Restoration
Many clocks over 50 years old have had some sort of work done to them at some point in their life.
Some of the early type of repair procedures were carried out in the simplest and most cost-effective way. (not giving much thought to the future antique value of the clock)
I will be adding more information as time permits. But here is something to get you started.
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One of the most common types of wear that the clock mechanism suffers from is when the gear shaft end (called the pivot) grinds the normally round hole which supports it into an oblong shape. This causes the gears attached to the shafts to mesh differently robbing power which is needed to run the clock. The photos above show the most common "repair" pushing the pivot back into place by using a punch. This type of work not only scars the mechanism but doesn't last as long as installing a bushing (more on bushings later) Punching the brass back into place is no longer an accepted repair technique.
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Another patch job to get the clock going was the use of some sort of "band-aid". This was meant to move the pivot back into place by attaching a piece of metal (usually a flat piece of brass or sometimes even paper clips) adjacent to the pivot hole to hold the pivot in place. The resulting repair is usually not only ugly, but also can wear the pivot as shown in the photo above. Even after a proper repair, there are usually scars. |
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