If you have ever sat frozen before a stopped 400-day clock wondering what to do, this book is for you. This is the most comprehensive repair manual that describes, in fully-illustrated detail, every aspect of 400-day clock repair for the novice as well as the professional. Providing detailed analysis of each part of the 400-day clock, Repair and Restore Your 400-Day Clock will teach you how it works, why it works, and how to determine when it is faulty. Two full chapters are devoted to the suspension spring alone, making ...
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If you have ever sat frozen before a stopped 400-day clock wondering what to do, this book is for you. This is the most comprehensive repair manual that describes, in fully-illustrated detail, every aspect of 400-day clock repair for the novice as well as the professional. Providing detailed analysis of each part of the 400-day clock, Repair and Restore Your 400-Day Clock will teach you how it works, why it works, and how to determine when it is faulty. Two full chapters are devoted to the suspension spring alone, making this the most hands-on repair manual ever for the 400-day clock. The restoration of these unique and cherished clocks will bring an unparalleled measure of satisfaction to their owners.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 8x0x10; 2010 Two Harbors Press (Minneapolis, Minnesota), 8 3/4 x 11 1/8 inches tall black faux leather hardcover in publisher's unclipped dust jacket, silver lettering to spine, copiously illustrated with black-and-white photographs and drawings, index, 92 pp. A near fine copy-clean, bright and unmarked-in a like dust jacket which is nicely preserved and displayed in a clear archival Brodart sleeve. ~SP22~ [2.0P] This is the most comprehensive repair manual that describes, in fully-illustrated detail, every aspect of 400-day clock repair for the novice as well as the professional. Providing detailed analysis of each part of the 400-day clock, Repair and Restore Your 400-Day Clock will teach you how it works, why it works, and how to determine when it is faulty. Two full chapters are devoted to the suspension spring alone, making this the most hands-on repair manual ever for the 400-day clock. The restoration of these unique and cherished clocks will bring an unparalleled measure of satisfaction to their owners. Contents: What is a 400-day clock? ; How to replace suspension spring; The function of the suspension spring; Positioning the fork; Setting the beat; Taking the 400-day clock movement apart; Cleaning the movement; Servicing the mainspring; Assembling the movement; Lubricating the 400-day clock; Adjusting the clock hands; Adjusting the dead-beat escapement; Adjusting the 400-day clock pin pallet escapement; Regulating the 400-day clock; Thinning the suspension spring; How to restore the 400-day clock bases; How to restore the 400-day clock cases; Examining the 400-day clock; Troubleshooting symptoms and their probable causes; Clock movement parts; Clock movement parts description.
I expected the book to be more revealing than it is and to have more empirical data available instead of referring to another author who supposedly is wiser than Mr. Rabushka.
