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Oct. 3rd, 2025 06:45 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
geodineI put a new clock in my room last night just because I love the look and sound of it, which of course meant I woke up at 1, 3, and 6 am to the chime.
I KNOW having these running all the time cannot be good for my sleep hygiene even when I get used to the sound and get through the night ... I'm considering whether i should stop the 8-day for a while since it's much louder, but I hate the idea of these clocks going to waste when they're so gorgeous! I'm also thinking about setting one of them ahead to Australia time so I can better tell when Feef is about .... Considering.
I've also finally started to get to work on the "rescue clock" which really IS a rescue as it turns out. The verge is completely snapped in half, so I had to put any work on hold until my order from clockworks arrives. The product description of the verge assortment on there really takes me out:
These are not the quality of the old days and must be filed, bent, adjusted and customized to fit your needs. But the outcome should be the same. Unfortunately this is the only option available in this modern age and it does usually work out in the end to solve the problem.
Even clockworks said "sorry about this..."
Tbqh I might've been able to get a more specific verge replacement if literally ANY of the information on this clock's plates was readable but it simply is not. I figure the whole verge kit will come in handy eventually, though.
It's really nice to be working on a clock that has literally zero stakes; Every clock I've helped on so far has been a repair For someone, so I've been really afraid of doing any work on my own, but I bought this one for like two bucks and have no one to disappoint but myself. I still think back on that story my dad tells about his first clock repair--my grandpa just threw all the pieces out on the bench and told him to figure out how they go together. I think I'll try to do that a few times with the rescue clock, literally just disassemble and reassemble it, before and after cleaning. Either way, I've got to start teaching myself the things I'll never be taught.
In other news, Bruce's clock is actually keeping good time ??? Nobody jinx this Please. I'm a little scared to send it back to her because she's just gonna have another few clocks she wants us to look at, but at least it'll be off our backs sometime soon. Only thing left on my backlog is to find the fuckin grandfather clock pendulum that I inexplicably lost somewhere in the shop, so I can get that out on the floor.
I KNOW having these running all the time cannot be good for my sleep hygiene even when I get used to the sound and get through the night ... I'm considering whether i should stop the 8-day for a while since it's much louder, but I hate the idea of these clocks going to waste when they're so gorgeous! I'm also thinking about setting one of them ahead to Australia time so I can better tell when Feef is about .... Considering.
I've also finally started to get to work on the "rescue clock" which really IS a rescue as it turns out. The verge is completely snapped in half, so I had to put any work on hold until my order from clockworks arrives. The product description of the verge assortment on there really takes me out:
These are not the quality of the old days and must be filed, bent, adjusted and customized to fit your needs. But the outcome should be the same. Unfortunately this is the only option available in this modern age and it does usually work out in the end to solve the problem.
Even clockworks said "sorry about this..."
Tbqh I might've been able to get a more specific verge replacement if literally ANY of the information on this clock's plates was readable but it simply is not. I figure the whole verge kit will come in handy eventually, though.
It's really nice to be working on a clock that has literally zero stakes; Every clock I've helped on so far has been a repair For someone, so I've been really afraid of doing any work on my own, but I bought this one for like two bucks and have no one to disappoint but myself. I still think back on that story my dad tells about his first clock repair--my grandpa just threw all the pieces out on the bench and told him to figure out how they go together. I think I'll try to do that a few times with the rescue clock, literally just disassemble and reassemble it, before and after cleaning. Either way, I've got to start teaching myself the things I'll never be taught.
In other news, Bruce's clock is actually keeping good time ??? Nobody jinx this Please. I'm a little scared to send it back to her because she's just gonna have another few clocks she wants us to look at, but at least it'll be off our backs sometime soon. Only thing left on my backlog is to find the fuckin grandfather clock pendulum that I inexplicably lost somewhere in the shop, so I can get that out on the floor.
