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Gentleman dropped of a clock that belongs to his mother. He said it
belonged to her dad. It has hung on the wall for quite some time not
running and she said she sure would like to hear it chime before she goes.
He said she was 84. She told him it has just hung there and hasn’t run
since the last repairman/jeweler had it. She said it might run 10 minutes
and stop. She said she just got tired of starting it so just let it hang.
So today I finally pulled the movement and was absolutely amazed at the
solder and the repairs this guy did. I can remove the solder, soldered on
brass for bushings, and fixing the wheels properly. But what I don’t know
is where the hour tube and minute arbor come thru the plate he cut the
plate out about a 1/2″ either side of them. He drilled a hole in a piece
brass slipped it over the hour tube/minute arbor and soldered it in place
with a glob of solder on both ends. I can’t believe how much solder he
used. The solder has cracked and the brass has twisted slightly which is
binding on the hour tube.So my question is how would you take care of this? I have thought about it
this afternoon after getting it out and seeing what I had. I was thinking
about a new piece of brass and dovetailing each end kinda like putting a
new tooth in a wheel. Once installed peening it lightly then tix solder it
using my alcohol lamp.Any other ideas would be welcome.
Wow! Short of finding a replacement I can’t offer anything other than what you have suggested Bernie. I would be interested to see how you get on with this one.
Good luck.
Paul
William here is a picture of the exact movement I need sent to me by my buddy. Funny thing is he sent me a before view of the rear of the movement and a after of the front. 😆
Hi Bernie,
I’m with William and Paul on this one. I would probably grab another movement up on ebay or from another member…but you may just be wanting to tackle this one for the challenge or possibly the customer wants to keep it original. If that’s the case then your idea of dovetailing a new piece seems like an excellent choice. Would be an interesting project. Looks like the intermediate wheel pivot hole may get taken out when you level the plate out so may need to locate a new hole there but that’s easy. I hope you go for doing the project so we can see the results! Might take a bit more time but you can always recycle all that solder to pay for the difference!
Good luck!
BobThanks Paul. Yes I plan on doing the repairs on it just for my own satisfaction that if something like this should arise again and nothing is available I can do the job. I want to get the solder removed to see what I have to work with. Probably a snow/winter project because I have the same problem with customers bring in clocks all the time and wanting them done now. Sheessshh don’t they know we need to have fun to??
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