Is Welby 400 day clock made by Kundo?

[oldhippy]

It will save you a lot of time and playing about. No you are not a cowboy. You are learning and we all had to start somewhere. When I started I'd never seen the workings of a clock or watch. 

[HectorLooi]

16 hours ago, LittleWatchShop said:

and I am a cowboy!

You are not a cowboy unless you have Stetson, rattlesnake skin boots and a Colt Peacemaker.

[LittleWatchShop]

11 minutes ago, HectorLooi said:

You are not a cowboy unless you have Stetson, rattlesnake skin boots and a Colt Peacemaker.

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My boots are ostrich, my hat is not a Stetson but it is ornamented with a Buffalo Nickel hat band, and when I want accuracy, I carry my vintage Winchester Model 94 30-30!

Back to clocks...the modifications to the suspension spring worked. It is now running slow with the pendulum fully extended. I will set it at mid position and test today

 

[Neverenoughwatches]

17 hours ago, LittleWatchShop said:

Well, right now I dont have the next size down, and I am a cowboy!

 

Oh Roy surely you're not wearing spurs in the house, it ruins the carpet. How's Trigger lol.  

59 minutes ago, LittleWatchShop said:

 

Even cowboys can repair LWS.

[LittleWatchShop]

A short update: I have been able to test the extremes of the pendulum and proven that I can make it too fast or too slow, so I will be able to regulate it. 

"Don't try to understand 'em, just rope and throw and brand 'em"

Whomever gets this reference wins extra points!

[HectorLooi]

1 hour ago, LittleWatchShop said:

A short update: I have been able to test the extremes of the pendulum and proven that I can make it too fast or too slow, so I will be able to regulate it. 

"Don't try to understand 'em, just rope and throw and brand 'em"

Whomever gets this reference wins extra points!

Are talking about cattle or the other species that is impossible to understand? 

[LittleWatchShop]

12 minutes ago, HectorLooi said:

Are talking about cattle or the other species that is impossible to understand?

Correct but it has a particular cultural reference...having not grown up in USA or watched US TV, it would be tough to get this one.  Hint: Clint Eastwood.

[LittleWatchShop]

It dawned on me this morning that I can speed up my calibration by figuring out how many periods of the pendulum cause one full rotation of the minute hand!  This was a blinding glimpse of the obvious for me, old hat for you old hands at this.

Escape wheel has 20 teeth.  The pinion on the escape wheel has 8 teeth and the minute wheel has 96 teeth, so it takes 12 rotations of the escape wheel in one hour.  The pendulum must oscillate 10 cycles for one rotation of the escape wheel thus 120 periods of the pendulum to turn the minute hand one hour.  So that means that in one minute the pendulum rotates two full periods.

I just count the periods while timing with a stop watch...that will get me close!

[LittleWatchShop]

The clock is running great now.  The pendulum is adjusted just slightly off mid scale.

Now I have moved it out of the LWS and to a place where it can be enjoyed.

[watchweasol]

Reference  Rowdy Yeats (Clint Eastwood)  prog  Rawhide  Trail Boss  Gill Favour.

[LittleWatchShop]

8 minutes ago, watchweasol said:

Reference  Rowdy Yeats (Clint Eastwood)  prog  Rawhide  Trail Boss  Gill Favour.

And we have a winner!!!

[watchweasol]

Hi LWS    its just because I am Old enough to have watched it  

[LittleWatchShop]

Clock is running great!  Got the 10th edition of the T book and have done some comparisons.  I believe my clock is plate 1574A.  It appears identical to 1579 except for the suspension spring size and length.

[oldhippy]

I remember donkeys years one I was working on the s/p according to the book was wrong I made a note of it in the book. It is more then likely the same thing has happened to you. Nice to know you have sorted it and the clock is working well. 

[Willow]

1 hour ago, oldhippy said:

I remember donkeys years one I was working on the s/p according to the book was wrong I made a note of it in the book. It is more then likely the same thing has happened to you. Nice to know you have sorted it and the clock is working well. 

Donkeys years ago not heard that phrase for a long time  

[watchweasol]

Well done LWS  persistence pays off, The books are not always right due to typo's etc but I still maintain the 10th Ed is a must for these clocks,  but as you have found out not perfect.  again well done.

[LittleWatchShop]

I just saw that the NAWCC forum site has errata for the 10th edition.  I printed it and put it in my book.

[LittleWatchShop]

Here it is

400 Day Clock Book errata .rtf

[watchweasol]

Hi LWS  thats interesting I have also printed it and will insert in the book,  many thanks.