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Alonso Taylor Model One Tower Clock
Приєднався 1 бер 2020
Weight Mechanism
Overview of the weight boxes, motors, and switches that replaced the ropes, pulleys, and stones that power the tower clock. This was designed and installed around 1956 as a way to automate the manual rewinding that was routinely performed up until this time.
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Tower Clock Maintenance - Oiling
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Introduction to oiling the movements and the weight box motors
Tower Clock Maintenance - Time Adjustments
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This video will go over the steps to advance and retard the clock, as well as increase and decrease speed.
Fun video. I took over winding of our church clock several years ago and now am going to also perform the maintenance. I am curious as to why you use the synthetic motor oil rather than a watch oil (which is what the original instructions for the clock back from 1870 call for). Thanks for the great video
Hi Jack. I started using the Mobil 1 Synthetic on the recommendation of two professional clock repairmen who disassembled the time movement and pressed in new bushings back in the 2005 timeframe. They had serviced and repaired other tower clocks in the area and when they re-assembled the time movement, we went through all of the service that should be done, including the oil viscosity that I should use.