Time Clock - Part 1

[@KeritechElectronics]

2:00 "This is the Lockpicking Furry, and what I have for you today..." A lovely restoration of quite an interesting device. Waiting for the second part!

[@YuriyKrivosheyev]

Exactly, LPL will be proud of this practical skills :)

[@atkelar]

I can't compete with him... but at least I didn't have to break stuff to get that lid off. 😅

[@mx0r]

Finding your amazing channel thru Marc and you giving this small nod to LPL, one feels like he is among the correct bubble here! Keep the great work, fluffy animal!

[@elext9q]

Cool videos and cute fursona!

[@spookisghostly4619]

I love this it's so interesting to see into these old machines

[@Spookieham]

Great video looking forward to part 2

[@hymermobiler]

Really glad Marc sent me here you have a great channel. If I had taken half of that apart it would never work again lol

[@atkelar]

Thanks and welcome!

[@jdos2]

"it looks more like... dirt." Best use of obvious spoken ellipsis so far this year - thank you for the laugh (and the video!)

[@vespapkxl5526]

he spends 30h a week with repairs, i guessed it from my own hobbytime very nice clock please never stop to be a cute, black repairing fluff

[@the1stDDD]

"The coil did have end caps...but they disintegrated". Not sure if its the technical repair stuff, or the commentary, that I like more.

[@PapasDino]

I'm continuously amazed at how you (and Marc often) take complicated mechanisms apart and then reassemble them making it look "so easy"! I have to take lots of pix, draw diagrams, make notes, etc. ad infinitum even taking simple stuff apart to get it all back together...very envious of you guys! 73 - Dino KLØS (if you happen to be a ham as well!)

[@atkelar]

Thanks! I am not sure, but I think it's a knack... I can't speak for Marc, but on my side, I take pictures and of course the videos during disassembly. For electronics, the circuit diagram (usually available on the internet for older stuff) helps plenty too. But I never stop to think much about putting it together again, I just do it and check my notes when in doubt. My mom still tells the story of the lawnmower that was in pieces and then worked well for over 10 more years... I was about 10 at the time... And no, not a ham here. I have plans to get a license eventually, but not as of now.

[@CuriousMarc]

I can't wait to see how the ribbon trick is going to work. What kind of ribbon did you get?

[@atkelar]

I think the combination of ink and ribbon might be the trick. I specifically looked for "oil based" ink refills. If they are similar to the oil paints in art, they should not dry out as much as the water based ones... For the ribbon itself, I just scouted the crafts section on Amazon. At the 5cm/2" mark there's not much selection.

[@POVwithRC]

This thing looks like a work of art. Love the green.

[@Rossv2motion]

cool idea

[@zyeborm]

New intro looks pro mate, nice!

[@colinstu]

Seeing it all come apart... I was afraid it wouldn't come back together. Great work so far :>

[@JimmytheCow2000]

It may have been a fluke hahah

[@plunderydoo1]

Excellent work and very interesting to watch 👍 Maybe an Ultrasonic cleaner could be helpful with those smaller parts.

[@johnnytacokleinschmidt515]

18:53 he says ultrasonic cleaner didn't clean it. I just happened to catch that and thought I'd share.

[@atkelar]

That specifically was about the number wheels and the ink residue. But the oil also didn't budge much. I still don't dare to use more than water and the ultrasonic cleaning agent in the cleaner... Most of the iron parts I didn't want to put into that water solution for the potentail of rusting.

[@1dolar1note1]

good stuffffss

[@CreativeMarten]

a furry working on mechanical devices????? Epic! this video gonna be sweet! (IK its a electromechincal but still)

[@fairyflosslord7]

omg I know you!

[@NickBryant-ce2ol]

The wiring diagram may be correct. The capacitors may be acting as “voltage droppers”, keeping the motor turning and drawing little current. But since you’ve finished the restoration, I guess this doesn’t matter now.

[@atkelar]

Yeah, it does work as depicted; but I still wonder why they would have the coil and the motor energized during normal operation. Given the fact that the plunger in the magnet was mangled and "repaired" and the wires were spliced together with a wire nut, I'd guess somebody did rework stuff before and they might have not known better? In my new wiring, I put a 240V motor in parallel to the caps/switch/coil assembly. Oh, and spoiler: I added a fuse!

[@zyeborm]

@@atkelar I was wondering if they might use the caps as a peak and hold type circuit somehow. Or if they might stop the clock while it's punching and it had been miswired.

[@atkelar]

I am reasonably sure that some miswiring has been going on. The wiring between the switches and capacitors seemed "factory" to me, but the way the power cable and motor were connected was a bit strange. I **think** the motor was supposed to be in parallel to the punch part, like I did it now.

[@LocutusDeer]

Oh, i have one of those time recorders in my collection

[@atkelar]

This model? If so, does it still have a model number tag? Mine didn't. So far, it seems to be a revision of an IBM design...

[@johnnytacokleinschmidt515]

11:45 "Yupp... I did it this time. This will never work again." If it was me who took it apart!

[@agranero6]

Wow! Your views number finally went to a more deserved number! I mean almost 1k views in 10 hours. Congratulations. I hope you get more subscribers too. Or am I biased because I watched as soon as they went out?

[@atkelar]

Thanks! For small weird channels like mine, word of mouth is still the best way of gaining viewers. The boost from CuriousMarc certainly helped and I'm ever so grateful for it!

[@YuriyKrivosheyev]

Thanx, very interesting. I thought it will have a 1 minute stepper from a master clock, not a 1 rpm synchro. Do you have a printing stock/cards (forms) for it?

[@atkelar]

I have made myself a template; print on card stock and it works just fine!

[@wall_k]

Ah, missed the premiere by so little ):

[@GraemeLunam]

I am new to the channel and not wishing to teach you 'to suck eggs' but given the vintage of the item it may pay to be a bit careful with the caps as they main contain (or have leaked) polychlorinated biphenyls, (aka PCBs) which are not the nicest substance to cover you self with. I look forward to seeing the completed item stamping away.

[@atkelar]

Well, I certainly learned a new proverb... 😸 - but yes, when dealing with such old stuff, I tend to be very careful about paint and any "residue" I find. I'm certainly not a chemical expert, so I wouldn't know exactly what chemicals to expect, but I try not to touch any of it and - if I slip anyway - wash up immediately. Also, I clean off that stuff before I apply the wire brush to avoid "airborne" stuff.

[@amirucchacon]

It is a 100% mechanical clock?

[@amirucchacon]

no, it's not

[@atkelar]

Around here, we call it "electromechanical". Not sure if that is a proper translation. The drive is electric but everything else is mechanical.

[@amirucchacon]

​@@atkelarYes, it is an electro-mechanical watch,It has an electrical part (the coil and cables) and the rest are gears, At first I didn't see the electronic part and assumed it was completely mechanical, my bad sorry

[@altebander2767]

Well strictly speaking it's fully electric, as it relies on electrons of different parts repelling each other. This way you can have parts move by having other parts move. It's the same reason why you don't fall through the earth to the core of it.

[@atkelar]

No worries - it's just hard to tell what actually was meant by questions in these text based comments at times, so I try to answer how I see it :)

[@oblioi]

:o)❤