Restoring Grandfather Clocks - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Restoring Grandfather Clocks write by Eric Smith. This book was released on 1995-03-01. Restoring Grandfather Clocks available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The grandfather clock, an entirely new kind of furniture, first appeared in the late seventeenth century. From then on, with its long case to protect pendulum and weights, its rugged movement and large, clear indication of time, it has been a success story right up to the present day. Virtually none of these clocks is beyond repair and often the work required is within the scope of inexperienced owners. This is the first full-length book to cover repair and restoration of these attractive and often valuable antiques, including their casework. The first part outlines how to clean and service the clock 'works' and also how to refurbish the dial, while in the second part restoration or casework, both structural repairs and finishing, is considered. The illustrations are of two actual clocks (one eight-day and one thirty-hour) and work proceeding on them. The last part of the book sketches common variations from these particular examples. Armed with this book and appropriate tools (for work on both movement and case), the owner of a dilapidated grandfather clock will be encouraged and given the know-how to restore it to life as a useful and attractive clock and a prized possession.
Finding and Restoring Longcase Clocks
Finding and Restoring Longcase Clocks - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Finding and Restoring Longcase Clocks write by Anthony Ells. This book was released on 2001. Finding and Restoring Longcase Clocks available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This comprehensive guide to finding and buying longcase grandfather] clocks tells you everything you will need to know about what to look for, what to avoid, and their prices and restoration costs, before going on to cover the practical aspects of restoration. Contents include: a detailed section on the workings of the clock; covering the time and strike trains; introduction to the restoration project; step-by-step instruction to assessing and restoring the clock case, dial, hands and clock movement, and finally advice on setting up the clock and keeping in good working order.
Maintaining Longcase Clocks
Maintaining Longcase Clocks - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Maintaining Longcase Clocks write by Nigel Barnes. This book was released on 2013-08-31. Maintaining Longcase Clocks available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Longcase clocks were invidually hand-made during the golden age of change that took place between the late seventeenth and mid-nineteenth centuries. Longcase clocks with their seventeenth century clock-making technology were innovative and incorporated an accurate pendulum clock within an attractive piece of domestic furnishing. This invaluable book is essential reading for all those who own and collect longcase clocks as well as clock repairers, horologists and conservationists. The authors provide detailed information about how longcase clocks work and how they are made. They also cover the theory and the 'best practice' practical steps that are required in longcase clock maintenance, restoration and conservation. The book outlines the history and horological development of longcase clocks; describes how longcase clocks can be dated; considers materials, tools and equipment; examines the movement and the associated simple, and more difficult, workshop procedures; covers maintenance and effective repairs; explains the more difficult woodwork procedures. Superbly illustrated with 300 colour photographs. Nigel Barnes and Austin Jordan provide advice and guidance in the field of antique horology and regularly run weekend courses.
Finding and Restoring Longcase Clocks
Finding and Restoring Longcase Clocks - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Finding and Restoring Longcase Clocks write by Anthony Ells. This book was released on 2009. Finding and Restoring Longcase Clocks available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Clocks.
The Grandfather Clock Owner?s Repair Manual
The Grandfather Clock Owner?s Repair Manual - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Grandfather Clock Owner?s Repair Manual write by D. Rod Lloyd. This book was released on 2023-01-02. The Grandfather Clock Owner?s Repair Manual available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The most comprehensive Grandfather Clock Repair Book. Brand New for 2023. Perfect for Grandfather clock owners or professional Clock Repairers. Hundreds of photos and diagrams.
* Do you own a clock that is special to you that has stopped working, perhaps a gift or a family heirloom? This book is for you.
* Do you like to tinker with mechanical things? This book is for you.
* Have you taken a clock apart but can't get it back together? This book is for you.
* Are you fascinated with clocks, have several you have bought but do not work? This book is for you.
Be bold. Take on your project. This book will hold your hand every step of the way and guide you to success. YOU CAN DO IT.
Why does a Grandfather Clock Stop Working? Often, the works are dirty, need oiling, or, most likely, both. When the clock stops, think of it as “the oil light is on”. It’s a “cry for help”. Without oil, the metal parts grind on each other, causing serious wear and damage. Oil also attracts dust which can make the oil “gummy’ and add drag to its operation until it can no longer overcome the friction. If a clock is oiled regularly [every three to five years], chances are you will only ever need to re-oil your clock. If the clock is allowed to run until it stops, the only sure way to service it is to remove the works from its case, dismantle the parts, clean, service, and put the movement back together with fresh oil and correct adjustment.
This book will teach you how to do all this.
