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I had and original North & Cheney that was converted to percussion when I was in high school. I wish I had that one today! They are one good looking pistol! I like yours.
I had and original North & Cheney that was converted to percussion when I was in high school. I wish I had that one today! They are one good looking pistol! I like yours.
Ted, if you get into repairing your clocks this is a great resource for parts, supplies, tools, etc., everything you need. The online catalog is very comprehensive and they will also send you a hard copy.Mine is not an expensive clock but has worked for at least 20 years without problem till this oil job, so must be some good. Here is a link to the oil I got.
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0089SKKY6/?tag=civilwartalkc-20
Ted, if you get into repairing your clocks this is a great resource for parts, supplies, tools, etc., everything you need. The online catalog is very comprehensive and they will also send you a hard copy.
http://timesavers.com/
Was hoping for more pics from members, which is extremely lazy of me considering an entire weekend has passed without me getting to the camera's memory card. Love these old things, too. Like Donna, would also collect everything only large item, she tends to collect things easily stored, how wise! Fortunatately also have a vey nice husband who nicely reminds me we have no desire to be featured on Hoarders.
Nothing like expecting other folks to do one's work for you, will get to it later, I hope.
That clock is a beauty. I see that is does have a wooden pendulum shaft so temp. variation shouldn't cause the speed up. Maybe it is the humidity like you suspected.Here is a picture of my old Camer regulator. It is not expensive or Civil War period but it is old and I was very happy to have taken it apart and oiled it and it now works as well as the day we got it. I also like aneroid barometers. Invented by a French scientist Lucien Vidi in 1843. I have a couple modern ones but on the look out for a CW period instrument if I run accross one.
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Very nice! Those are called "Kitchen Clocks". I have one not that good and I can't get the "click" to work properly so every once in a while the spring will kick back when winding. OUCH! Good way to lose a thumbnail when the key hits it. All of you be careful, the "click" is similar to a "sear" in gunsmithing. It locks in the teeth of the spring wheel, allowing it to only move in one direction. When badly worn or loose it will slip and spring will unwind violently.I just recently got this one going in my house. My dad rescued it from my great grandpa's attic when I was a kid and it became the heartbeat of our house for the rest of my childhood. Can't describe what it's like, after all these years, to hear it in my home. It chases my kids out the door for school now. They're the sixth generation of my family to hear it chime. View attachment 22853
Oh yeah, I just realized, that's a minie ball sitting on the shelf next to it. My few CW relics are the only things in my house older than the clock, which is from around 1890.
Very nice! Those are called "Kitchen Clocks". I have one not that good and I can't get the "click" to work properly so every once in a while the spring will kick back when winding .
All beautiful clocks, I like the butterflies on the steeple clock. I don't know anything about the RR clock and it's very interesting. Only one key hole, which is unsual to me. Do they not strike?Ah Ha! Finally put a photo of our old RR clock on this computer- it deserves an airing, has tick-tocked us to sleep too many nights to remember.
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