Dr. Time's Clock Repair-Part 1-Antique Clock Overhaul

[mscaggs]

I love watching your stuff. I recently started repairing clocks as a hobby at home and so far have been successful in all that I have done. Keep more videos coming okay

Mike

Nashville

[tiredfingers99]

Some clocks I am seeing are being rebuilt with bronze bushing which are deeper and harder material, but wont this cause more friction or resistence because of the increased surface area? If I were to rebush the pivot holes and can't tell where the original hole was, I would use a depthing tool and start from the spring gear and then work my way up to the escapment, and align the plates and then drill through one plate to the other to make sure there aligned? Can you burnish/polish a pivothole?

[union310]

Clocks do not have gears they have wheels !

[Waltham1892]

If you had a taller tripod you wouldn't have to stoop... 

[bearhedded]

A minute:fifteen is WAAAAYYYYYY too long an intro.

[amtrakboy37]

I love antique clocks, all kinds. Especially cuckoo clocks. I've got 15 cuckoo clocks in my collection.

[veritasottawa]

I just did a grandfather clock 12 bushings.

[mkess85]

If you want to do the absolute best job on an american overhaul, you should replace any bushing with any slop thus enshuring your customer walks away with a clock thats going to run for 20 to 30 years. KLOKFXR, Over bushing doesn't invite error, not if you know what your doing. Reaming out more that you need to happends to every clock repair man. When it happends to me, I can't live with it. If you drill straight and not over drill you'll be fine!

[agentsedge]

6-8 bushings are normal, this one was in really bad shape which is why I used it for my video.

[veritasottawa]

Normal 14 bushings?

[geoffrey903]

You seem to be on a mission to attack on other peoples behalf. Has someone been very unkind to you?

[KLOKFXR]

Over bushing only invites error

[geoffrey903]

8,000 clocks in 30 years is 5 a week. You haven't got time to do all these bushings and pivot polishing if as you say all clocks come in this condition.

The baker can allow all his secrets out of the kitchen, because it takes far too much practice to achieve success for anyone who is not serious, to be bothered with. Its easy to pretend there is a great secret, it makes you look good, in your own eyes at least. Be open. You seem to know what you're doing, and don't have anything to hide

[electronixTech]

@geoffrey903 In video part 4 he says not all clocks are this bad. Quit being an armchair critique and post something of value yourself. Another thing I've noticed is the biggest critiques on youtube have zero videos uploaded on their own channel.

[jessmspencer]

Very good though.

[jessmspencer]

Very vain person isnt he.

[sooth15]

Wow. Personally, I've never had to replace this many bushings. Some of the wheels you showed were worn slightly, but not that bad.