This has been my favorite "for free" restoration, since I started doing this. Fixing clocks for just the cost of shipping allows me to help other flip clock fans and keep busy, without having to buy more clocks (I have way too many .... 30+ on display, but more than that). I've only "met" Lucie through emails, but she seems to be a very kind person. Look forward to the release of the documentary!
Great questions. It's not easy to discover this. Our guess is that one company made the clock but accepted orders to rebrand them. But it's unclear - apparently no records were kept and this was pre-computer anyway.
i couldnt get a bulb to be bright enough to see of a night replacing it. used a 90v neon globe with a 250k resistor .5 watt (needed to run) on a 240v current. had a 1 watt resistor just kept exploding everytime i plugged it in
You have to be very careful. I cleaned everything with very light soap and water being very careful to avoid the lettering. Then I took a tissue and gently wiped. I admit that I had to use my breath to steam it up a little around the lettering because the inside of the glass gets an oily smoke after 40 years and you could see it around the lettering - unsightly. I didn't know if it would survive, but it did. I had to try it because it was obvious that it was not clean. Many things with flip clock restoration are trial and error. I have boxes of "errors" in the basement. We call them "parts clocks."
Great job!
This has been my favorite "for free" restoration, since I started doing this. Fixing clocks for just the cost of shipping allows me to help other flip clock fans and keep busy, without having to buy more clocks (I have way too many .... 30+ on display, but more than that). I've only "met" Lucie through emails, but she seems to be a very kind person. Look forward to the release of the documentary!
Nice craftsmanship. Beautiful restoration.
Nice work! Clock looks amazing.
brilliant...do you know how many companies made the flip clock before they are rebadged??
cheers
Great questions. It's not easy to discover this. Our guess is that one company made the clock but accepted orders to rebrand them. But it's unclear - apparently no records were kept and this was pre-computer anyway.
i couldnt get a bulb to be bright enough to see of a night replacing it. used a 90v neon globe with a 250k resistor .5 watt (needed to run) on a 240v current.
had a 1 watt resistor just kept exploding everytime i plugged it in
How did you clean the glass without taking off the "sunbeam" ?
You have to be very careful. I cleaned everything with very light soap and water being very careful to avoid the lettering. Then I took a tissue and gently wiped. I admit that I had to use my breath to steam it up a little around the lettering because the inside of the glass gets an oily smoke after 40 years and you could see it around the lettering - unsightly. I didn't know if it would survive, but it did. I had to try it because it was obvious that it was not clean. Many things with flip clock restoration are trial and error. I have boxes of "errors" in the basement. We call them "parts clocks."
Great job, clock looks spectacular!