How to Select the Correct Clock Movement

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How to Select the Correct Clock Movement for Your DIY Project
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Choosing a clock movement for your new design or clock repair is not difficult you just have to take a few measurements.
It's all about getting the right length hand shaft. Most clock motors are made in several different lengths. This is because the thickness of a clock face can vary widely.
Sometimes the dial material is just a thin piece of metal. Sometimes it’s as thick as tile or 3/4 inch thick piece of wood. Just make sure that the threaded part of a hand shaft is 1/16th to 1/8th inch longer than the thickness of the clock face.
You will need a little room to install the brass hex nut that holds the movement in place. The most important thing is to find what you want your clock movement will to do.
Often it's just time only but it could also have a pendulum or chime. It
could even show you the tide, the day of the week, the day of the month and let's not forget about showing you the temperature as well. There are a lot of options.
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Once you know the type of Clock Movement you want it's time to check the shaft length. First check the thickness of your clock face or clock dial. You can do it pretty easily with a pencil, marker and a ruler. Slide the pencil through the hole in the middle of the clock face.
In most cases you can hold one end of the pencil with one hand while suspending the clock face. Take a marker and place a mark on the pencil on one side of the face. The thinner the line you can make the better.
Then switching hands and not allowing the clock face to slide mark the other side of the face on the pencil. With a pencil removed you can now measure the distance between the two marks. That is how thick your clock face or clock dial is.
You know what type of movement you want the length of the shaft you'll need. Now it's time to go to our clock movement section and pick up the type of movement you want and check the shaft lengths available.
Please remember that if a hand shaft is too long it can normally be shimmed backwards by using a couple of washers over the hand shaft before you install it.
If a hand shift is too short it simply won't work.
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Комментарии : 26

@Bruhmanih7 11 месяцев назад

Alexei lives

@Smerpyderp 11 месяцев назад

Remain calm. Alexei lives. The Regent endures. There is much to be done.

@beratergin7150 10 месяцев назад

RİSE THE CLOCK

@johnd1432 2 года назад

Very nice video, thank you. I'm amazed you never became a broadcaster or voice-over artist!

@user-ep2yc6sz5j 11 месяцев назад

Thank you - so helpful for me to fix my clock! Ordered the movement from your site, too.

@Meatsie 4 года назад

Great video! Very informative, thank you.

@SuperMaximo20 4 года назад

Thank you for the information, very helpful. You have a great voice!

@jeannettevanwyk9412 4 года назад

Agree.. I can listen to anything he has to say..

@DrAlexCullison 5 лет назад

Thank you for the helpful video! Question: for a regular battery/quartz clock movement, are there different qualities? Good, better, best, or noisy, ticky, or silent? Where is a good source of quartz movements? Thank you!

@indianainnovation8002 11 месяцев назад

Thank you for this very helpful video.

@derekobidowski3301 3 года назад

the problem i faced retrofitting an old E Ingraham duplex Hathor tambour mantle clock was the way the hands were positioned as the nut method mounting it to the clock face did not work plus a thick wood quarter inch thick as i had to mount the chime movement to a sheet metal plate secured by the nut and drilled 4 holes in the plate corners and secured it to the case. as the hand shaft works as the hands don't contact the glass cover. but i could not use the second hand. thats what you have to face if you get a movement to retrofit any ingraham mantle clock as i done is replaced the worn out movement which is $600 to fix as this method is cost effective. for any antique mantle and wall clock

@henryemata6877 2 года назад

Thanks for sharing the video sir

@JohnDoe-jn3es 2 года назад

Very good video

@pauldeleon583 4 года назад

how do you remove the mechanism from the back of the clock face? mine appears to be glued as it does not come away from the back of the clock despite the nut removed from the front. any help for me?

@michaelwells7348 11 месяцев назад

~~ Thanks Mike ~~

@toltec13 Год назад

Does anyone know why the pendulum on my clock stop swinging? It will run from a minutes or couple days and stop. The connections are like new clean, it has a new battery. The clock works well but the pendulum just stop working. Are the magnets wearing out? There's nothing on it's path to stop the pendulum from swinging.

@mrgarner4796 3 года назад

I have my grandfather's wind up chime clock. The wind up cannot be repaired anymore and I want to convert the clock into a chime battery operated clock. I sure hope I can do this.

@timfischer 2 года назад

All clocks can be repaired, it's just a matter of money. Please consider not ruining an antique by "upgrading" it to a battery movement. Mechanical clocks are just such marvels of engineering. Unless your clock has physical damage, typically a cleaning is all it will take. Perhaps a rebushing. Either way, it would be much better to keep it authentic. Imagine taking a 1965 Corvette and dropping in a motor from a Chevy Bolt.

@mrgarner4796 2 года назад

@@timfischer Thank you for responding to my comment. I did purchase a battery conversion for my clock (it doesn't chime) because my husband seemed to be lost without this clock. We have had it for 45 years since my 95-year-old grandfather passed away and now my husband has passed away. I don't think the clock is particularly valuable but to me it is. I still have all the parts for the clock. My husband a few years ago took it to an elderly clock repairman...there aren't many around anymore, in fact, I think he may not be around either. This gentleman said it couldn't be repaired. We were sad about that because it had a lovely unique chime sound. I live in Canada so don't know how it can possibly be repaired. I totally agree with your comment about the 1965 Corvette.

@timfischer 2 года назад

@@mrgarner4796 So sorry for your loss :( . Did you happen to keep the old mechanism? If so, someday someone might break able to look it over. But if not, at least you have the clock working again to a degree, and you still have the memories and sentimental value attached to it.

@mrgarner4796 2 года назад

@@timfischer Thank you Tim. Yes, I still have the old mechanism. It is quite heavy actually. I also kept the key and pendulum. I keep hoping that someone would be able to restore it. I miss the sound of the chime. It really is a sentimental piece of happy memories. Thank you so much for taking the time to reply. :)

@Stratifying 2 года назад

I've emailed them and called them and can't get a response.

@henryschlesinger4644 Год назад

the length of the shaft is simple enough to determine but the shaaft diameter seems to be in every case 5/16 however mine is 3/8 diameter the 5/16 just floats in the hole. Where can I get teh correct size diameter shaft