128 Year Old Grandfather Clock Repaired

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11 ай бұрын

One of my viewers owns a Grandfather clock that was built in 1895. Unfortunately one of the parts of the clock was broken during a move and he asked if I would machine a replacement part for him. This was a part with non-standard sized threads so It had to be custom machined to fit.
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@tonyurquhart8278 10 ай бұрын

Haha! You read my mind. I was watching you wrap up the video & thinking to myself ‘He didn’t tap the gongs to let us hear them’… Then you satisfied my curiosity. Well done!

@jeremylastname873 9 ай бұрын

Bang a gong!

@musicbro8225 10 ай бұрын

Hearing the spirals ring out was the perfect ending to a nice video, well done.

@TheUncleRuckus 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for the chimes, I think I would've went crazy if we didn't get to hear it. 😂👍👍

@staxbundlz 11 ай бұрын

I'm with you on that

@TomTalley 11 ай бұрын

Adam...you may want to match the rod diameter exactly. That thing looks like it is intended to vibrate or react with a bell when struck, so it is going to act like a tuning fork. If you leave the rod size larger than before, it will be stiffer...frequency of vibration will be faster. Just a thought...thanks again for the wonderful work and video ...

@jklemin 11 ай бұрын

It may also have to go through something that your not aware of. Agree it shoulda been the same diameter.

@glynnepritchard2526 10 ай бұрын

M5 x 1.0 is known as metric coarse, it is a standard. M5 x 0.5 is fine thread

@wilsonhardy2100 11 ай бұрын

And Adam stumbles into clickspring’s universe and says “Hold my micrometer, I got this!” Then proceeds to knock one out of the park! This is so awesome, thanks for showing us how you can play both micro and macro sides of the lathe. 👍

@colinfahidi9983 11 ай бұрын

A future video will feature Quantum Lathing.

@erniepike3902 11 ай бұрын

AM I in the right universe? Adams doing clocks? when is Criss (Clickspring) fixing a bulldozer axil?

@rb8049 11 ай бұрын

😂

@jughead8988 11 ай бұрын

Gaday! Today we are repairing a axle on a Cat 883!

@erniepike3902 11 ай бұрын

@@jughead8988 😂

@Double_Vision 11 ай бұрын

He'd still do it on a Sherline lathe too! 😂

@frankward709 11 ай бұрын

Very cool The machining I did when a 100 years ago is amazing The detail the workmanship is just fantastic.

@markschwartz830 11 ай бұрын

Love it. Last week you were making cuts on the Pacemaker bigger than the diameter of that bronze rod

@Farm_fab 11 ай бұрын

For those that are unaware, the piece that has the steel coils in it is the chime section of the clock, and, depending on the clock, will chime on the hour, the half and the quarter, and the knob that goes on the shaft that Adam made appears to control the loudness of the chimes.

@colinfahidi9983 11 ай бұрын

correct.

@kittty2005 11 ай бұрын

You are a good man, I absolutely knew you weren't satisfied with the loose fit of the first rod and I thought to myself " He'll make a new one to correct the mismatch" and you proved me right, I think we were cut from the same piece of cloth albeit from different times. Me being 70 . You continue to reaffirm my faith in humanity. Good man.

@kittty2005 11 ай бұрын

P.S. don't worry about the user name my end of the cloth had a little lace.

@mj_slender6717 11 ай бұрын

Not meaning to get off subject, but I LOVE that Orange vice. Now back to the regularly scheduled programming 😂

@MyTubeSVp 11 ай бұрын

That bit at the end made me so happy!! I was frustrated for 40 minutes about not being able to hear the sound … 👍

@fireantsarestrange 11 ай бұрын

My grandfather was a machinist and later in life restored clocks as a hobby. I still have one he did. He used a jewelry lathe to remake parts. He died at 93 years old about 12 years ago.

@rileyk99 11 ай бұрын

Might be the best ending to one of your videos ever. You gave that clock back it's voice!

@charlesake8033 11 ай бұрын

The craftsmanship of clock makers, even of parts made over 100 years ago, is astounding. The original clock makers would be amazed at your craftsmanship as well!

@mauricecasey866 11 ай бұрын

Metric thread development started in Switzerland in 1876 with a metric thread with an angle of 47.5 degrees developed for the clock screw market by professor Thury. This was followed in Germany in 1894 by Leopold Loewenherz who designed a thread with a flank angle of 53 degrees 8 minutes.

@colinfahidi9983 11 ай бұрын

Correct.

@mftmachining 11 ай бұрын

Correct. And in 1898 came the standardistion conference. BTW, i restored a Löwenherz cutter set recently. Can be seen on my channel.

@mj_slender6717 11 ай бұрын

Thank you, been machinist 35 years. I'm never too old to enjoy learning new things like this. Once you get done learning it is time to move on. Once again thank you.

@mauricecasey866 11 ай бұрын

No problem sir. I take no credit for the info, I had to look it up as I was surprised metric was being used in the 1800s!@@mj_slender6717

@mauricecasey866 11 ай бұрын

I will check it out, thanks.@@mftmachining

@scowell 10 ай бұрын

You're in Clickspring territory! Thanks for letting us hear the chimes too.

@dondonaldson1684 11 ай бұрын

The bell shape must be a resonance weight. The OD difference will likely change the resonance by a half tone? It is more rigid with bigger OD so that will likely sharpen the clock's note i would think. 0.250 to 0.203 is quite a big difference. It would be good to see the second piece turned down to 0.203, deliver it to Paul and do an A/B test for tonal comparison.

@jasonhull5712 11 ай бұрын

I was looking at that when it is in his thinking that same thought. I really would be interested to know if it did in fact change the pitch enough for just a human ear’s ability to hear the difference. 👍

@alexanderkupke920 11 ай бұрын

@@jasonhull5712 the wayt hose spring bells work and with the size block they are mounted to that bell shaped mounting adapter should not make any difference. I assume it mounts on a through hole in a rather thin plate of the clockwork, and that bell shape either distributed load to prevent the plate from bending, or is mostly about how it looks. Turning it down would only be necessary to keep the original look, as someone else stated in a comment. If it was relevant for tuning, the rod length would have been as well and that would then require to absolutely match the start points of the threads anyway, which however in my opinion would be a futile attempt to math the rod length anyways. He measured it just shy of 13.5 cm using a rule, so that measurement might be quite precise, but given the break and as Adam already assumed, possibly some fatigue, i highly doubt you could measure the break exact to a tenth of a milimeter anyways.

@duroxkilo 11 ай бұрын

it's probably an adjustable mounting leg.. the coils are the gongs that resonate, the block is a dampening weight so that the clock enclosure won't vibrate too badly when the hammers hit the coils...

@firstname5437 11 ай бұрын

I was gonna be so disappointed if you didn't play the chimes. But of course you did. Top notch, as always.

@moh5463 11 ай бұрын

That ring at the end brings up a lot of memories.

@colleenscorfield3505 10 ай бұрын

i couldn't believe you were going to do a video of 40mins for one piece of rod but it flew by and i was absorbed, bravo 👏

@mattjparker 10 ай бұрын

The instruction at 17:30, thank you! Really felt like I was learning how to do this directly from Professor Abom!

@jughead8988 11 ай бұрын

I'm use to Adam throwing chips the size of corn chips! This is a new experience for me!

@garthbutton699 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for the one more thing (chims) much appreciated🤗😎🤗😎

@ryan_mcme 11 ай бұрын

If I've learned anything from watch repair video rabbit holes, the size and weight of everything inside that case is intentional and relevant. Just my 0.5¢. Great video!

@larryfedewa9636 11 ай бұрын

I agree but with the adjustable weight it should be ok.

@loufaiella3354 11 ай бұрын

the new rod may be too thick to flex as designed(?).@@larryfedewa9636

@bernardwill7196 11 ай бұрын

The customer was very lucky , that he/she meet you.

@StevenHess 11 ай бұрын

You have to respect the work of traditional mechanical clockmakers and watchmakers. Thanks for the video as always.

@BillySugger1965 11 ай бұрын

Love those radiused thread reliefs. That rod holds a large mass on the end of a long lever arm, so any stress riser at the top of the base thread is going to be a worry. Probably why the original broke. Still no complaints, it lasted 128 years. The bottom thread, after passing through the bell, goes through a base board which projects the sound. Beautiful work as always Adam.

@henryD9363 10 ай бұрын

Your editing matches your machine work. Beautiful!

@troymilleraz 11 ай бұрын

Broght back memories instantly when you struck the chimes. ~1980... Nana and PapPap's house 🙂

@lqueryvg666 11 ай бұрын

What a work of art - the product AND your replacement part.....good stuff!!!!

@j1952d 11 ай бұрын

Thanks. I've been itching to hear those chimes since the start of the video!

@1903A3shooter 11 ай бұрын

THAT is a very smooth running geared head lathe.

@GordonFlatt 10 ай бұрын

I was just thinking I wanted to hear the chimes and then you did it! Thanks for that little extra at the end of this video!

@clarenceburton9654 11 ай бұрын

Wonderful job , and thanks for the chimes 🎼 !!!

@Jungwoo94 11 ай бұрын

Glad to see stuff like this honestly, one day I'll have to repair my fathers clock as well who has done most of the clock of wood parts~

@KJ6EAD 10 ай бұрын

Two things I noticed in this episode that mark Adam as a professional machinist and teacher: demonstrating the reverse rotation filing on the threads and bluing the shaft to make the threading process easier to see on video.

@gerardlochmans589 11 ай бұрын

Not "only" a master of maching ...but also a master of the BELLS! 💪💪💪🤣

@ErikBongers 11 ай бұрын

Glad to see you venture into horolo....horgolo... Glad to see you venture into clockmaking. May I suggest Big Ben?

@generessler6282 11 ай бұрын

Kind of amazing to watch the guy who used to machine 800 pound gear box shafts working as a clockmaker. Brilliant. While a purist would probably have fixed the original shaft, clearly the owner wanted a new part, and you've given it to them. A real display of mastery of the machining art.

@henrymorgan3982 11 ай бұрын

They don't make up like that anymore! May that clock live another 128 years!

@adrianstanton2652 10 ай бұрын

Skill and dedication is the rule. And great kudos for you. He had trust in you. And faith. Great job.

@johncarder819 11 ай бұрын

Why I love watching Adam. A master of his craft.

@frankhott179 11 ай бұрын

First rate work as usual. Your videography has improved to almost approach the quality of your fabrication! It was indeed a treat to hear the chimes at the end. Best wishes to you and your sweetie!🙏❤️

@walt8089 11 ай бұрын

Not only a great machinist but, musician as well ! 😊 ……. Nice touch 🎼

@desolatemetro 10 ай бұрын

Very satisfying ringing the chimes. 😁. Great video.

@chadwoody3719 11 ай бұрын

A chef, welder, machinist, and a musician all in one.

@chrispfeffer1106 11 ай бұрын

Adam I really enjoyed your work here, not only the clock, but using your phone for the upclose shots. Great work.

@mikemarriam 10 ай бұрын

I think I see a clock build in Adam's future.

@thealchemist5376 11 ай бұрын

Haha, I liked the outro on this one! Great little job you did there.

@donaldmeston4165 10 ай бұрын

The dreaded Westminster chime. My grandmother got presented with a clock on her marriage to my grandfather in 1926 that did that every fifteen minutes. Fortunately you could avoid winding the quarter hour chime as it got annoying in about fifteen minutes.

@Grandpa600 11 ай бұрын

Magic video. After watching the chimes being rung, all became clear as to how things work. Really clear explanation of how threads are actually formed on the lathe.

@andrewruble7706 11 ай бұрын

Awesome job Adam! Thanks for the lesson like you always have but even more so for helping save a piece of history. Love seeing these one off jobs. Thanks for sharing your craft with all of us.

@100acrewood77 11 ай бұрын

Love the juxtaposition from giant precision lathe work to small stuff with the same precision and the fact that you remade it to the original size vs making it a “standard” size. In all honesty I’ve skipped the last few months of your vids cause they didn’t have the old school Abom feel but this one hit the mark. Keep up the great work.

@LouJustlou 11 ай бұрын

Very cool seeing the precision you can achieve on both ends of the scale! On a more serious note, you and Abby stay safe next week.

@shanerorko8076 10 ай бұрын

I'm at 3:30 and I'm laughing, here in Australia we are proficient in UK and US units.

@WinstonCorneilius 11 ай бұрын

Been a sub since you were at the machine shop. Haven’t watched in a while but great to see you’re still doing well

@gusviera3905 10 ай бұрын

Man, that was like picking fly speck out of pepper! You have a fine, steady hand Adam. Thanks and stay dry!

@Hey_Its_That_Guy 11 ай бұрын

Nice job, Adam, it looks great! I'm sure Mr. Paul appreciates your time and effort, as we all do!

@brianmoore1164 11 ай бұрын

Stunning work! A 128 year old antique brought back into service. It is cool to think that your work will be appreciated for generations into the future.

@57Dalv 11 ай бұрын

You are amazing - I am in awe of what you do after 40+ years in construction, nothing to this precision. I hope Mike Rowe Works Foundation is watching. He does great work with young people and construction jobs but some of them might prefer your trade. Thank you for what you do - I learn from every video you do and I'm 65 years old. Much appreciate your efforts.

@DigiLab360 11 ай бұрын

"Disengage the halfnuts" I'm stealing that to describe the action of telling the Bozos at work to stop what they're doing.

@kaydog2008 11 ай бұрын

Right many imagrints and stuff coming over from europe back then still used the metric system. From clocks, pocket watches to ammunition sizes.

@johnchamberlain5435 10 ай бұрын

Adam, I pray that you and your shops are unscathed by the coming hurricane!

@morgannaidoo9583 10 ай бұрын

Meticulous workmanship. Superb job

@thepagan5432 11 ай бұрын

Nicely done Adam. Years ago a client of my wife asked if could repair an antique maritime clock, as I worked with gears. Even though the gears we made were mostly automotive and industrial, I said yeah. For months I fixed 5 old clocks for him, even making some of the cogs by hand with a file. The grandfather clock was amazing and again I made parts by hand from brass, it was so rewarding. Then they moved and that ended my adventure into clocks. I hope you get more parts to fix as sometimes stepping out of your comfort zone can be an amazing journey. Stay safe and well, both of you. 👍

@ydonl 10 ай бұрын

I always love it when we get to watch you blend a radius; it's art. Especially this one! And I was waiting the whole video for the chimes at the end -- thanks for that! Beautiful

@davesublette7447 10 ай бұрын

The music at the end came in at the same key as the chimes --- really cool.....

@Slikx666 10 ай бұрын

It still surprises me how delicate such a big machine in the right hands can be. Adam could probably make a 1mm nut and bolt if he wanted. 😀👍

@andrewyanke1787 10 ай бұрын

This was so much more useful now that I have the machines to follow along. I bought a full machine shop for the sole purpose of my love of making my own stuff and a well timed machinists death (work related... his organs failed from a life of being an alcoholic.) But I'm carefully and cautiously learning now that I've restored or cleaned every bolt on these machines, reassembled, and powered them all to get intimate and familiar with them. I really appreciated the detailed step by step in this edit. Mucho Majalos brotha!

@johnsherborne3245 10 ай бұрын

I sort of inherited my lathe and mill, largely self taught, I have a real issue with my teacher when it goes wrong!

@amundson1942 10 ай бұрын

Would the owner take a picture of the piece installed in the clock? I'd love to see it. Thanks for a great video!

@Skankhunter420 11 ай бұрын

My dude has ascended to clockwork now! Go Abomb!

@rolandsieker2286 10 ай бұрын

Hah. I recognized the main par immediately and was just waiting: is he ever telling what it does? 😄

@sharx892 10 ай бұрын

Was wondering what those things were. Looked a bit hefty for clocksprings and different sizes??. Glad he showed that in the end 😄

@Kevin-wj5ny 11 ай бұрын

Adam you never cease to amaze! I've been watching you since before you built the rotary welding table and now you're making parts for, I am truly amazed !

@NiftyMCD_Australia 11 ай бұрын

This video is one that anyone who needs to thread small diameter parts should have as a reference video. So well explained and the visual guide makes it so much easier to follow. Thanks for posting this. 👍💯

@sharonshields1482 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing your work. I really love how you explain each step. Until next time, be well.

@mxlje 11 ай бұрын

Super clean and tight shots in this one Adam, thank you!

@mikeduffy13 10 ай бұрын

Loving the double camera view.

@jlucasound 11 ай бұрын

I think this is the most delicate job I have seen you do on your channel. Nice.

@ormundwilliams8065 10 ай бұрын

That is the most beautiful bench vice!!!

@bigbloodaxe 11 ай бұрын

Excellent explanation and execution on how to cut threads, top work as always Adam 😊

@65BAJA 10 ай бұрын

Beautiful craftsmanship Adam. Great video as always.

@andywithers592 10 ай бұрын

Marvellous! The clock gets its voice back. Great workmanship as ever. I have to use this threading technique on my tiny Proxxon lathe.

@jwdickinson643 11 ай бұрын

Wonderful video! your viewer is gonna be thrilled! Great work, Adam! LOVE the finale!👍👍👊👊🤙🤙

@dougjordan1544 10 ай бұрын

Wow! Brilliant video, thanks Abom. Doug from Penrith,Cumbria UK

@bobtherat99 11 ай бұрын

thanks for the strike at the end. I was dying to hear it chime. Beautiful work on your part. It fits perfectly with the beautiful work of the craftsman 128 years ago.

@shaunolinger964 11 ай бұрын

@37:14 THANK YOU!!!!! I was SOOOO hoping you'd do that! My grandfather had a grandfather clock in the living room, while grandma had a grandmother clock in her sewing room. I LOVED hearing those two clocks going off together!!!

@MrJohnd1951 11 ай бұрын

Very nice and fine workmanship. Thanks for sharing.

@phillipchambers8487 10 ай бұрын

@abom79, Adam Thanks so much for playing Clock Chimes at the end, that brought back great memories for me. It sounded identical to my Grandmas Clock that she had in her House. When I was a kid I always loved hearing that throughout the night. Great Video, and I’m sure Paul is gonna be a very Happy Man now.

@plainnpretty 11 ай бұрын

Nice work as always a little different scale than I’m used to seeing on this channel. Thanks Adam

@danburch9989 11 ай бұрын

You answered my question I was about to ask at the end of your video.👍👍

@StuartsShed 11 ай бұрын

Excellent - a great refresher on small diameter threading. Also the method of metric threading by disengaging the half nuts is superb - I wondered if there was a trick for that - hadn't managed to figure one out myself. I look forward to trying that out. Cheers.

@stevemcpike9010 11 ай бұрын

The chimes at the end were a nice touch 👌. Sure have to admire old world craftsmanship. And yes....NOTHING is built like it used to be

@radardoug 11 ай бұрын

I've machined lots of clock parts for my Dad. He collects and repairs old clocks but his vision has degraded to the point that he has to pick and chose his battles. I'm just glad he never asked me to make any parts for his pocket watches! I bought a cheap Chinese digital inspection microscope with a built-in LCD display and mounted it on a Noga arm so I can position it over my work in the lathe and get the big picture.

@rollinrat4850 11 ай бұрын

I worked at an airline machining very large workpieces, got a better job offer, then worked at a medical start up company developing and micro machining a tiny catheter type heart surgery device. At first the contrast in the work size was sort of intimidating, but I quickly realized the machining principles were always the same. With the right optical equipment, it wasnt any more difficult. We mounted microscopes on our manual lathes and mills, and made mounts for eye loupes, and magnifiers. Our CNC work was much more challenging however. Even the same ultra close tolerances were required as in the aerospace industry. We also had a very nice optical comparator for our actual inspection, but for prototyping it wasn't very necessary.

@MikeBaxterABC 10 ай бұрын

I don't comment on every video, as they are ALL great! .. But this one stands out because everything is so small,... very different than the big stuff, and less room for error!! .. Great video Adam, Keeping the old clock ticking! :)

@johnpitschi9417 4 ай бұрын

Excellent video, I really like the close up shots as you machine. They provide tremendous insight into your technique. By the way, your videos are my "peace". I find them very calming and engaging. I cannot explain why, perhaps it's how calm you are, but thank you for what and HOW you do what you do in making your videos.

@dalee.mccombs8571 11 ай бұрын

Nice job, Adam !

@michaellehmann280 11 ай бұрын

Great video and glad you played the chimes!

@hemanthharrilall6469 11 ай бұрын

Great stuff Adam Thanks for the chime

@TedRoza 11 ай бұрын

G'day Adam. Excellent job working out the exact pitch & cutting the correct thread, with a very nice fitting all round. And the chime spring sounded great.