How to Repair Herschede Tubular Bell Clocks, Expanded Second Edition covers complete repair procedures for these famous American tubular bell chime grandfather clocks. Topics include the Whittington, Westminster, and Canterbury chime melodies; disassembly and repair of the movement; assembly and adjustment; troubleshooting; a company history; plans for a test stand; illustrated spare parts list; and a reproduction of the Owner's Manual. The author's original drawings provide details of the movement's parts and assemblies.

How to Repair Herschede Tubular Bell Clocks

Steven G. Conover

Arlington Book Co

Book 9 German Clocks covers repair procedures for a category of clocks representing a wide range of styles and ages. This book is organized into four chapters covering several types of German clocks. Chapter 1, Older German Wall &amp; Mantel Clocks, covers late 19th and early 20th century German movements. Chapter 2, Modern-Era German Movements, provides repair information on wall and mantel clock movements from the second half of the 20th century, as produced by Hermle, Urgos, Jauch, and others. These German movements were cased and sold as complete clocks by American companies such as Howard Miller and Ridgeway. Chapter 3, Cuckoo Clocks, describes a group of clocks loved by their owners, yet avoided by some repairers. Most cuckoo clocks were designed to run one day on a winding, with a cuckoo bird figure appearing every hour. Some cuckoo clocks had complications such as music boxes and miniature whirling figures in colorful German costumes. Chapter 4, 400-Day Clocks, covers a style of German table clock that was manufactured in the millions in the second half of the 20th century. These clocks featured a torsion pendulum that rotated in one direction and then reversed itself, rather than a swinging pendulum or a balance. Grandfather clocks with German movements, whether modern-era or older, are covered in Book 4 Grandfather Clocks in this series.

Book 9 German Clocks

Clockmakers Newsletter

Building an American Clock Movement presents an exciting clockmaking project: making a sturdy American timepiece movement! The pendulum length is just over six inches, perfect for a shelf clock case. First-time clock builders will be able to follow each step through to completion. The author explains and illustrates each clockmaking step as he uses Sherline and Unimat equipment to make the parts. Since writing the book in 1994, the author has heard from many clockmakers who sucessfully used these plans for making their first clock movement. The ability to make gears is what sets the true clockmaker apart. That's why it s a big bonus to have the complete set of plans included in this book for making J.M. Huckabee's Wheel Making Fixture and the gear tooth fly cutters of Archie Perkins (AWCI). The book is especially helpful to repairers who want to learn to construct missing clock parts such as wheels, recoil escapements, lantern pinions, and other assemblies. With 155 photos and drawings, this 8-1/2 x 11 spiral-bound format opens flat on the bench.

Building an American Clock Movement

Attention clock builders! How to Make a Foliot Clock presents full instructions on making your own complete clock. It is printed in the publisher's 8-1/2 x 11 spiral binding format that opens flat on the clockmaker's workbench for easy reference. The 88 pages are organized in twelve chapters with a table of contents, tool and material list, index, and 73 photos and drawings. The clear text is placed on pages facing the major illustrations, sparing the reader much page-turning during the project. The author's clear digital photography and drawings combine to show the steps leading up to a complete, working clock. The foliot clock is a weight driven skeleton timepiece controlled by an antique style foliot balance, rather than a pendulum or hairspring. Made primarily from brass and steel, it has a paper dial, a single hand, and a swinging foliot made from oak. Pinions are of the lantern type, made to work with specially designed wheels with triangular-shaped teeth, in keeping with the antique appearance of the clock. The foliot clock runs for a day and a half on one winding. Use your miniature lathe and gear cutting equipment, drill press, and other shop tools. Add some modern adhesive, tie a few knots, and create the latest in 17th century technology!

How to Make a Foliot Clock

Clock Repair Skills is the sequel to the author's book for beginners, Clock Repair Basics. The new book carries the reader through the next steps in becoming an expert clock repairer. Learn the intermediate skills that the beginner is often unable to do. Some examples of the skills covered in the book are repivoting, lantern pinion repair, gear tooth replacement, making bushings, making and repairing hands, recoil escapement repairs, and many more! The topics are presented as step-by-step, specific repairs. If you repair clocks, you will often find the task on hand covered in this book. Look at it another way: master all the procedures in Clock Repair Skills and you'll be ready for just about any repair! The binding matches author Steven G. Conover's other repair books. You ll have an easy-to-read, 8 1/2 x 11 size volume protected by clear plastic covers and spiral bound, to allow the pages to open flat on your bench. There are 12 chapters plus an index 92 pages packed with 225 photos and drawings!

Clock Repair Skills

How To Repair 20 American Clocks is the author's eighth book about clock repair and clockmaking, featuring a new approach: the whole clock is covered! Each chapter covers the assembly procedure for an American movement. And, depending on the particular clock being restored, chapters discuss one or more of the following: escapement, hands, dial, pendulum, and case. Each clock is scored for construction quality, ease of assembly, ease of adjustment, and timekeeping accuracy. There is also the author's analysis of the highs and lows for each clock. You'll find more: gear tooth counts for time and strike trains, beats per hour, and mainspring specifications. The author has included 18 striking clocks by the major U.S. makers, including Seth Thomas, Ansonia, New Haven, Ingraham, and others, plus two Poole electromechanical clocks. The American factories installed the featured movements in hundreds of different cases. The book illustrates case styles of the 19th and 20th centuries including OG, walnut shelf, steeple, cottage, black mantel, wall regulator, and more. The book is 8-1/2 x 11 in size and protected by clear plastic covers. It is comb bound to allow the pages to open flat on your bench. There are 20 chapters plus an introduction, table of contents, index and mainspring table &amp; 140 pages packed with 246 photos and drawings!

How to Repair 20 American Clocks

Repairing French Pendulum Clocks is devoted to the clocks with bold enamel dials, delicate hands, and ornate brass or marble cases. French clocks are unique! Here is the book that takes you through five complete restorations in detail. You'll find a timepiece, a count wheel strike with visible escapement, a rack & snail strike, and two picture frame clocks, one with a rectangular movement and the other with a Morbier mechanism. The book takes the relative beginner through the necessary steps to get started in repairing French clocks. There is lots of information here for the more experienced repairer, too. The book is an easy-to-read volume, 8-1/2 x 11 in size, protected by clear plastic covers. It is spiral bound to allow the pages to open flat on your bench. In addition to views of five detailed restorations, you have a section on the silk thread suspension, a question and answer page for French clocks, and a glossary of French clock terms! You also have an introduction, table of contents, and an index. There are 92 pages packed with 302 photos plus several of the author's large drawings.

Repairing French Pendulum Clocks

Book 1 Repairs enables you, for the first time, to read articles on clock repair techniques, immediately followed by the viewpoints of clock repair writers, clock shop professionals, and experienced repairers. Get the complete picture on clock repair techniques! In this ambitious series, planned to include 10 books, Steven G. Conover edits the 256 issues of his Clockmakers Newsletter into workshop manuals, reorganized by subject. In Book 1 Repairs he has updated many articles, repair tips, reader questions, and letters to the editor, and he has added new material. Topics include cleaning, oiling, assembly, pivot polishing, lantern pinion repair, soldering techniques, troubleshooting, and setting up a workshop. Two subject areas, bushings and mainsprings, were featured so extensively in the newsletter that each has its own large chapter in the book. There is also a chapter featuring clock repair questions from readers, each one followed by an authoritative answer from the editor or one of the contributing experts. This first book in the series has plenty of interesting, informative material for everyone, from the beginner to the seasoned repairer. In addition to contributions from editor Steven G. Conover, you'll also benefit from the writings of British clockmaker Laurie Penman, our technical editors, and the many readers who wrote in, helping to make Clockmakers Newsletter unique in the clock repair field. Book 1 Repairs has 190 pages of illustrated text. The book is 8-1/2 x 11 in size, and the covers are protected by clear acetate. It is comb bound to allow the pages to open flat on your bench. There are 178 photos and drawings, plus an introduction, table of contents, and index.

Book 1 Repairs: Clockmakers Newsletter Workshop Series

Book 2 Tools, Tips & Projects presents a subject that catches the interest of clock repair enthusiasts right away: tools! In this ambitious series, planned for 10 books, Steven G. Conover edits the 256 issues of his Clockmakers Newsletter into workshop manuals, reorganized by subject. In Book 2, Chapter 1 Making Tools describes how to make the accessories and tools that will make your clock repair work more efficient and enjoyable. Examples include modifications to your lathe, bushing tool, and mainspring winder. In addition, you'll find instructions for making a trundle cutter, a split stake, and various small tools such as a gathering pallet stake, assembly clamps, and pivot burnishers. Chapter 2 Using Tools presents information on selecting and using specialized clock repair tools. There are product reviews of a bushing tool, a movement holder, seven clock timers, gear cutting attachments, and more. There are also five articles from the Tools for the Clock Shop series by Michael Ambrosino, MBHI. Chapter 3 Projects will give you plenty of ideas on how to improve your workshop. There are 14 test stands you can make for running grandfather, cuckoo, OG, and other clock movements! You'll also find other projects such as a broach stand, a clock parts dryer, and tips such as making small washers and machining a custom designed dial grommet. Chapter 4 Repair Tips is a gold mine of ideas: examples include duplicating seatboard screws, making replacement American-style click springs, safely removing gathering pallets, making threaded pillar extensions to ease movement reassembly, and punching perfect holes in suspension spring steel. Book 2 Tools, Tips and Projects has over 180 pages featuring 293 photos and drawings with introduction, table of contents, and index. It is 8-1/2 x 11 size and comb bound like Steven G. Conover s other workshop manuals, allowing it to open flat on your bench for easy reference.

Book 2 Tools, Tips & Projects: Clockmakers Newsletter Workshop Series

Book 3 Escapements: Clockmakers Newsletter Workshop Series offers help in the subject area clock repairers constantly request. Listen to the ticking of a clock, and you are hearing the escapement at work. As the heart of the timing mechanism, the escapement includes a special wheel, a pallet unit, and either a pendulum or hairspring balance. A defect in the escapement stops a clock or makes it a poor timekeeper. All too often, repairers who are unsure of the proper adjustment or restoration required, guess at the answer and make things worse. There are several types of escapements in clocks. Each requires its own repair procedures. The author has found that many novice repairers are unable to tell one type of escapement from another. Chapter 1, Recoil Escapements, begins with the ancient device that is still the most common style found today. Chapter 2, Deadbeat Escapements, covers the type which is generally found in better timekeepers. Invented in the eighteenth century, it is more difficult to make than the recoil escapement, and it is harder to adjust and repair as well. Chapter 3, Other Escapements, includes features on the balance escapements and hairsprings often used in small clocks. An extensive article by contributing editor Joseph Cerullo is the most complete treatment of the floating balance escapement, a German invention used in a major portion of the small clocks made from the 1960s through the 1980s. Chapter 4, Pendulums &amp; Timekeeping, gives tips on regulating clocks. It also looks at clocks which have been fitted with incorrect pendulums and helps the reader to determine the correct length for a replacement pendulum to be ordered or made.

Book 3 Escapements: Clockmakers Newsletter Workshop Series

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