Clock Repairing as a Hobby: An Illustrated How-to Guide for the Beginner Paperback – September 17, 2007

This book is great! It has been very useful in clock repairs.

I could not find anyone that could fix my 1949 Clock. It was bought for me as a baby and I really like it but it has quit working and the guy that kept it going has gone home to meet his maker. So I saw this book and thought why not try to fix it myself. I will let you all know if it gives me enough knowledge to do just that. So far it has helped me know exactly how it works. Seth Thomas mantel clock. So if you want to understand how they work this is the book for that I hope it is also the book that will get mine going again.

Very informative

Nice

"Clock Repairing as a Hobby", offers a rather good, if brief, description of the basic nomenclature and operation of several types of clock movements.The paper quality of the book is of the poorest paperback book kind.The illustrations are simple, hand drawn sketches, and although referenced in the text, do not often appear on the same or facing page as the text referencing them. This requires much flipping through the pages to see what is being described. I found the illustrations to be of some value, although some illustrations had labeled components that were not referenced in the text, and vice-a-verse.The relatively large section covering "Tools, Materials and Supplies" is a complete waste of space and seems to be simple "filler".The section on "Special Repair Techniques", which is the only section addressing clock repair at all, does not contain any useful information except for a discussion of how to unwind one type of mainspring without killing yourself.You cannot expect to repair a clock movement from the information provided in this book, but it may well enhance your interest in further study of the subject.

This book was not quite what I had expected it to be. I had expected more info about various types of clocks, which brands and types would be more desirable, and how to make the hobby pay for itself. In other words, what to do with the eventual supply of repaired clocks. However, I purchased multiple books on the subject, and the practical information contained in this one should come in handy, as I enter the hobby.

Good business

This book is written for the man that has never seen the inside of a mechanical clock, like myself. It names the parts and explains the theories of operation of different clocks. It shows some of the repairs that you may be asked to make but it doesn't go into too much detail. It shows you some of the tools you'll need to buy and how they are used. And, depending on how deeply you want to get into it, some of the more expensive tools that are out there. Many of the topics can be further studied by watching internet videos.For starters, it tells you how to safely unwind a clock, clean it, oil it, search for problems, place it back in operation and set the pendulum's beat. I thought it was informative and I would recommend it to anyone who is thinking about the hobby but doesn't know what's involved. My only complaint was that it was only 175 pages long (kindle edition). It was interesting but I consumed it in two days.