I like the rubber bands and the tool. On the strike side most of these clocks will have some indexing marks on the gears and pinions. The marks need to be aligned properly for the striking to work properly. One of the things that it makes proper, is when the hammer hits the bell, that it pretty much immediately stops and does not 'ratchet' up too much, getting ready for the next strike. It should strike and then motion should stop. If not then the gears are not timed properly (not on the timing marks). They may have moved and come away from each other, the gear teeth and pinion teeth, and came back together wrong while assembling. One way to prevent that from happening is to put some small lightweight rubber bands inside to keep the gears meshed together (cut them and remove them later after the movement is together). On my second movement I found it easier to take the backplate off first so that things didn't fall apart. In that way I could see exactly how the gears were meshed. Then if the clock had been striking properly, I can put some light pencil marks on the gears and pinion for timing, in case there are no existing marks. Then to reassemble with the backplate last, find a plastic bowl of the proper size to set the movement on to clear some of the protruding parts on the front plate. No time to go into how I changed the meshing of the gears/timing of the strike side without taking it completely apart. It involves using a pipe cleaner. Thanks for the video.
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I like the rubber bands and the tool. On the strike side most of these clocks will have some indexing marks on the gears and pinions. The marks need to be aligned properly for the striking to work properly. One of the things that it makes proper, is when the hammer hits the bell, that it pretty much immediately stops and does not 'ratchet' up too much, getting ready for the next strike. It should strike and then motion should stop. If not then the gears are not timed properly (not on the timing marks). They may have moved and come away from each other, the gear teeth and pinion teeth, and came back together wrong while assembling. One way to prevent that from happening is to put some small lightweight rubber bands inside to keep the gears meshed together (cut them and remove them later after the movement is together). On my second movement I found it easier to take the backplate off first so that things didn't fall apart. In that way I could see exactly how the gears were meshed. Then if the clock had been striking properly, I can put some light pencil marks on the gears and pinion for timing, in case there are no existing marks. Then to reassemble with the backplate last, find a plastic bowl of the proper size to set the movement on to clear some of the protruding parts on the front plate. No time to go into how I changed the meshing of the gears/timing of the strike side without taking it completely apart. It involves using a pipe cleaner. Thanks for the video.