The escapement works – it’s alive! The escapement has been installed and the lifting arms trimmed to the correct length. According to the books we’ve read the pendulum should swing 3 degrees (each way), but nowhere does it say what positions the arms should be lifted to before the pendulum reaches them and how much … Continue reading The clock is ticking…→ The post The clock is ticking… appeared first on Richard's stuff.| Richard's stuff
It’s been a while since my last post about the turret clock restoration project, not least because there wasn’t a lot of progress over the winter. For a long time we were struggling to work out how the double three-legged gravity escapement itself was constructed. Unfortunately, several offers of help with this didn’t come through … Continue reading Constructing the double three-legged gravity escapement→ The post Constructing the double three-legged gravity escapement appeared firs...| Richard's stuff