Hi,
I;m Really a newby on this, I dont know what clock or watch tools are or even what there used for, im trying to learn.
I got the on line course and it is bringing some of it to light. I,ve gotten into it because i have became disableded in the last couple years after fourty years of hard work.
I,m trying to get a hobby going that doesnt require hard work so i got to looking at our old Hemle Grandfather clock that i had a old clock repair guy clean and repair it six or seven years ago. After he finished it it ran for about three months and quit and of course he passed away. I'm not sure what he used on it but this stuff ran down on the gears and plates and hardend like cement, i tryed everything to get it off and finialy sofened it up with meuratic acid then soked it it brass cleaners of al types for hours and used a brass bruss and got it off finealy.
There is one thing i did'nt notice is there is three wait gears two turn one way and one turns the other way, can anyone tell me where the one goes? and how to time it.
I do have a few old clocks ive save from my childhood like mantel clocks and mantel clock bodies lot of them have spring wind up works they dont work either so i think i,ll try to fix them also.
Can you tell me what tools i should get, I know now i need a lathe but dont know whitch to get and what adapters to get with it. i,ve been looking on ebay but am confused.Do i need a staking set and thing like that if so do you have a video on how to actualy use them?
I'll be back asking more dumb questions
Thanks Don