Setting Up Your 30 Hour Longcase Clock
Place
the movement on the seatboard in the clock case & hook the weight onto the
pulley; this will hold the movement in place whilst it is aligned with the hood.
Fit the hood in place & move the movement left, right, backwards, forwards
until it is correctly aligned within the hood mask.
Remove the hood & attach the pendulum. The
pendulum is fed up through the case, through the pendulum crutch & held from
the top of the suspension spring, which is fed through the slot in the backcock.
Ensure that the brass block below the suspension spring hangs approx. in the
centre of the crutch. If it does not the crutch arm can be bent towards or away
from the movement. Give the pendulum a push to start it swinging & the clock
should start with a steady, even tick.
Most
30-hour clocks have a strike control mechanism known as a countwheel. This large
wheel is mounted on the back of the movement & turns as the clock is
striking. A detent can be seen resting on the edge of the wheel & when the
detent reaches a cutout in the wheel it drops in & causes the striking to
stop. If the number of blows struck is different to the hour
shown lift the detent & the clock will strike one more than the
previous count; repeat this operation until the blows struck is
correct.
To
set the clock to time turn the minute (long) hand clockwise only stopping at
each hour until striking as ceased before turning to the next hour. Do
not turn the hand anti-clockwise.
Repeat the same for an 8 day longcase clock
only you have to hang 2 weights on seperate pulleys
Place
the movement on the seatboard in the clock case & hook the weight onto the
pulley; this will hold the movement in place whilst it is aligned with the hood.
Fit the hood in place & move the movement left, right, backwards, forwards
until it is correctly aligned within the hood mask.
Remove the hood & attach the pendulum. The
pendulum is fed up through the case, through the pendulum crutch & held from
the top of the suspension spring, which is fed through the slot in the backcock.
Ensure that the brass block below the suspension spring hangs approx. in the
centre of the crutch. If it does not the crutch arm can be bent towards or away
from the movement. Give the pendulum a push to start it swinging & the clock
should start with a steady, even tick.
Most
30-hour clocks have a strike control mechanism known as a countwheel. This large
wheel is mounted on the back of the movement & turns as the clock is
striking. A detent can be seen resting on the edge of the wheel & when the
detent reaches a cutout in the wheel it drops in & causes the striking to
stop. If the number of blows struck is different to the hour
shown lift the detent & the clock will strike one more than the
previous count; repeat this operation until the blows struck is
correct.
To
set the clock to time turn the minute (long) hand clockwise only stopping at
each hour until striking as ceased before turning to the next hour. Do
not turn the hand anti-clockwise.
Repeat the same for an 8 day longcase clock
only you have to hang 2 weights on seperate pulleys
