Cased

After my brief spin in the Mystery Machine I got Nana's movement running well, both keeping time and striking.

Giving the case a gentle clean I noticed quite a bit of tar on the exterior however that is not unusual with antique clocks. Smoking was much more prevalent decades ago. Nonetheless, overall, the case is in good shape and I wanted to see how the clock would run with the movement fully installed. 

To reinstall it the movement is inserted face down and screwed into the frame of the case.

I turned her over, reinstalled the hands and stood her up.

The movement seated upright nicely. Didn't those original mainsprings clean up well!

Then I aligned the hammer to the gong.

And hooked on the bob on the end hook of the pendulum rod.

Now up on the table to do a test run.

Fully reinstalled and standing tall the movement ran quite well.

I did some time testing which means checking to see if the clock runs fast or slow. After a full service of a clock movement it is important to let the clock run for a full wind and then adjust as/if necessary. 

I wanted to see if those refreshed mainsprings would actually run and correctly strike on Nana's clock for a week or more on a single wind.

Turns out I had a LOT of adjusting to do and I found something else that needs fixing. 

That's for the next post.