Click operation for ratchet wheels explained for cuckoo clocks. 20220317 200008

[@RobertLindsay-o2n]

Mark is fantastic, great videos learning alot from a master keep up the good work and videos

[@munnerlyn3]

Thank you very much for the kind words. You dont know how much I appreciate it. These comments is why I do what I do. Glad I could help.

[@justmike57]

I took my first one totally apart two months ago. Didn't know what I was doing for sure, but I got it figured out. I just figured it was toast any ways.... But I did fix it.

[@munnerlyn3]

Yeah they arent as hard as what people think they are to fix. Glad you got yours fixed.

[@8953147]

I recently received a main wheel for cuckoo clock that has a chain guard installed and no matter where I place the guard it interferes and rotates around causing issues is there any fix that you know of when working with these chain guarded main Wheels?

[@munnerlyn3]

I havent dealt with that many chain guards. However looking at some on timesavers they have a cut out in them for the movement plate posts. So the post prevents them from rotating. The following is a typical ratchet wheel with chain guard showing the cut out section for the post. timesavers.com/search.html?q=32827&go=Search

[@8953147]

I made the decision to cut off the guard and now it works normally. Before I cut it off, it would rotate interfering with the 2nd wheel.

[@munnerlyn3]

Did you have it on the post that holds the plates together. Because it should not have rotated if you did.

[@8953147]

@@munnerlyn3 Yes fully assembled and would rotate CW, having no place to anchor the post. Timesavers told me put it at 12:00 but still interfered with 2nd wheel and Escape wheel. Very strange.

[@8953147]

@@munnerlyn3 The post attached to the chain guard can't anchor anywhere, causing interference with Escape/2nd wheels as it rotates CW. Really bad design.