How to put a pendulum clock in beat 

I try to be as broad as possible in this video explaining how to put a pendulum in beat because: 1: Many variations exist in escapement construction. 2: Crutch designs can vary widely 3: Newer clocks allow beating setting to be easier for the user, while old clocks are generally more difficult. 4: All youtube viewers seem to labor under the impression that instructions for THEIR SPECIFIC CLOCK is available and that I know telepathically what their clock is. 5: If you're in a hurry, clock repair is not for you, but if you don't want to watch the whole video, at least watch the chapters beginning at 5:51, 10:57 and 16:06 This video is more about HOW to set the beat, rather than explicit instructions for a specific clock. And yes, I speak slowly and with pauses, if this taxes your patience, you have no business trying to attempt doing anything to a clock, leave that type of work to someone else.🙂

Listen to the beat people listen to the beat and dont worry about the other clock ticking and the music in the background.

THANK YOU!!! was able to get my grandfathers old Korean Morris clock ticking again!

Thank You, Thank YOU, THANK YOU! Such a simple adjustment but what a wonderful result. Couldn't have done it without ya!

Thank you for taking the "time". Clock movements look so delicate and intimidating to noobies like me and every time it goes out of beat by somebody moving it, it means a trip into town and a bill that gets expensive. At least this adjustment amongst the myriad levers and wheels is simple, straightforward, logical and something I can do ! Thanks again for the clear explanation !

Thank You much for this Good Lesson that makes for every-body, The Beat Adjustment very simple. Good job!

Thank you for sharing your experience. My father collected antique pendulum clocks throughout his life, he passed away before he could show me these things. Thanks again. John.

Thanks for the crash course & sharing your valuable experience. We refurbish our Seth Thomas mantel clock running for the exact time again

Your explanations were clear and easily understood. However, with the other clock(s) ticking in the background it was hard to discern the "tempo" after adjusting the crutch wire. Thanks for posting.

Thanks for the crash course...I was able to put my clock in beat and get it going thanks to your instruction on how to do it. 😀

Exactly what I was looking for. Thanks!

Thanks, this was such a great demonstration

Thank you very much, i am looking for this trick for a long time

First off.....Love the name! Oklahoma Bridges! Secondly...thanks for the vid. I have purchased an old Sessions 8 day mantle. All seemed to be in working order but it just would not continue to run. After several videos and suggestions, I was about to give up for a week before trying to dismantle and clean. I saw your video and tried your adjustment and Woala!!! Thanks for this tip and it has been running for 30 minutes now. I just hope that when I put it back in the clock that all remains the same. Fingers crossed and Thanks Again!

Great vid, learned how the clutch is set.

Good simple explanation. (Belleville washer/spring is the correct name. It is a dished spring washer to compress an assembly.)

Thank you! We got our Seth Thomas mantel clock running again.

Thank you! Very helpful in adjusting a Mantel Clock made by Plymouth/Seth Thomas Clock Co. We bought it at a yard sale for $10. We knew the local High School needed one for a prop in an an upcoming play. The clock didn’t work and we didn’t think it needed to run for the play. However I needed to see if there was anything I could do to make it run. I made it run before seeing your instructional video but knew something was wrong. I adjusted the Crutch towards the front on a hunch after visual inspection but this video was super in adjusting the rhythm. Your hand adjustments were much clearer then how you described the use of the tool. My Crutch was on the opposite side as yours from the pendulum rod, so I reversed the bend directions and that worked GREAT! (Now do I get reimbursed for the clock purchase or just loan it to them? 🤔) Thank you again!

Very helpful, thank you 👍

Wow, My best friend, Thank you for your hard work in making the video. I enjoyed the good video. Have a happy day.

Excellent stuff

Thanknyou. Finally someone explained it.

Thank-you very much. I think I learned sufficient to set the beat on my grandfather clock. Suggestion: If you ever redo this video stop the clock that you are not adjusting. I found it very difficult to track the softer beat of the clock you were adjusting.

LOVE all the detailed information about the parts and what they’re called and I will absolutely watch more of your videos. Because I got so much information out of your video and want to see you make more I would like to encourage you in doing these and possibly other types of videos but wanted to point out a couple of things that would make them even better: Your use of a pointing device is Exactly what’s needed to illustrate what you’re describing and to that end is very helpful but it’s not 100% consistent and there are some spots where you describe a part but don’t point to it and while it’s obvious to you it’s not obvious to the viewer amongst the many other parts inevitably in the shot. I must repeat some of the other comments that have said that it is difficult to discern the beat you’re talking about with all the other clocks running in the background (which don’t sound all that much in the background) and it is very difficult to discern which beat you’re talking about especially if you’re not looking directly at the screen at that moment. The music playing in the background oddly enough is actually helpful if it were the only other sound because it would give you something to put the beat against to see whether it’s going faster or slower as you adjust - it if that makes sense. I thought at first I would be distracted by the music but it was actually helpful. If you are going to make more videos, which I do hope you do, perhaps invest in a stand for your camera or phone or whatever you’re using and free both your hands to work or, if you’ve got someone who wouldn’t mind holding the camera for you… but at least get yourself a stand or a POV camera strapped to your forehead. The demonstration clocks that you have rigged up are perfect and I would be interested to see demonstrations on even more different types of clocks and obscure ones because it seems like you may have access to some of those. I find clockwork fascinating but I don’t really know anything about it and your video is extremely helpful. After watching it I was able to repair and set running in perfect time a pendulum wall clock that has been in my family for quite some time but has not run for the past few years, so thank you.

Outstanding...thank you.

nice video, thank you. next time please stop the other clocks so that only the one getting set up would be heard, it's quite confusing sometimes. anyway, thank you again, it was an useful video that will hopefully save me the bother of getting my clock to a local watchmaker for a simple setup

Really cool man thanks !

شكرا..شكرا جزيلا...فيديو رائع..لقد تعلمنا منك كثير..

Great Vid, Thanks

I have a Seth Thomas mantel clock that strikes on half hour and hour but two minutes early. Can you advise how to adjust it. It does not have a slip minute hand. The minute hand goes only in one of 4 positions and is held on with a pin through the shaft. Thanks OK...

Excellent thanks

Difficult to hear the clock "beat"of the test movement when several other clocks are running in the background.....

The anchor escapement on my Ridgeway grandfathers clock is loose on the shaft it slips and gets out of beat. Can I use a small dab of glue on it or what would be a way to make it secure on the shaft? Thanks

Great video. Thank you very much to share your knowledge. I have a question: the german type small movement that (where you put in beat moving the anchor in the clutch instead of bending the crutch) also has a way of adjusting the anchor up and down by adjusting the back cock (I this that's the correct name); in this case how do you put it in beat when you have 2 settings that must work together? Thank's in advance

I have a Ridgeway model 225, date 8/27/86, Movement CC-1161-853-114-CM. It will not stay in beat, I have found that the anchor escapement is loose on the shaft. I can rotate the anchor slightly and it will run just fine, then all of the sudden it will slip and get out of beat again. What is an easy acceptable way to secure it to the shaft? Thank you Hager Hay

I.am.thanking you to give a great idea

thanks! my problem is; the clock runs for like 3 minutes and stops....any ideas what to adjust?

When bending the crutch wire please state what is obvious to you. CC or CW rotation of the tool.

Great lesson!! thank you!!!........Tooooo many clocks operating in the background to listen to the bending process and adjustments. Maybe adjust and listen to 1 clock only.....nuthin else in the background....Thanx again!!

I have a Ridgeway model 225, date 8/27/86, Movement CC-1161-853-114-CM. It will not stay in beat, I have found that the anchor escapement is loose on the shaft. I can rotate the anchor slightly and it will run just fine, then all of the sudden it will slip and get out of beat again. What is an acceptable way to secure it to the shaft? After see your video and the discussion on the verg which I called an anchor and the clutch. The clock is over oiled might the clutch be slipping as if I move the verg it will stay in beat for an hour or so then get out of beat, and suggestions? I really like to see younger people getting interested in these things. Good job.. Thank you Hager Hay

Thanks for showing how the stem of the pendulum actually connects to the spring steel at the top of a time only Seth Thomas school house regulator. In tinkering with regulator clocks over the years, that stem sometimes disconnects while the clock is up, assembled, and running, and you can't see what connects to what. Adjusting the fob to get it to time right, , Boom! the whole pendulum assembly falls to the bottom of the clock. So, then what? I've figured iout how that all goes together thanks to this vid.

Thanks!

I have an old Seth Thomas OG clock. It has weights. I don’t believe the pendulum fob is original. What kind did they usually have?

I just oiled and greased my grandfather clock. I WAS HOPING THAT the chimes would work. The clock was working fine and then it stopped chiming. When it tries to chime it is like there is not enough momentum for it to continue. If I pull on the quarter chime weight of course it will chime. When it does actually complete a chime it is very slow. I have to take the working out of the clock again i figured I should reclean it. FOLLOWING THE VIDEOS ON UTUBE BY RHJ GOLD. Any advice?

Nice video. I wish you would have shown how to adjust the Seth Thomas clock. I replaced the Pendulum spring but now the timing id off whack. How is that done.

Hi. I've just inherited a Ansonia clock very similar to the Seth Thames you have. I've managed to get it running after its been in storage since 1970. But the chim occurs about 2 minutes early. Is there axway to adjust the chime so it happens at the o'clock. If you have FB maybe i can message via their. Thanks

It would help if you could have ONLY ONE clock ticking at any time.

The other clocks running in the background create confusion for "tick tock" detection/characterization on the clock you're adjusting. Otherwise, good video. Thanks for posting.

I just got a bulova wall clock that didnt work. Got the bell system to work and am working on the time system. The long skinny piece of plastic that holds the pendulum is broken is that plastic or some sort of spring steel? And can i make or buy it.

Great video! I have a drop dial clock over 100 years old that looks like it has been serviced in the last few years (nice and clean movement and clean oil in places where old needs to be) but it keeps stopping. I have adjusted the crutch so that it is in beat when started, but after between 2 -15 minutes it starts to go out of beat slightly and eventually stops. The escape wheel teeth all look the same, the pallets don't appear worn and nothing seems to be rubbing, and the loop around the crutch is not pinching. The longest I've had it going before stopping is 30 minutes. It is wound up and the spring looks intact. Any ideas?

hello- You are a good teacher- so....take your time! (scuse the pun) I have a question- is it possible to adjust a clock to tick tock a bit quieter? My clock is an old schoolhouse clock - wind up pendulum- keeps great time for a week on one wind.

Hi. Thanks for the video. My clock is similar to the German clock movement. The pendulum doesn’t swing and the chime mechanism is not working. Do you have a tutorial on how to break down the movement for a full repair? Many thanks!

Hi, why do my clock keep stop, it is hard to set??

My Elgin clock the pendulum works just about 10 seconds then stops what could be wrong with it?

Hi OK, I think you have repaired cuckoos. I enjoy your clock videos and always learn from them. I have a three train musical cuckoo. If I sent the movement to you, would consider doing a video of the disassembly, no bushings, and reassembly of the unit? thanks Bob

The pendulam of my scientific analog clock getting stopped.. can anyone gv me the remedy .

I have a Ridgeway model 225, date 8/27/86, Movement CC-1161-853-114-CM. It will not stay in beat, I have found that the anchor escapement is loose on the shaft. I can rotate the anchor slightly and it will run just fine, then all of the sudden it will slip and get out of beat again. After watching your video I think my clock has a clutch or at least looks like it, I just got the clock and it is way over Oiled since I can too easily move the verg which I called an anchor then I think it might be slipping on its own getting out of beat. And suggestions? Thanks like to see young people learn more about these manual things. What is an acceptable way to secure it to the shaft? Thank you Hager Hay

I can tell my collection of clocks by chimes and ticking individually! Great for keeping your hearing short with cochlear implant!

Sessions banjo pendulum wall clock with 2 arbors for winding clock and winding chime/bongs. The cock runs fast even though pendulum bob lowered as far as possible downward. What can I do to slow clock up. I think pendulum length needs to be increased...but impossible. Thank you. Clock gains 10 minutes every few hours.

I just got an old weight driven seth thomas clock which looks just like the one on the right. It's running too fast and pendulum nut is at max bottom. How can I slow it down more??

I'm have a hard time set the pendulum??

Should not the escapement wheel rotate the same amount on each of the tick and the tock - when the pendulum moves to the right and the left. One end at least of the pallet shaft is movable to adjust this. On your Seth Thomas the rotation looks quite uneven. You might find it performs better if you adjust this.

For me the escape gear will not advance. The verge enters cog on the escape but the escape fails to advance. This clock had been running the day it stopped, could I Have wound it 2 tight?

I have a Ansonia Triumph Clock 1877 it has worked with out problems for last 10 years but yesterday it stopped (I am unsure but i think i heard a loud noise from the mechanism housing at the last week i don't know what it was...) but now i am unable to get a any beat the only way to get it to tick tock or beat is by holding the wind key clockwise and it will work for about 20 minutes then stop again . Any suggest why it will not beat..?

How many tick tocks per minute for typical clock? Mine is a Black Forest cuckoo clock.

Thank you haven’t seen it yet… it’s my mother in laws clock. It’s aggravating pendulum will STOP

My pendulum stops swinging while clock handig straight

How can I get in touch with you

Where did you buy your wire bending tool?

CAN A CUCKOO CLOCK BE OUT OF BEAT AND STILL KEEP RIGHT TIME??

Starts @ 5:46 👍

interesting video but hard to follow till we actually get to the adjustment method

Main spring and alaram spring wanted Nayak clock

Oh dear it is not a verge escapement. What you are referring to are called pallets. They are both anchor escapement because they both have recoil.

You are to slow making me fall asleep listening to you

how to put a pendelum clock in beat............takes forever to get there.

The emperor 100m bph?

I fell asleep

Please speak in real time...nite nite....

I have a Ridgeway model 225, date 8/27/86, Movement CC-1161-853-114-CM. It will not stay in beat, I have found that the anchor escapement is loose on the shaft. I can rotate the anchor slightly and it will run just fine, then all of the sudden it will slip and get out of beat again. What is an acceptable way to secure it to the shaft? Thank you Hager Hay