1882 Ansonia Movement Restore for Cliff from Tennessee #37

Restoration of Ansonia clock movement.
Movement is original to a Queen Elizabeth Case from around 1910.

[@tobielouw138]

Awesome as always nice video thank you be blessed

[@davidwilliams1383]

Very nice video as usual and I learneda few things. Although you always make it seem easy, this one seemed like a walk in the park for you. Thank you for sharing.

[@jamesmartin5370]

Thanks David, Yes, outside of the rust issues. It was just worn parts, Cliff said he got if from his dad years ago. Always kept it running until one day it just up and quit and he discovered the pivot holes all worn out. Gears and pinions were binding against each other was most of its issues.

[@randallzook5570]

amazing work

[@jamesmartin5370]

These are great clocks, made to last generations.

[@prabhusubramanyam3475]

IT seems that you restoring the defferent clock, which is not shown in the thumbnail, and as usual Great work,array of wonderful Tools and Equipments , Nice Sir

[@jamesmartin5370]

Owner didn't want to ship the case and only sent the movement. This movement goes to a Queen Elizabeth Case. Owner damaged original pendulum rod so I am using a replacement the owner supplied. Thank You

[@prabhusubramanyam3475]

@@jamesmartin5370 Thank you for your reply sir

[@max.m.8873]

Wow. 👍Great video as always.👏👏👏👏💪👍

[@pauldyck4596]

Excellent work. Especially impressive is how you dealt with the wear on the teeth of one of the main wheels by reversing the wheel. One thing I would have done a little bit differently is for the replacement click rivet instead of using a straight sided brass rivet I would have made a steel step rivet, with the part of the rivet that goes through the main wheel slightly larger in diameter than the part of the rivet that goes through the click. That way there is less risk of the click getting stuck when you peen over the rivet. That said, what you did clearly works fine.

[@jamesmartin5370]

Thanks Paul, Actually I reversed both mainspring wheels just didn't get around to showing the other due to time constraints I will incorporate your rivet fix tip from now on.

[@myqueentitanbug28]

Vary nice job repaing and rebushing the clock

[@jamesmartin5370]

Thanks John, This one ended up being a nice running movement.

[@myqueentitanbug28]

@@jamesmartin5370 That's very good to hear. How many days can this clock go before rewinding it? It has to sound very nice inside the case.

[@jamesmartin5370]

@@myqueentitanbug28 If I remember, this one was a 30 day, customer didn't send the case, shipping is safer sending movement only if possible.

[@myqueentitanbug28]

@@jamesmartin5370 That is a nice long running clock. The mantle clocks I have I think need to be rewond once a week.

[@jaumejaume8925]

Molt interessant i didactic, bravo👏👏

[@راجحالدوسري-ل3ش]

فيديو رائع...شكرا...شكرا جزيلا..

[@jamesmartin5370]

على الرحب

[@tonyaxeman4381]

I have a 1882 pat. Ansonia and seems different than most I have viewed here on You tube . I got it on E bay and was in the worst case I have ever seen . I`m not a pro but have started working on clocks after repairing pocket watches .

[@kkyykk7042]

Excellent

[@jamesmartin5370]

Thanks, This ended up being an excellent running movement.

[@lazy2day2003]

You are the very first that I have found which has said to file out the hole back to center before proceeding with the hole for the bushing and to just ream it out rather than drill. Thank you for providing that information! AND, what do you use for chelation, citric acid?

[@jamesmartin5370]

Chelation process is different that using a an acid based process. For chelation I have been using Evapo-Rust: www.evapo-rust.com/ There are other chelation products out there. Its a water-based rust remover that draws the rust away or lifts it from the metal, this is accomplished through what is called chelation.

[@jagdishsonawale4028]

Very nice .which oil is used for oiling

[@jamesmartin5370]

I used NYE Synthetic Clock Oil on the pivots of this clock and , and timesavers mainspring lube. As long as you stay with a good grade Synthetic Clock Oil all works out good in the end. For pivots I put in just enough to fill any possible air gap between pivot surface and pivot hole to form an oil/dust seal and call it good.

[@jagdishsonawale4028]

@@jamesmartin5370 thank you very much

[@jsclocks4281]

Nice video

[@Swanicyouth]

Masterful work as always. I’m curious regarding your thoughts on if a pivot hole appears perfectly round in theory could ever need a bushing? In other words, would lack of an egg shape of a pivot hole signify any play in the hole was originally designed in by the movement maker? Sometimes it seems like movements on mass produced American clocks have a lot of pivot movement or “slop”, however the pivot hole appears close to perfectly round. This makes me unsure if they were just originally produced that way. Thanks

[@jamesmartin5370]

They were originally designed and produced with a considerable amount of pivot to pivot hole clearance. No production drawings seem to have survived that we can take a look at that give exact tolerance's that I am aware of. Some of the early designs only had four pillar posts and when fully wound the movement frame could twist slightly. This condition required more clearances to prevent possible pivot binding.

[@Swanicyouth]

Thanks for your input. Do you believe a pivot hole could appear perfectly round & still be worn enough to require a bushing?

[@jordanbusby6231]

How are you mr. Martin?

[@jamesmartin5370]

As you can see, I am still spinning those bushings out, This one had some worn pivot holes but now it has a new lease on life for a while.

[@jordanbusby6231]

@@jamesmartin5370 ok

[@manarkawas1345]

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[@jamesmartin5370]

أتمنى لك التوفيق في البيع. أنا أعمل على هذه لكن لا أجمعها. لا أعرف أي شخص يتطلع لشراء واحدة الآن. شكرًا لك. '