Timex Waterbury Regulator 61, Instruction Manual

Page 1: ...1 No 61 Restoration Log Instruction Manual Andrew LaBounty 2002...

Page 2: ...2 Waterbury Regulator No 61 Andrew LaBounty Apprentice Clockmaker Sophomore Olathe North High School 2002...

Page 3: ...ing For Real Now 9 Polishing the Pivot Holes Everything s so Shiny 10 The Escapement Theory Practice and Math 10 Beat and Rate Adjustments Nuts and Knobs 11 Refitting the Second Hand Found in the Case...

Page 4: ...citizens of that place including a senator and one of the richest men in the country He also spoke of his brother the chief movement mechanic as being as good a brass clock maker as can be found A gre...

Page 5: ...With the railroad came schedules and people needed to know what the time was to a greater accuracy than simply night or day As such precision regulators were found chiefly in train stations banks and...

Page 6: ...and take it to our shop then operating from home for restoration First the pendulum was removed and placed to the side Next the weight was detached and placed with the pendulum Finally to take the clo...

Page 7: ...ere purposely by an unknown repairman Unfortunately it serves no cause for good or ill but to mar the otherwise gorgeous workings of a Waterbury Regulator 61 and it is irreparable Apparently someone t...

Page 8: ...smaller portion of the gear either in the shape of a lantern or a cut smaller wheel that mates with the wheel of an adjacent gear The pinion is the driven and the wheel is the driver Another differenc...

Page 9: ...ough the escape pallets and the only constant you know is the minute hand which invariably makes one revolution in an hour With the minute hand as your beginning point and the escapement as the ending...

Page 10: ...eate a perfect polish This must be done at high speeds and with a good amount of pressure yet not so much of either to burn the steel When done correctly burnishing produces not only a beautiful shine...

Page 11: ...o hand nut that acts as the pivot hole for the escape wheel The threads were bad and the nut couldn t be screwed on tightly or far enough to determine how loose the escape wheel pivot actually was so...

Page 12: ...urate as it undoubtedly was with such a bad nut In passing there was another screw I had to create so that the plates would screw down correctly and fully This was done in a very similar fashion excep...

Page 13: ...ut any extra contamination from the holes If contamination is present it could react with the lubricating oils used later and cause the clock parts to become sticky and stop Toothpick cleaning averted...

Page 14: ...is extremely difficult Finally I put the escape pallets back into the clock and we checked the entrance drop which is always adjusted before the exit drop We found the entrance drop to be too large d...

Page 15: ...it on either side until it was perfectly balanced and static on the broach After it was poised I colored the lead with a magic marker to disguise its presence Such methods as super glue and markers c...

Page 16: ...ence today and I trust it will be around for another 90 or 100 years I would like to thank Mrs Dorland and Mr Carmody for their support in allowing me to restore the clock and I d also like to thank M...

Page 17: ...turning the crank Rotate the crank clockwise until the top of the weight starts to pass behind the dial This is fully wound and quite preferable to cranking until it stops which causes the dents and d...

Page 18: ...complete turn of the rating nut If it is seven minutes off in one month of a turn is all that is necessary Cleaning All cleaning of the mechanism movement should be done by a professional It is recom...

Page 19: ...e leader gently lift the pendulum up and away it is held on with a pin replace the screw in the leader to prevent it from being lost 3 Remove the weight by lifting up on the weight cover cap and then...

Page 20: ...e movement is reinstalled Reinstall the movement weight and pendulum using the instructions for Moving the Clock as a guide Setting the Beat One final adjustment will be necessary once the clock has b...

Page 21: ...book 24th Edition by Oberg Jones Horton Ryffel Edited by Robert E Green New York Industrial Press Inc 1992 pp 1706 1707 Seth Thomas Clocks and Movements by Tran Duy Ly Virginia Arlington Book Company...

Page 22: ...el teeth Tip machine escape wheel teeth to true escape wheel Straighten two pivots Replace threads on hand nut Install three bushings Make one new movement screw extra long and blued to match Realign...

Page 23: ...heel Pinion 10 leaves Hour Wheel 80 teeth Cannon Pinion 36 leaves Main Wheel 84 teeth Second Wheel 80 teeth Second Wheel Pinion 8 leaves Third Wheel 72 teeth Third Wheel Cut Pinion 12 leaves Third Whe...

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Page 25: ...22 Attachment D Other Sketches...

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