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September 15, 2005
Old clocks never die
Recently I returned with an old clock I found in my mother's house. I remember it from when I was a kid; seeing it just sitting there in the kitchen. To my surprise, it survived the trip intact in a checked suitcase, lovingly inspected by our ever competant TSA. It turns out the TSA re-packed it better than I did originally so I guess I owe them.
The thing hasn't worked in twenty-five years so I took it all apart and went at it with wood glue and putty as well as good ole WD-40. The pendulum had broken off so I re-attached it at the hanging point. As soon as I sprayed on the WD-40, it started whirring and clicking madly! I guessed that there was some life in there yet.
I got it all put back together and so far it has run all night. It is a few minutes fast, but I think I can tune it up to be reasonably accurate.
Thanks Mom!
Posted by nezbitthecat at September 15, 2005 09:25 AM
Comments
good ol' wd40! heh. happy weekend!Posted by: kaydee at September 17, 2005 11:43 AM
Well, WD-40 only helped so far. I think it is supposed to run for eight days, but it stopped last night after only about three.Posted by: Nez at September 19, 2005 07:46 PM
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