Clock Cleaning and Repairing - With a Chapter on Adding Quarter-Chimes to a Grandfather Clock
Nonfiction, Home & Garden, Antiques & Collectibles, Clocks & Watches, Crafts & Hobbies, Metal Work
| Author: | Bernard E. Jones | ISBN: | 9781473385559 |
| Publisher: | Read Books Ltd. | Publication: | April 16, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Charles Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Bernard E. Jones |
| ISBN: | 9781473385559 |
| Publisher: | Read Books Ltd. |
| Publication: | April 16, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Charles Press |
| Language: | English |
This vintage text contains an accessible and novice-friendly guide to cleaning and repairing clocks. Complete with simple step-by-step instructions and a plethora of detailed, useful illustrations, this timeless text is ideal for anyone looking for a simple and easy-to-digest guide pertaining to watch repair. Although old, the information contained herein will still be of considerable utility to the modern reader, and it would make for a worthy addition to any bookshelf. The chapters of this book include: How a Simple Clock Works, Clock Repairers’ Tools and Materials, General Repairs to Escapements, Recoil Escapements and their Repair, Dead-beat Escapements and their Repair, Cleaning Simple Clocks, Cleaning Dutch Clocks, etcetera. We are republishing this vintage book now in an affordable, modern edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on the history of clocks and watches.
This vintage text contains an accessible and novice-friendly guide to cleaning and repairing clocks. Complete with simple step-by-step instructions and a plethora of detailed, useful illustrations, this timeless text is ideal for anyone looking for a simple and easy-to-digest guide pertaining to watch repair. Although old, the information contained herein will still be of considerable utility to the modern reader, and it would make for a worthy addition to any bookshelf. The chapters of this book include: How a Simple Clock Works, Clock Repairers’ Tools and Materials, General Repairs to Escapements, Recoil Escapements and their Repair, Dead-beat Escapements and their Repair, Cleaning Simple Clocks, Cleaning Dutch Clocks, etcetera. We are republishing this vintage book now in an affordable, modern edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on the history of clocks and watches.
