Restoration Of A French Crystal Regulator Clock
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- Опубликовано: 21 сен 2024
- In this one we walk through from start to finish as we restore this nice old French Crystal regulator. #horology
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Thank you for this video. No music needed. The joy of your clocks chimes during the video is a delight. You speaking to the details you are working on is very helpful to those of us learning. Keep up the good work
Really in-depth video, just awesome.
I wish you had showed us your cleaning process.
We don't need music, your tinkering & instruction is music to my ears.
Thanks. The cleaning process is messy. I use the ultrasonic cleaner with a water based non-ammoniated solution. The parts are dried in a dryer made from a metal potato chip can and hair dryer.
Thank you for this nice video, I learned a lot from it.
You’re welcome. Thanks for the compliment.
You make a good Job. I like those Videos, because they are helpful for Persons who repair Clocks to. I repair Clocks in my Freetime, also big Clocks like Grandfather Clocks and so on. I have a Friend who is a Master of Clock repair, i learnd many Things from him. I hope you will be healthy as long is could be. Best reguards from Germany.
Thank you for your kind words.
Last summer my wife and I were in Mass to pick up an Ansonia crystal regulator ( in our Miata ) and the seller said - oh if you like clocks you should go to Delaney’s clock shop it’s only a 1/2 mile up the road !
a suffice to say we spent a couple very enjoyable hrs at Delaney’s browsing the clocks.
Thanks for such an informative video. So many really handy tips.
You're welcome!
Hi Mark you have done a great job, to answer your question I prefer these instructional videos without music when you are talking and explaining. I would like to tell you that I have a clock with a Brocot escapement and a similar machine but from the Ansonia factory. I have been told that the pendulum has a false mercury. In the case of my clock it doesn't have the ratches wheel in sight like yours, it has them internally so I don't know how to discharge the main springs, I take this opportunity to ask you. Thanks for sharing your knowledge, I'm Charly, clockmaker from Argentina. Greetings !
Greetings. charly. Yes. American crystal regulators have no mercury, only a silver piece of metal. Ansonia clocks have a click and click wheel on the front of the 1st wheel which has to be released.
@@DaltonDroneZone Hi Dalton ! thank you so much for the info, i will try to discover that click when i start to restoration job. Regards !
Mark, this is awesome! Thank you smooch for the video as I learned a ton about the clock and what an overhaul actually includes.
Your welcome. Thanks for the comment.
I did one of these blind. You did a great job on this one and like you said, take note, there are timing marks to help you get the right time to gong.
Thanks for the video just waiting on a french clock i bought so the video will come in very handy
Another great video. Watching you work I have the impression that you have serviced hundreds of clocks and I always learn things from you, e.g. the dots for indexing the snail and motion works. I have a Seth Thomas crystal regulator from about 1910 waiting for me to work on with a similar pendulum except mine has fake mercury, which from your comments is a good thing because it is safer. I prefer no music in the videos. Great job. Small quibble - at the very end, it would have been nice to hear what the gong sounds like with the movement back in the case. Thank you for putting out these videos.
Thanks for the comment. You’re right, I dropped the ball at the end of the video. I should’ve demonstrated the strike.
Music is distracting. I am here to watch and learn
Thanks. I agree.
Good work👏👏👏👏👏
Great video, had a question. Have you done the video on the two weight Herschede clock movement? I have recently purchased a 2 weight 9 tube clock. It's beautiful but needs a cleaning and a couple of parts. Thanks!
Thank You for your video. On French clocks do you still insert the new bushing from inside of the movement? I have seen videos people doing it from the outside.
The bushing is inserted into the inside portion of the movement plate.
@@DaltonDroneZone Thank You
How do you repair the counting mechanism? My ansonia crystal slips a lot and doesn’t always count the correct number….
Where did you get that bushing chart? I am using the Bergeon bushings
It's a KWM gauge but still good for sizing. These used to be available at clock parts supply firms but I don't know if they still are.
I get a lot of mixed comments when it comes to mercury. Some say it should be treated the same as radioactive waste. The clockmaker who I did my apprenticeship with said it was only dangerous if you inhaled too much vapor. I remember he once tipped over a large vial from a regulator and cleaned up the mercury off the floor with a vacuum and poured it back into the vial. I have a few early Herschede grandfather clocks with very large triple vial pendulums, the vials are open at the top with a brass cap that sets on top. I believe the evaporation rate is about none as long as the vial is at least covered, or so I’ve been told..
When it’s enclosed in a vial, it’s totally safe. The absolute WRONG way to clean up a mercury spill is to use a vacuum cleaner.
Just a quick question ,there seem to be some bushes that are not being used, what are they for i have the same on my french time clock thanks
Most of the bushings are used on this movement. Any extra non-used pivot holes maybe there to accommodate different designs.
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Ok. Thanks.