[Shop-talk] Winding clocks with pull chains

[John Innis]

On the moving of the hands, I know it varies by the design of the
movement.  For example the instruistions that came with out Seth
Thomas (circa 1911) state that the hands are ONLY to be moved counter
clockwise.  But the 2000 Howar Miller that we have gives specific
prcedures for bot clockwise and counter clockwise.

On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 3:34 PM, Steven Trovato <strovato at optonline.net>
wrote:
> Yes, I am the guilty party.  I would defer to the expert.  It just seemed
> like it made sense at the time.  I did a quick search and  I found
"experts"
> who are in both camps.  One site, www.cuckookingdom.com says to pull on the
> chain, but "If the clock has an 8 day movement please, gently lift up on
the
> weight while pulling the opposite end of the chain".  This seems to be a
> common theme, but I don't understand why the 8 day variety is handled
> differently.  Another guy says you should "steady the clock with your other
> hand".  I guess that's one way to go if you're not too confident in your
> hanger.  And then there's the whole subject of moving the hands to set the
> clock.  Only clockwise?  Doesn't matter?  This guy,
> http://bpic.co.uk/articles/cuckoo.htm, even says to only move them
> counter-clockwise.  The whole thing is enough to drive you cuckoo.  Sorry.
>  Sometimes I just can't help myself.
>
> -Steve Trovato
> strovato at optonline.net
>
>
> At 02:33 PM 2/11/2010, Brian C Kennedy wrote:
>>
>> Some time ago, someone suggested lifting the weight when you pull the
>> chain.
>> Our clock repairman was by today and he said don9t do it. The clocks are
>> designed to handle the load and he9s seen many cases where the chain got
>> tangled up and caused problems.
>>
>> Brian K
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