Now that I have exposed myself as being an antique time-nut as well as a modern one, (I'm a man of extremes!) I have a question to the group..
Has anyone addressed the issue of trying to keep a pendulum clock locked to an external reference (i.e.: via electro-magnet, etc.) and yet can work around the problem that very old pendulum clocks have an issue with the escapement drive stopping while such a typical 8-day antique clock is being wound? I can understand and deal with syncing the pendulum to an external reference.. but you end up with a time offset when the clock's main wheel is being wound once a week. The pendulum does keep swinging however the drive power to the 2nd gear is being removed while the clock is being wound. "Modern" pendulum clocks have a modified gear drive where the escapement is still being driven while the main wheel is being advanced to wind the weight cable. Not the case for 200+ year old clocks. Regards, -Brian, WA1ZMS/4 _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
