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08/03/2014 16:18:54

I began clock making in my late 80's and am truly hooked. Having gained my rudimentary engineering experience with steam, (Minnie traction engine etc), I embarked on John Wilding's Ornate Skeleton Clock, which is now happily ticking away and keeping reasonable time, though I can't get it to run seven days, six at the most.

I then tackled JW's Congreve Clock but am struggling to get a balance between sufficient torque to turn the crank and sufficient tilt to run the ball. The one compromises the other. I’ve fitted the strongest spring I could find and sometimes it runs for several minutes, but not reliably.

My current project is Peter Heimann’s Regulator Clock, and have finished all the machining. I’ve yet to try out the dead beat escapement. We shall see!

Any helpful suggestions would be welcome

Edited By Greville Ferry on 08/03/2014 16:21:09

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07/06/2009 17:36:01

I agree. The postings page has the right hand edge of the comments obscured by the Hobby Stores ad. No need for this.

Greville Ferry

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