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A clock dude in Texas gave me a bunch of stuff when I bought some things from him.  This clock (a banjo style, but only movement shown here) was one of them.  It was pretty battered up but my wife wanted to hang it somewhere, so I decided to see if I could get it running.  I took the express lane on this one--I removed the mainspring unit and then ran the rest of the movement--assembled--in the ultrasonic using L&R clock cleaning solution.  It came out looking nice.  I inspected the bushings and they looked fine, so I oiled it and it took off nicely.  I am regulating it now.

The bezel had a broken arm so I had to make one from a raw brass rod.  I heated the rod with a torch to bend it properly and then heated the end and flattened it on an anvil.  Then I cut 4-40 threads on the end.  The other side is not 4-40 but since I had a 4-40 die, that was what it did--yeah...kinda Frankenstein...but it is my clock and that is good enough for me.  The winding key was not original, now was the setting knob.

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The express way is not recommended.. This method does not allow for inspection of pivots and if the bushing are not absolutely clean the the oil will just turn to a form of grinding paste. Also getting consistent regulation will also be problematic..

 

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1 minute ago, oldhippy said:

I would have thought it should be easy to obtain a key for an American clock as you are in America. Here in England we have suppliers who can provide most parts for American clocks. Have you tried anywhere?  

I have looked around but have not found one yet, and I dont want to spend much money on this.  At any rate, for now, it is not worth it.  I have a canister of threaded winders which I inherited.  None of them fit.  Three requirements: proper threads,  wide bale, folding bale.  I will keep my eye out.

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