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What made your day a good one
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Years ago Mrs Satanfriendly bought a cheap Chinese made grandfather clock from some closing down sale. Pile of garbage, and missing the pendulum. So stuck it in the hallway and thought nothing of it...until recently.
Decided to make it in to a floor light, cobbled a 110cm long pendulum together and bugger me very happy. And damn, it holds time within a minute a day.
Oddly it adds an extra ring in every hour, so at 6 O'Clock you get 7 chimes, 7 O'Clock 8 chimes etc etc.
Must be a house of Satan thing to confuse the man himself. And it does
Decided to make it in to a floor light, cobbled a 110cm long pendulum together and bugger me very happy. And damn, it holds time within a minute a day.
Oddly it adds an extra ring in every hour, so at 6 O'Clock you get 7 chimes, 7 O'Clock 8 chimes etc etc.
Must be a house of Satan thing to confuse the man himself. And it does
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i have a few mechanical clocks, could you see if you can unscrew the nut that holds the hour hand on, you might be able to move it to the right hour for the chime.
and set it up so it chimes bang on the hour.
ps. not an expert by any means.
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i have a few mechanical clocks, could you see if you can unscrew the nut that holds the hour hand on, you might be able to move it to the right hour for the chime.
and set it up so it chimes bang on the hour.
ps. not an expert by any means.
I shall try that and thanks.
The clock only cost £20 and £15 for the lighting bits
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If you get 13 chimes at midnight get it out of the house!!!
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Unfortunately for me it chimes just the once. And then I over sleep and forget to do my devilment thing.
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i have a few mechanical clocks, could you see if you can unscrew the nut that holds the hour hand on, you might be able to move it to the right hour for the chime.
and set it up so it chimes bang on the hour.
ps. not an expert by any means.
So tried it and now?......it's gone totally weird. It chimes once for the half hour at... quarter past, and then the hourly chime at quarter to the hour. Oh, and now 4 behind!
All I can think is 'bollocks to it. It tells the time correctly and make a noise in the background now and then'
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How to Reset the Time and Resynchronize the Chimes on an Antique Mantel Clock
Mantel clocks were popular in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and many people have inherited these old chimers or purchased them from antique dealers. If you are one of those people, you need to know how to set their time or how to...
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i would wait for it to chime the hour, stop the pendilum and set it to whatever time it has chimed.
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I was going to saybthe same thing
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How to Reset the Time and Resynchronize the Chimes on an Antique Mantel Clock
Mantel clocks were popular in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and many people have inherited these old chimers or purchased them from antique dealers. If you are one of those people, you need to know how to set their time or how to...
Is that so it can chime 27 times every 8 minutes?
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I shall give it a whirl.
I am having sleepless nights now. Not everyone expects Satan to visit at 5:23 in the afternoon.
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