How to put a clock movement back together. In this video Chris demonstrates how he assembles a clock movement in a simple and effective manner. Clock repair basics Click repair for beginners
Thanks Chris. I successfully bent another pivot and your method of putting the movement back together looks to be what I need to be doing. Your acknowledgement of your teacher, Fred Bartholomew, is commendable.
Thanks for another good video, Chris. You are a good teacher. I find re-assembly quite frustrating. You just about have one lever or arbor in, and another pops out! This hobby is meant to teach one to be more patient!
I just put my first clock movement together and it would have been great to have discovered this video before I did the assembly, but I will definitely use your technique next time. Thanks Chris.
Bless you and RU-vid! I have been wracking my brains to work out how to do this and had not quite worked it out yet. Mine is a German chiming clock. What is the best way to clean the wheels? Can use detergent or turpentine? I do not have an ultrasonic cleaner. Thanks.
Thanks so much for the great video. It's very helpful. Just found a F. Kroeber 8 Day, pendulum, mantle clock that is not functioning. Looks great on the outside but has issues inside. Reviewing videos to understand how to properly access the inside and remove the delicate internal parts to clean and lubricate properly.
Just found your video in time to steer me in the right direction with assmbly. I have been staring at my spindles all balanced in their positions but too scared to move them Thanks Chris
Very helpful video, it's a shame that when i opened the clock, the springs when nuts, now it doesn't even work 😢, what is the model of this mechanism, i need to find more info on how to fix it, thank you
Hi Chris how can you remember where to put all of the wheels on a chimeing clock that plays the Westminster chime back in all of the holes on a chiming clock please and to replace a clock suspension spring to change it for a broken one too a new one please.😮
I have some knowledge of pocket watches and I got a clock like to this one . When disassembling all the gears came out unexpectedly . This will give Me some idea on how to reassemble it . I did notice the fly on this one is different from mine it`s older . Thank You for sharing .
I enjoy working on clocks and have done things like changed out electronic movements, replace hands, and other things. But what I would really like to learn is repairing mechanical clock movements on Grandfather clocks. Can you recommend a course, video series, or somethings else that would help? Thank you.
Thank you Chris for your efforts, i have kienzle piece striking westminster, but has a proplem that it chime the 1,2,3 Quarter bit at the 4th quarter it diesnt chime neither hours or the full 16 strikes could u have any advice
Yes. You should watch my video on rack and snail. Although, it is not the same movement as yours, the concept is the same. It sounds like your problem is with the 4-4 wheel being in the wrong position. If that video doesn’t help, send me an email and I’ll make a sketch for you. Chrisclockrepair@gmail.com
Ok. Looks doable. I have a Junghans W277, which I am planning to make a dial and case for (I am more of a woodworker than a watchmaker). I also want to keep the centre of the dial open so the movement is visible, but then I think I should file out the front plate a little bit to get the gears more visible (I have equipment to do this relatively properly to the point it looks professional, and there's no risk of bending the plate.) My only concern is if I will be able to put the thing back together again. Because filing out the plate will probably take a couple of days, and I am afraid I will forget the order to place in the parts. What is your opinion on the matter?
Well hopefully this helps. I found a clock today for $2.99 and it could be quite nice. Someone has taken the works completely apart, and I figured out about half of it so far but I'm a little bit at a loss with the smaller gears. It also has five hammers so I'm interested in hearing what it's going to do if I ever get it put back together. It would have helped if I had seen it together and not just a pile of parts. 😁 I've always fiddled around with clocks but I've never assembled one from scratch. I've always been able to see what's not working correctly.
Hi Chris, restoring a 1850's tall case clock. Can you make/refit a newer) movement to fit the antique clock face? I can send a drawing of the face and winding and hands openings. I'm a woodworker so I can mount it and adjust inside the case, but I don't have your skills re: movements. I've had it to clock repair, and movement stops between 2 days and 2 minutes. Clock AND movement are leveled. Thanks!
Thank you sir. I got the similar movement in parts. Easy to put together. But not so easy to adjust two wheel stop pins in the right way. How the stop pins should be related to each other and to the shime lever?
I have junghans b13 mechanism, you don't happen to have a diagram or picture, so I can rebuild it? Unfortunately the mechanism came to me in bits. It was my grandfather's clock and hasn't worked for some time. When he died, my mother was just going to throw clock away, so I took it, to see if I could maybe put it together. I found what the original problem was, the right mainspring had snapped, right at the end near the hole. So I've made a new hole and started assembling, but I'm stuck on the smaller cogs
Hi, i have a Franz Hemle 341-021A wall clock and with the chimer on it randomly stops at 6.30, but if i turn off the chimer its fine any idea what it could be please ?
Yes, but you are not entirely out of the woods. You still need to take it partially apart if the strike side warning wheel is in the wrong position or if the paddle is stuck on a star point.
@@howarddehart8226 Thats going to very depending on the type of movement you are assembling. This video was to demonstrate simply how to put the gears back in without bending any pivots. For a striking movement like this one, you will need the warning pin to be a little before the stopping lever when the strike paddle is in the center of two star points on the star wheel. So that when the clock finishes striking, there is “run” before the paddle lifts or it may not have enough power to lift Nd the strike will stop. Hope that is clear. If it is a rack and snail movement, the warning wheel should be at top dead center. For a countwheel movement it will be right before the stopping wire.
I take the gathering pallet off using a puller when taking the movement apart so that problem doesn't arrise. So when the gathering pallet goes back on it can be ajusted on the end of its arbor so the warning wheel pin is in the correct position compared to the gathering pallet, and the strike lever paddle is between the star wheel.
Thats an awkard way of doing it. i put it on legs then on a box at eye level and not on its end, when sitting down.Then tease the pivots into the holes. After the barrels are located I start with the time side workng to the top of the plate then put the top nut on. I then work with the strike side teasing the pivots in, sometimes using a pivot locater check that they are located in the bushing holes, then put the left nut on.
I sent you my clock to be repaired. It was returned, after a long wait, in a condition which can only be described as having been dropped. You do not return my calls.
I only watched about 2 minutes of this. What is the point of holding the plates with all the gears when you are touching the plates with an unprotected hand. You should have both hands protected to prevent oils from your skin causing contamination to the clock parts.
Another idiotic comment from a know-nothing whose own channel has NOTHING posted and is so new it's obviously been created only to make derogatory comments on other peoples' channels. Chris, pay no attention to morons such as this. "Stanley knife" is a typical adolescent troll who has nothing to add to the RU-vid community but negative comments. "Only watched about 2 minutes of this", but thinks that makes him a critic with any credibility. What a clown.
