Ingraham 1899 Time-Strike Goes tick-tick, tick-tick tick

[reuven gruber]

I have completed repair of the movement. The clock seems to run strong and keeps good time but the ticking rhythm is odd (see video at http://youtu.be/4Pb9WpugD3o )

It does tick-tick (or tock-tock) and sometimes tick-tick tick. The clearance between the pendulum rod and the crutch seems reasonable

Any Ideas?

[bernie weishapl]

Have you put a beat meter on it? Sounds like there may have been one running in the background. If you do have one on it does the reading stay steady? If you do have a meter on it and let say it jumps around from say +10 to say -70 I would check the escape wheel to make sure the teeth are all the same length. Paul had a tip in the Hints, Tips and Tricks using a lathe and sharpie marker. I can’t tell for sure but it also looks like the exit pallet is a little deeper than the entrance lock. Kinda hard to tell. Are your pallet faces smooth and doesn’t have a groove worn in them? It also could be as simple as being slightly out of beat. I put my microset 3 that is hooked to my computer (so I don’t have to watch it every second) on every clock that comes in. You can see if you have any escapement problems. A good beat meter is a valuable tool.

[rafaelmoros1960]

These problem seems to be a question related to the escapement-anchor graduation – paciencia amigo-.

[arutha]

That sound can be made by the escape wheel tripping through the pallets, check the depth on the escapement and then check the clock is in beat.
Paul.

[reuven gruber]

Bernie

Are you able to view microset 3 beat data on the computer using the microset software package. If yes – how do you do it?

Reuven

[bernie weishapl]

Reuven yes you can. Here is the webpage that explains it better than I can. http://www.bmumford.com/mset/software/index.html It shows a eccentric escape wheel. It shows it speeding up and slowing down. You can easily see a escape wheel that has a bent or bad tooth. I bought the first microset Bryan Mumford made about 8 or 9 yrs ago and I still don’t know everything this thing will do. I have the first microset and the one upgraded to microset 3. I am about to buy a 3rd one with the watch setup since I am going to be doing a few watches and upgrade the microset software to ver 3 from ver 2. I can also tell you in one hour what the beat of a clock should be without counting gears. So to me it is invaluable.

[reuven gruber]

Thanks to all for the help

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