oldhippy

Good old ebay. If you would like to tell me what is wrong please do. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Antique-J-Wilson-Askrigg-Long-case-grandfather-clock-18th-century/123485569442?hash=item1cc05041a2:g:1DAAAOSws29b6Yo~

nickelsilver is correct. Some extremely old clocks in not having pins have what I can only say are nails.

Here is a picture of the clock. I have the garniture set for it.

I have a nice French Strike on a bell that keeps stopping that i need to sort out. Some time back I also bought a lathe a Unimat 3 with the milling attachment. This will be used to make the clock bushes and to sort out the pivots and screws. So I'll be getting my hands dirty.

I never found Ronsonol to turn a different colour. Only when it got dirty.

That looks a deadly weapon. I'll stick with the one I just bought from ebay. I got that for £98. The other one that I put a link too went for £140.

I never liked one-dip. I always used Ronsonol lighter fluid. It doesn’t harm anything in a watch and it is shellac friendly.

Nice looking clock. I hope you let us see photos of the movement when you take it out of the case. In all the time as a clock maker I can't recall ever having to service such a clock.

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That needs a completely new pinion cut, then the wheel will need to be remounted. If it is a relatively new clock and you know the make you might be able to get a replacement. Do you have someone that undertakes wheel and pinon cutting?

Thank you for your introduction and welcome to this friendly forum.

Thank you for your introduction and welcome to this friendly forum.

Thank you for your introduction and welcome to this friendly forum.

You need to let the power off both springs and check for wear in the holes that the pivots go in. Pay particular attention to the escape wheel and pallets in the platform as I see it is not a fully jewel platform. The metal that are in these types of movements are not that hard, the steel is quite soft so pivots also could be worn.

When I retired, I had an old National like this and this L & R automatic, which was the bee’s knees.