German mantle clock movement Escape Wheel pallet adjustment.

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A German chiming mantle clock has come in for service.
Apparently the owner's grand children have been playing around with the pendulum in the back of the clock and it has stopped working.
They have probably moved the Back Cock which has dropped the Pallets too deeply into the teeth on the Escape Wheel.
I have removed the movement from it's case and placed it on a test stand so we can track down the problem.
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[@laur481]

It's always enjoyable to watch (no pun intended) videos that make or repair anything mechanical. Thanks for the clear and well explained 'tutorial'.

[@ScottiesClockWorld]

Thanks for your comment, I appreciate your interest in my videos.

[@noelaruldas1152]

Thank you very much for your demonstration and explanation about how does mantel clocks function.

[@ScottiesClockWorld]

thanks for your comment. I am glad the video was helpful for you.

[@sethlingenfelter]

Great video!

[@ScottiesClockWorld]

Thanks for your comment. I am glad that you liked the video.

[@volopa5]

I’m not a watchmaker and perhaps my opinion is completely wrong, so please correct me on that😊 Here’s a layman’s view on this process. As one of the pivots is fixed, changing the back cock position results in a change in the alignment of the palette arbor relative to the side plates. In an ideal world, the arbor should be strictly perpendicular to both plates. What you do in the video probably deals not so much with the depth of the palette but with the alignment of the arbor relative to the plates. I think the palette depth is fixed at design time by the position of the pivot hole on the plate opposite the back cock. (Most likely, I messed up the terminology; if so, my apologies for that.)

[@ScottiesClockWorld]

Yes that is correct. Thanks for your comment.

[@joepublic573]

scottie - how do you know at what depth the pallets should stop at. i mean you could be at the top tips of the escape wheel or pretty far down into the escape wheel - what is the correct measure? .. or is it simply a little bit of experience and knowledge. still grasping with this one. too far up (excess wear?) too far down (chance of 'sticking'?)

[@ScottiesClockWorld]

The tip of each pallet has to just contact the teeth on the escape wheel, a couple of mm. If the pallets drop too far down between the escape wheel teeth the clock will be stopped. Experience sure helps unfortunately. Have a look at this video and see if it helps: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nHzdnmWrZ9KCY9U

[@TheTrudeman]

Can't see what you are doing. Gloves in the way. Sorry.

[@pingcheah6845]

This seems looks like a big jobs,he have to wear a glove

[@ScottiesClockWorld]

I always use gloves when working with clock movements. The acids and oils naturally occurring on your skin will discolour brass over time. That is why you sometime see dark finger print marks on old clock movements.