Great job in making this and letting people know that you can use one without breaking into the bank account to have to buy a let down key. All the tools can be expensive to someone who is just beginning clock repair so showing them that you dont have to buy all the tools is helping them out. Plus if they spend all that money and then decide that they dont want to work on clocks for a living then they just wasted a lot of money. With your shop tools you did a safer job that what I did with my video. Helps to have the right tools.
@munnerlyn3, sure helps to have the right tools but they are sitting idle at the moment while I recover from tendonitis surgery. I wont be making anymore furnature, cutting boards or doing spoon carving for a few months yet, more's the pity.
When I started out, I just used the key and many times I almost lost my fingers or at least my fingers were numb for a while, lol. Not funny at the time though. Great job on a cheap dyi.
@justmike57, I know the pain, I was caught out a couple of times in the early days with a spinning windup key. It didn't take long before I found $20 for a letdown tool from Timesavers.
So ok i now know how to make the tool but i was waiting for how you use it ?you wound up a spring that was already out of the clock how do i unwind a spring thats still connected to the clock?
@@ScottiesClockWorld ok thanks scott ive been given a smiths mantle clock with chimes.mate said it was over wound didn't have a clue and tried to take it apart but it exploded on him its in pieces now all the parts look ok just needs putting back together so i thought id give it a go.i was worried about the main springs still having power.regards carl from uk
@@leath25, Hi Carl, is this the first clock you have worked on? Send me a couple of pics to clockandelectronicschannel at gmail dot com and I;ll have a look at it.
