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The Clock Repairers Handbook | 
enlarge | Author: Laurie Penman Publisher: David & Charles Category: Book
List Price: $19.99 Buy New: $13.95 You Save: $6.04 (30%)
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Avg. Customer Rating: 8 reviews Sales Rank: 191092
Media: Paperback Number Of Items: 1 Pages: 176 Shipping Weight (lbs): 1 Dimensions (in): 9.6 x 6.5 x 0.6
ISBN: 0715311220 Dewey Decimal Number: 681 EAN: 9780715311226 ASIN: 0715311220
Publication Date: October 1, 2000 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
Clock lovers, collectors, repairers, or anyone with a timepiece back home that's moving too slowly, speeding up, or come to a grinding halt: if you want it to work like new, here's a wealth of information of diagnosing and correcting faults in clock both antique and modern. Not only does this all-inclusive manual have detailed descriptions of repair methods, but it contains alternative techniques for the less well-equipped shop and the inexperienced, as well as over 250 of the author's excellent drawings and plenty of beginner's tips. Coverage of lathe work, cleaning, brushing, pivoting and mounting, replacing or preparing an escapement, train faults, gears, suspension, crutches, striking and chiming work, lubrication, assembly, and testing make this an invaluable asset for every clock repairer's bench.
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Clock Repair Handbook review October 25, 2007 1 out of 2 found this review helpful
The book arrived quickly, and in good shape. The book has a lot of good information, with clear diagrams.
Not for the novice! June 27, 2007 2 out of 3 found this review helpful
A very concise and detailed book, with many simple graphics but no photographs and certainly not of use to the novice who just wants to clean up and maintain a collection of old clocks.
you need this book May 25, 2007 2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Excellent book!! Very detailed. It will require study, but is easily understood. And it's ALL in there- ftom nubie to expert. I've purchased 5 books, and this is the last one. I'll never need another.
hard to understand December 17, 2005 4 out of 10 found this review helpful
Very difficult book to comprehend. Just about useless as an aid to repairing clocks. I think a lot of it has to do with the language gap between American English and what the people in Britain speak. I am sorry I wasted my money on this book.
Save your money November 19, 2005 4 out of 8 found this review helpful
This book was a total waste of money for me. The UK English is nearly impossible to decipher at times. It is very difficult reading. This mihgt be a good book for experts but is worthless to the beginner. The author describes repair in detail, but assumes the reader knows all the technical terms being used without explaining them. The drawings are difficult to decipher. Photos would have been better. If you are a beginner looking for a good book to get started in clock repair, this isn't it!
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