How to set the beat of the pendulum clock.
Putting wall clock back in beat.
This can be done by either try leveling again from left to right by moving the clock very slightly from the bottom until you hear the most even tick tock.
This can be done by either try leveling again from left to right by moving the clock very slightly from the bottom until you hear the most even tick tock.
You can do this or if you have a skirting board at floor level put a piece of wood between the back of the clock and the wall to take up the gap.
Most antique clock backs have a few holes in them where previous owners screwed them to the wall to fix them in position.
It is ok to try this even if the clock doesn t have auto beat built in.
This can be screwed to the back of the clock or glued on.
Move the crutch to the left and right see figure 2.
It s the first thing to try when a clock will not stay running.
By over swinging the pendulum most modern german mechanical clock movements can be put back into beat.
This is also known as auto beat and is found in most post ww2 german clock movements.
For wall clocks always remove your pendulum before taking the clock off the wall.
Release pendulum and see if clock keeps.
Tock tick tock tick an adjustment must be made or the clock will stop.
Move pendulum to the left or right until the escape wheel escapes from one pallet to the other.
Stop pendulum and move it in the other direction until escape wheel escapes.
Setting the beat of the pendulum clock if the beat is irregular like.
After you have checked the above four and found them ok or fixed as necessary you adjust the beat as follows.
If the clock keeps running when started from both the.
If the pendulum stays in the clock it may scratch the inside of the case as well as change the beat and then the clock may not work.
Tock tick tock tick an adjustment must be made or the clock will stop.
Move the crutch see figure 2 to the.