The pivots given final cleaning, and then the movement is assembled and lubricated.A Celebration of Women Writers The Cuckoo Clock. Then the parts are cleaned again, the pivot holes cleaned with pegwood, The movement is taken apart and cleaned, the pivots polished, worn pivot holes bushed, worn out pinion wires replaced,Īny other necessary repairs carried out. These techniques merely postpone the need for a proper overhaul. Like cleaning the movement whole, even using an ultrasonic cleaner, cannot properly clean pivots and pivot holes. If your clock stopsĪnd you spray it with oil to make it go again, it will continue to wear badly, because it is still dirty. The clock for years after the oil has gone bad, causing severe wear to pivots and pivot holes. Most antique cuckoo clocks have heavy weights which will run In this condition, the more repair it will need. Role in how long it will run between overhauls.Īs dust gets in the mechanism, the oil becomes an abrasive paste which causes wear. The environment in which the clock is used plays a big Windup clocks need overhauling about every 3 - 7 years. If the clock needs an overhaul, or will be okay for several more years. We will check the condition of the movement, and check that the mainspring ratchets are secure. We recommend the following: After using it for three years, bring the clock in for oiling and inspection. Your clock, being a precision mechanism, needs periodic maintenance to keep it running reliably and to give it This will prevent the chains from coming off the wheels inside the clock.īefore shipping the clock, open the back and place clips on the bellows to keep them closed. Obtain a thin wire and thread it through each chain where it enters the clock. Look inside the back of the clock and make sure the wire which lifts the cuckoo bird’s tail is under the The problem, make sure the clock case is flush against the wall, or shim out the top or bottom of case if necessary. 3) Make sure pendulum hanger wire is not rubbing on slot in case bottom. If not, move bottom of clock to left or right Pull up the weightsġ) Make sure weights are up. Repeat until the cuckoo calls the correct hour. Open the door on the right side of the clock and push in on the vertical wire. Side of the clock and push in on the vertical wire. If the cuckoo or quail call are wrong, pull up the weights, then proceed as follows. Set the hands to the correct time, pull up the weights and start the clock. Move the minute hand clockwise until the hands point to the hour which the cuckoo just called. Repeat this until the cuckoo calls out an hour 2:00 or higher. If the cuckoo calls the wrong hour, pull up the weights, then proceed as follows. Repeat until the cuckoo calls the correct Of the clock and push in on the vertical wire. Hand to the correct time when it is wrong by more than several minutes. Typical accuracy is one to two minutes per day. Move the bob up to speed up the clock or down Some clocks the bob is a friction fit, on others a nut moves it. The clock can be made to go faster or slower by means of the bob (usually a leaf or a disk) on the pendulum. Setting the hands pull up the weights if they are down. Never move the minute hand counterclockwise past 3, 6, 9, or 12. On some clocks (such as those from the 1940's and 50's), the cuckoo willĬall after the half-hour quail call, too. Quarter past, twice at half-past, three times at quarter before and four times on the hour. Move the minute hand, pausing at each quarter hour for the quail and cuckoo call. After setting the hands, pull up the weights if they are down. Never move the minute hand counterclockwise Move the minute hand, pausing at each hour and half-hour for the cuckoo call. For best results, wind the clock at about the same time each day. Place one of your hands on the clock to steady it, and with your other hand, pull down on the free end of oneĬhain, bringing the weight on the other end up to the bottom of the clock gently. If the cuckoo door is held closed by a wire latch, move the latch aside. Move the bottom of the clock to the left or right until Give the pendulum a push and the clock will start ticking. Hang the pendulum on the hanger at the bottom of the clock (near the back). The screw should protrude about 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 inches from the wall. The screw must be long enough to be securely fastened into a stud in the wall. Install a #8 or #10 wood screw in the wall, angled upward at a 45 degree angle. Untwist the wire which is holding the chains and remove it. The bellows (on top of the whistles that produce the cuckoo sound). Open up the back by moving the latch aside and gently prying the top out. These instructions apply to older weight-driven cuckoo clocks and quail & cuckoo clocks that do not have a self-synchronizing
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