Oiling the clock mechanism
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Flush fresh oil around the pivot point, as you clean
the old oil away. You do this until there is no dirty
oil around the pivot point or oil sink well. Usually
two or three times will do it.
Next you use a clean soft cloth to wipe
away all oil from around the pivot.
In the above example there is still excessive
oil on the plate. You want the plate clean, and
dry of any oil before you oil the pivot. if oil
starts to run out of the oil sink, you used too
much oil. Wipe it dry and start over. You want
enough oil to really wet the pivot and bearing
but not enough to fill the well.
Just look at all those gears. Actually it is
three different power trains. One for the time,
one for the strike, and one for the chime. And
they all work to gether. Three different simple
power trains forming one complex clock mechanism.
Above you see typical gears and pinions. Notice
how the teeth of one gear drive the pinion of the
next one. This mechanism has 36 oil points. We have
marked only a few from the chime train. Trace the
gears to the pivot points, but apply the oil to the
the oil sink on the outside of the plate, and not to
the inside. The oil will travel on the pivot.
With all of the pivots cleaned and oiled, You
are ready to reverse the process and put your
clock mechanism back in its case. Take your time
and just reverse the process. When you reconnect
the mechanism to the clock dial, make sure that
the gear that drives the moon dial does not bind
with the gear on the hour shaft that drives it. As
a rule, a very gentle turning the gears that are
connected to the dial will cause them to allign.
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