Ridgeway Wall Clock after Overhauling

This one needed cleaning badly

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I’ve heard stories of some people using drills and a extension to polish the pinions

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That may work on longer American clock pivots but still it’s the lazy way of doing it

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@@samsclocks2084my friend does that because he already has a drill and his parent won’t let him buy even a small sandpaper stick though part of the reason is the high quality sticks are 10 dollars which I find hard to justify

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2:40 same thing with the ratchets some people even professionals say to oil them but over time the ratchets become so stiff it becomes dangerous to wind it if it’s a open mainspring one because the key will turn very fast and potentially hurt your hand and and the mainsprings especially if you replaced them it would suck to have them break in 5 years because of stiff ratchets

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I’ve heard of people doing that too. Never seen a professional do that though.

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@@samsclocks2084 I’ve heard of only one professional doing that though my way of telling if something could use a tiny bit of grease or oil is it if moves not including gears or things like the counter or the rack at least on the end and NEVER something that is meant to hold something so it doesn’t get slippery from oil or stiff from it drying up

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My nearest clock shop does that and oils the ratchet wheel and ratchet at the tooth not the ratchet pivot he’s been doing it for over 50 years he argues that if it’s cleaned properly every service no damage is done

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I mean he may be right, but it just seems unnecessary

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@@samsclocks2084he says “A drop of thicker oil or light grease on one or two teeth of the click wheel, it will distribute as you turn it, and a tiny drop of clock oil on the pivot point of the ratchet pawl, where it is riveted to the gear. This is a high stress point, and is often badly worn.”

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I might start doing it