Very Oily 1935 Ingraham Mantel Clock (Restoration)
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- Опубліковано 6 гру 2022
- Next up on the bench is an 8-Day Ingraham Mantel Clock. I purchased this Ingraham Mantle Clock because it looked like it needed a little help. This clock has been around for a long time. It was made in June of 1935. The numbers "635" are stamped on the bottom of the case. The first number represents the month and the second 2 numbers represents the year.
Problems with this clock:
- Parts of the movement were dripping with oil.
- The mainsprings were seeping oil and contained areas of hardened oil which can cause the springs to catch and not unwind smoothly.
- The leather tips for the chime hammers were missing.
- The clock case was worn and scratched in many areas.
In this video you'll see:
- How to remove a clock movement from an Ingraham mantle clock.
- How to disassemble and assemble a clock movement from an Ingraham mantle clock.
- How to wind and unwind loop-end clock mainsprings using a clock mainspring winder.
- How to clean and lubricate clock mainsprings.
- How to clean a clock movement from an Ingraham mantle clock.
- How to replace hammer leather tip material.
- How to calculate Beats per Minute (BPM) by counting wheel teeth and pinions.
I hope you liked this video. Please feel free to like, comment and subscribe. :)
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The rubber duckie absolutely made bathtime so much fun.
Sure did!
The sheer amount of accumulated gunk is astonishing! Lovely presentation and beautifully narrated, thank you.
I'm glad you liked it. Thanks for watching!
You make it look all so easy.
In this day and age there's no one around who can help and quite me safely through all this process.
You're video maybe of some help and it has answered some of my questions.
Thank you. I'm glad you liked the video. Thanks for watching!
Being an amateur clock restorer, I thoroughly enjoy watching you work on this old clock. For me it's very therapeutic and takes me to a simpler happy place. I like cleaning parts in an ultrasonic tank, but that's just me. Thanks for sharing!
I'm so glad you liked the video!
I have respect for those who designed these movements once upon a time and huge respect for those who decades later repair them. It’s a skill i admire, combining mechanical engineering with art.
I agree! I find it very fascinating. Thanks for watching!
Your work is incredible, I’m 14 and have been interested in antique clocks since I was 6 years old. Pretty soon, I’ll be starting my first ever overhaul on a vintage electric Seth Thomas hour and half hour chime mantel clock. I’ve learned enough from many people including your videos on tools and how it all works! You really helped inspire me to start repairing! Thank you very much and keep up the amazing work!
Awesome! Have fun and thanks for watching!
Hello I have chiming clock the kenzile company but it's main spring barrel three teeth worn out am very desp and unhappy , I need a main spring barrel .it's not available in my country please help me to give one barrel for my personal use
I love to see these treasures restored to their former glory. Excellent job.
Thanks!
Loved your home made tool for unwinding the spring. Wish I had thought of that. It bloody hurts when the spring let's go and the key hits your thumb!
Thanks! Yeah, the springs are really powerful.
The Danish oil really worked wonders. I like a piece to keep its age but there's a solid line between that and banged up and crappy. You hit the preserved-vs-preparing to collapse line just right.
Thank you!
Great video, I love how you made you ingenious main spring winder- those look right and powerful. Fantastic editing, it felt like we were alongside you as you worked on the clock.
Thank you and I really appreciate your comment. I was hoping people would feel that way!
The rubber ducky made a difference. 😄 nice job.
Haha! Thanks!
Wow, those chimes awoke a nostalgic feeling! I think my grandfather had a very similar clock.
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Oh, I love these watches! I have two of them, both made by Silco. They have three winding mechanisms to work with. They are beautiful and play every quarter of an hour. I love them with a passion!
Thanks for watching!
Beautiful job! I love old clocks too and it is amazing to see them back to life and restored. I love your channel, you got a new subscriber waiting for a new video!
Thank you! I'm really glad you like the videos!
You did a good job of cleaning the movement and case, and restoring the mantle clock to working order. It looks much better and it works like a charm as well. Excellent work.
Thanks!
Just found this vid, excellent, thank you. Here in the UK this type of clock was presented as top prize at ploughing matches!
Thanks for watching!
Well done.fpr.not.only restoring this magnificent clock but.also.for.preserving.its history.
Thanks!
Great video! I'm enjoying your channel. I can't wait to get the rest of the tools I need to work on my timepieces. Thank you.
Thank you! It takes a little while to get all the tools you need, then it seems like it's never enough 😀. Thanks for watching!
I just started tinkering around with a Sessions Mantle Clock. This is a great video to refer back to. Thanks!
Cool! I'm glad you find it helpful!
I have this clock movement in an Ingraham mantel clock...date 6/35. It was given to me as a gift 35 years ago. Worked well for years but not for 20. Now needs some TLC to restore and I'm trying to learn how to do this myself (which is overwhelming) but your post is terrific. Thank you so much
It's fun to work on, and I'm sure you can do it. Just take your time and take lots of pictures/videos for reference. It does feel overwhelming, but just take it a step at a time, and I think you'll be alright! Thanks for watching!
Well done .
A very good Video.
You saved another piece of History feelings and Memories for the owner
Take care
Frank Galetzka
Thank you and thanks for watching!
I love this channel, it's so therapeutic to watch
Awesome! I'm glad you like it. Thanks for watching!
Nice job! I really enjoyed watching your process of cleaning the mantel clock.
Thanks! I'm glad you liked it!
Beautiful job!
Thanks!
I appreciate you making this video. Ive collected 5 seth thomas clocks.
I had an extra movement from an ingraham clock. 1919.
I used your video to take it apart and put it back together just to see if i could do it.
It wasnt to hard.
Thanks again
Very cool! I'm glad my video was helpful. Thanks for watching!
Terrific video, thanks for sharing. I use naphtha to clean (camping gas), it evaporates completely clean unlike mineral spirits, etc. Someone else suggested using "Goop" with lanolin to clean the case and it does an amazing job removing all the old grime (following up with a damp towel.) Never be afraid to apply a coat or two of shellack, it's so easy to use and the shine is like showroom. I have never figured out how to restore the old looking dials but maybe that is fine to retain the antique look. You have inspired me to build an unwinder. Thanks you so much!
Thanks for the tips! Making a winder wasn't too hard to do at all. You should definitely give it a try. Thanks for watching!
Excellent video! I just picked up the same clock for $20 with a broken spring. This was very helpful!
Thanks! Glad I could help!
I tried fixing my late grandfather's clock a couple years ago and completely forgot to unwind the springs before-hand. They were quite dangerous when they let go. Going to try again now over Christmas, but I'm going to use that zip tie strategy you used. That is genius.
I bet that wasn't fun! The springs make me very nervous. Thanks for watching!
El detalle del patito en el baño de las piezas me terminó de convencer de que eres un perfeccionista!!!!Gracias por un video tan claro y bien hecho,
I try to be a perfectionist :). Thank you so much for watching!
Very nice job on a very nice clock. 👍 many people duck the duck but it truly does make bath time so much fun!
Thanks!
Your YouTubing skills are like seriously on point! Informative, relatable, niche, humor. Overall pleasantness!
Thank you!
Very nice restoration!
Thanks!
Great editing. Thanks for the cool video.
Thanks!
another brilliant clip, thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching!
enjoying the voice over and edit on this one.
Thank you! I'm glad you liked it. Thanks for watching!
Love the duckie 🦆
Thanks!
Great restoration
Thank you!
Good Job! Thanks for sharing.
Thanks!
I absolutely love the way you edited this. Were you speed up through the mundane stuff. But you keep it normal speed to give us an idea what you're looking at. Yeah this is unique I like it.
Cool! Thanks for the compliment and for watching!
Beautiful!
Thanks!
Very interesting. Looks good.
Thanks for watching!
Good video! Thanks for sharing! 👍😁👈
Thanks for watching!
Smart man with the glove on that spring 😅 awesome video mate
Thanks 👍
Great job. I have two mantle clocks that need to be cleaned and fixed. On one the clock spring broke a few years ago. I took it to a clock repair shop in Houston and the guy said it wasn't worth fixing.
It's worth fixing if you want it fixed. It just depends if you like the clock more than money. It takes a long time (at least for me) to work on these. Thanks for watching!
Amazing resto job, got one of these in.the back of the cupboard, may need to add it to the list. Keep up the great work 👍
Thanks 👍
@CrustyRestorations, I hope you show off the clock you have in the cupboard!
Hi, great job, well done. Cheers :)
Thanks!
Nice work! Danish Oil is the best. You probably already have Tibetan Almond oil stick but if you don't you might want to get a stick (it literally lasts forever) really does a nice job of covering scratches too. I have a can of it that was my mom's before I was born and I still use it, works fine, oh, I'm 68 yrs. old lol. Looking forward to your next video!
Thanks! I'll have to look into that.
Excellent 👏
Thanks!
Beautiful clock
Thanks!
Nice video. Thanks.
Thanks and thanks for watching!
I just watched two of your videos for the first time. Great job. I too would like to see a video of your mainspring winder along with perhaps some plans for it. They are ridiculously expensive, and right now nearly impossible to find.
Thanks! Yeah, I plan on doing a video of the mainspring winder when I can find the time.
You got it "Dialed"! Thanx again
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I'm reminded of another youtuber "odd tinkering" and his rubber duck known as "the ducktor". Love your work! Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching!
Haha, I immediately thought the same thing!
Great channel Ian Birmingham England 🇬🇧👍
Thank you, and thanks for watching!
Great video,
Thanks!
JAMES MARTIN WOULD BE PROUD
Thanks for watching!
Good show
Thanks for watching!
I'm really enjoying your channel. We both take similar approach to not over restoring clocks. I'm going to review my use of ammonia based cleaner having seen your results with soapy water, ultrasonics and white spirit. You use so little cleaner, very impressive. I must admit i think the dial would need a bit more gentle cleaning before I could look at it everyday. But you are right, better to take it steady and not strip it back to bare metal! The punched bushing would be something I'd be a bit reluctant to leave as is.
Thanks again for the huge amount of time and care you put into your videos.
Thanks! Yeah, my goal is to restore the clock to proper working order. I'm not trying to make the clock look brand new and erase its natural aging characteristics (like patina). In my opinion, one of the special things about an antique clock is its age, and making the clock look like it was made yesterday is not my objective. I would have liked the dial to look better, too, but I was nervous about rubbing off the actual ink on the dial. Thanks for watching!
well done!
Thanks!
Nice job, as usual. And cool hack with glue on leather tips, thanks!
When strike hammers are in resting position, there is should be some gap between them and gongs, 1-1.5mm should be enough. If you set them up in this way, the sound of the gong will be much more louder, melodic and continuous, as nothing will interfere with it. Just try to play with it, and you will be surprised.
Thank you!
Wonderful narration and work done….it makes me appreciate clock repairers a whole lot more. The case came out beautiful but I would have risked cleaning the face up a wee bit more…
Thanks! I still have the clock, so maybe one day I'll try working on the clock face again. Thanks for watching!
I used to live in Bristol, CT : )
They have a clock museum, there, so I hear.
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Браво мастеру спасибо большое Вам за видео супер клево
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I worked on movement that is even more dirty especially movement for W.S Johnson steeple clock and it’s so dirty that strikes won’t stop!
Must have been really dirty! Sounds like the locking lever wasn't falling into the path of the warning or locking pin because it was gummed up. Thanks for watching!
i like how it looks like its tail is wagging when it gets going again, like its happy
Haha, yeah. Happy clock! Thanks for watching!
Very informative. I also repair clocks with a group of guys in a clock museum. Very relaxing and fulfilling. I really like that home made main spring winder of yours. Is it possible you can do a video on how you assembled it? Would really like to make one to use at home.
Thanks! Yeah, I plan on making a video on that mainspring winder. Just got to find the time.
Looking forward to it. Thanks
Gotta give the duck a name. It makes it an official part of the team.
Good idea! I'll have to think of a name 😀
Ima thinkin you need to pick up one of those new lasers that eat gunk but leave metal alone....$10/20 grand??? but hey, maybe rent it out when not in use?? Ducky make bathtime fun!! Make bath water temps nicely warm/hot to aid cleaning.....maybe time for a larger ultrasonic piece!! Get your water based solvent mixture goin also! With heat.
Thanks fer entertaining me!! Vid editing is spot on!!
If you have 20K to give me, maybe I'll buy one, haha. Seems like the equipment I need is endless. Thanks for the tips!
Rubber ducky you’re the one!!!
You make bath time lot of fun!!!! Rubber ducky I’m awfully fond of you!!!
Rubber ducky joy of joys
When I squeeze you you make noise. Rubber ducky you’re my very best friend it’s true!!!
Haha, thanks for watching!
About a year ago I restored an Ingraham like that one. I now am working on a grandfather clock a howard miller green
Cool! I haven't worked on a grandfather clock before.
Good job! The Danish Oil really did work wonders on that case. I don’t know if I would have had the willpower to not do more on that face, but you did right by not risking doing damage to the print.
But what really got me to hit “Subscribe” was the rubber ducky. What’s life without whimsy??
I wanted to work on the face so bad, but didn't want to make it worse. Sometimes, doing less is more. Thanks for subscribing!
I'm curious about your soapy water/mineral spirits cleaning order. I would think you'd have better luck with the mineral spirits first, then the water wash. I have some old clocks I'd like to service, and your videos are encouraging me to try. Thanks.
Yeah, I question that order as well. The problem is I would have to submerge the parts in mineral spirits completely and let it soak for a long time. I would go through a lot of that solution if I used enough to actually soak the parts and it isn't cheap. So I tend to use it as a final rinse to get of any remaining oils, soap, etc. You should try working on clocks! It's fun.
I’m really enjoying your videos. Aside from experience, do you have a system for knowing how everything goes back together? I’m sure after a while things just start to click “see what I did there” but seems like you would need a numbering systems or something for parts. Keep up the good work!
My system is that I'm recording everything. I have video of the whole process. This is why I'm recording in the first place - so I can learn how to put things back together. Thanks for watching!
For scratches in the wood cabinet try rubbing a walnut over it. The oil in the nut hides a lot of scratches without discoloring.
I've heard of that before, but haven't tried it. Thanks for the tip!
Very thorough video 👍🏼 , and I greatly appreciated the meticulous care with which you took for each individual part.
After the recent death of my father, I have inherited my grandmother’s wooden Ingraham mantle clock, which was given to her on the occasion of her wedding (October, 1930). My father did very well at maintaining this clock, and I certainly strive to match his standards. However, although I have followed the instructions at initiating the mechanism, it ticks for about a minute before it slows to a stop. The singular chime works very well (a rich, deep tone), however I fear I will have to take this clock to have the time-keeping mechanism inspected. Any advice you could offer would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you.
Could be many different things. The pivot holes could be gummed up and/or worn, the movement could be too dirty, clock could be out-of-beat, etc. I'm sure it needs a good overhaul.
Great video as I am a beginner clockmaker myself. I’ve learned a lot from you! I am just curious, what brand of Dutch oil do you use? I have used some of your links to Amazon. Thank you so very much again for all of your great videos! Keep them coming!
I'm so glad you can learn some stuff from me. Hopefully, no bad habits or anything! I'm also a beginner, and there is a lot to learn. The oil i use is Horace Whitlock's Clock Oil: amzn.to/3LfLbpo
The link is also in the description.
Дуже цікаво 😊❤
Thank you!
Great job
One comment though, watch out for fingerprints on the plates. I mentioned that because you didn't have gloves on when you assembled it (1st step).
Thanks for sharing
Yup, I forgot to put gloves on during that part. Thanks for watching!
This came out pretty nice. I'm curious to know what type of motor oil the previous person used. Lol I've never seen main springs with that much oil dripping.
Thanks! I'm not sure what they used haha. It was very messy.
I'm a watch tinkerer. I am attempting to learn to service wrist and pocket watches. Part are a problem at time to acquire. Have you run into that?
I also have a couple of clocks to try to service or repair. So any thing I can learn from your channel is a plus for me.
Yeah, some things can be hard to find. Hopefully my channel helps you figure some things out. Thanks for watching!
man i really live the way you make this process look more fun and easy, really loved this video! Now as an extra question, idk how possible this is but can you come up with a bpm formula but for mechanical alarm clocks (they don't have a 4th wheel)
Cool! Glad you liked it. You should just be able to remove the 4th wheel from the calculation. The only wheels of concern are the ones from the escapement wheel to the center wheel. Also, I'm not a mathematician, so I could be wrong here. This is the equation I use.
BPM = (ProductOfGearTeeth / ProductOfGearPinions) / 60
Some helpful sites:
bluepapertech.com/clock-repair/clock-repair-101-making-sense-of-the-time-gears/
bluepapertech.com/clock-repair/calculating-a-clocks-ideal-pendulum-period-the-sequel/
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Hi I’m late to this party! Your videos just showed up in my feed. I’m so fascinated with antique clocks and started to learn cleaning and repair. I quickly realized I need more tools! I appreciate your spring winder and zip tie ideas. I have collected several clocks that have issues/need parts. Is eBay good for parts or ?
Thanks! Ebay is a good resource and also www.clockworks.com.
Antiques clock
Thanks for watching!
A slight knurl at the end of your hook clip will prevent main spring from slipping loose.
Thanks for the tip!
I used to do similar work as a hobby. I no longer am able to do this, due to nerve damage.
I just do this for a hobby too. That's too bad about the nerve damage :(
I like the easy style of video and voice-over. Is there a reason you wouldn't use a solvent to remove all the old grease?
Thank you. I would need a lot of solvent to soak the parts and that isn't cheap. It would be quicker but cost more. I can either spend more money and be quicker or spend less money and be slower. I'm choosing to spend less money. I use solvent as a final rinse to remove any remaining residues.
I have a Seth Thomas ding dong chime mantel clocks. It has been sitting not running for at least 35 years was my grandmas. Sent for a key so I can wind it and see if it still runs.
That's exciting! Let me know how it goes!
great effort, I've been repairing/cleaning clocks for 15 years, I liked the spring winder you made, very novel ..Also curious to know what app are you using to measure the beat rate on your phone?
Thanks. The link to that app is in the description.
Hello, I have a 1920s Waterbury mantle clock that is in need of repair. iv noticed that it needs a new timing wheel and some case repairs. I was wondering if I could have some advice on how to fix some of these things? thank thank you very much.
You can email me at watchoverhaulchannel@gmail.com. Thanks for watching!
I'm curious to know: what is the little black arm bearing on the anchor pivot of the escapement mechanism that you move into place @36:40? It appears to be a retaining spring of some sort? It's always nice to see an old mechanism be brought back to life.
The verge just slides onto a post so it can move as freely as possible. That little black arm keeps the verge from sliding off its post.
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Thanks!
Just curious... is there any reason you don't use something like isopropyl alcohol to clean?
I tried using it before. I found that after it dries, it leaves behind a white residue. I then have to figure out how to clean that off. This is why I use mineral spirits.
Could you do a video on how you made your spring crank?
I'm planning to at some point.
How do you adjust the beat error on a clock like this?
What I do is make sure the clock is sitting level. If the clock is still out of beat, I slightly bend the crutch wire until the clock is in beat.
The Danish oil that you used, is it natural stain or walnut stain? It looks like it comes in different colors.
I think it was walnut.
What app are you using on your phone BPM's? I have been trying to find a more simple app like that. Thanks
There's a link in the description. Thanks for watching!
Loving your videos. May I ask what app you are using?
Thank you! Clock Calibration App: play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nitzan.cuckoocalibration
What is the name of this app that checks the clock setting and how do I get it.
The link is in the description. Thanks for watching!
Would a cleaner like Evaporust or something like that make cleaning the parts any easier?
I'm not sure.
What about that wire spring? Did I miss that when the video is in fast mode?
What do you mean by wire spring?