Troubleshooting your Keywound Wall Clock Often, a keywound wall clock will stop when it has been moved, bumped, or even pushed too aggressively to restart a pendulum. It is not broken, only…
Category: Clock Repair Tips
Clock Repair Tips
Grandfather Clock Repair – Troubleshooting
Grandfather Clock Repair grandfather_clock_repair.html Locate a Clock Service Center (always call first to setup an appointment to take your clock) If you are looking for parts, not service technicians, click here for parts supply…
Keywound Mantel Clock Instructions
SETTING THE TIME – FOR ALL CLOCKS – (moving the hands) METHOD ONE TURN OFF THE CHIMES Move ONLY THE MINUTE HAND clockwise (FORWARD) until the hour and minute hand are…
Grandfather clock chimes wrong hour?
Your grandfather clock dial says it is one time but the grandfather clock chimes another hour? This is an easy adjustment for most grandfather clocks when the Grandfather clock chimes the wrong…
Grandfather Clock Weights are not Moving
If you have three weights on your grandfather clock and the weights are not moving, the clock is not going to chime or keep time. Let’s look at the purpose of the…
Setting the Beat of your Pendulum Clock
When a pendulum clock is in beat, it produces a rhythmic, even, steady: tick…tock…tick…tock When it is out of beat, it produces an uneven, “galloping”: TICK…tockTICK…tockTICK…,or tickTOCK…tickTOCK…tickTOCK… If it is badly out…
Adjusting the Speed – Howard Miller Mantel Clock
Open the door on the back of the mantel clock and look inside toward the top right of the brass movement. You should see a silver “arm” coming out of a clear…
Replacing Clock Pivots
REPIVOTING: (advanced) Repivoting skills are a must. The only way to become proficient at this is practice; lots of practice. Accuracy to within .001 inch is absolutely necessary if repivoting jobs in…
CUCKOO CLOCK REPAIR TIPS
CUCKOO CLOCK REPAIR TIPS: (advanced) The modern cuckoo clock is available in musical and non musical versions. The musical version has several variations. The music mechanism can be mounted on the side…
Removing a Clock Dial
REMOVING A CLOCK DIAL Many of the modern triple chime or westminster chime wall clocks available today that use popular European mechanisms have the mechanism mounted to the dial with threaded studs…