The Clock Repairer's Handbook

by Laurie Penman

Provides all the necessary information to troubleshoot any clock’s problems and to make sure your clock continues to run in perfect order for generations to come—from tools and equipment to strike and chime work.

Laurie Penman has written an indispensable guide for both the absolute beginner and the experienced clock enthusiast. The Clock Repairer’s Handbook provides information on how to repair and maintain a clock’s delicate mechanics and teaches the basics of clock repairing through detailed, easy-to-follow instructions and more than three hundred instructive diagrams and illustrations.

Advice and directions for tools and equipment, cleaning clock movements, pivoting and mounting, fixing train faults and gears, the importance of lubrication and friction, suspensions and crutches, weight and spring drives, and how to make sure the strike and chimes work on the hour, every hour.

Genres: Nonfiction, Reference

176 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1985

Reviews

[James · Rating 4 out of 5]

A modern book on the subject, it assumes you have a small lathe and some form of indexing so that you can cut replacement clock gears. Includes basic as well as advanced repairs for 20th century clocks. If you're mucking around with real antiques, stop reading this immediately. You need to find some cheap clocks to repair, leave the family heirlooms alone.