This week we have been reinstalling two automatic winding units. These have been repaired . One was a 1/4hp motor, the other a small 12volt motor. Working with a specialist motor company we have had both the motors rewound, which reduces the cost and the need to install new.
This week our clockmakers have been busy installing automatic winding units in Newark and installing a variable speed motor to drive a Carillon at Southwell Minster.
Our clockmakers have been busy ove the last couple of days, removing four cast iron skeleton dials from a church in Leicester. They will be sand blasted, painted and then gilded with 23&1/2ct gold leaf before being refitted using stainless steel fixings.
The sun's back out while Mike installs some new opal glass, the clock over looks Britain's oldest wind tunnels building that has tested everything from Spitfires to Concorde's.
Today Mike is in East Yorkshire installing a pendulum regulator to this W. Potts cage clock. This will ensure the clock is keeping to time and also will adjust the clock for GMT and BST time changes.
Today clockmaker Mike has been renewing the hammer wire and worn right angle levers on a quarter chime clock. Theres definitely been a lot of eye links made!
Today clockmakers Pete and Mike have completed one of the last jobs before Christmas, has been installing two automatic winding units to a Dent flatbed clock in Cambridgeshire.
This week our clockmakers have been at @standrews_ply installing four dials we have recently restored, they are definitely looking better then when we took them down.
Today we have installed a four way clock movement and a clock controller which keeps the clock showing the correct time, as well as automatically adjusting the clock for BST And GMT time changes.
Steve and Mike have been in Conisborough today fitting 2 Automatic windong units to an W. Potts HR strike clock as well as a Pendulum Pegulator to keep the clock at the right time.
This week Steve and Mike have been busy in the workshop repairing this set of dial motionworks after an issue was causing the clock to stop. After some rebushing, testing and adjustments we have reinstalled them and the clock is now working correctly.