, sorry - it's not mine!