A clock restoration, and a new (old) electric range.

[crevicetool]

So, I'm in St. Louis two or three years ago at a vacuum cleaner mini-meet, when I get a phone call from Hans (norgeway here on AW). He said he found a clock for me that I had been looking for, or had missed out on on auction sites and asked for my approval to buy it for me. Yes, I said, and here it is all restored. Thought you might enjoy seeing the restoration. Here's the back of it. The original wrinkle finish had all but chipped off.

 

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No doubt it had slipped off it's hanger a few times...

 

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The composite material had seen better days, so these areas were treated with PC-7 epoxy.

 

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Carefully worked off the rest of the old paint.

 

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And repaired the hanger. I reinforced it with aluminum and PC-7.

 

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Here's the clock works and lights. Cleaned these up and did what little repair was required.

 

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These are the hands of the clock. The second hand is not original, but was necessary....you'll see why later on. The minute and hour hands got cleaned up and polished.

 

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I sprayed the interior with a high gloss white paint in hopes of having as much light reflection as possible.

 

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The outside was re-wrinkled. I could have painted over the black with a dark brown, but decided to leave it black.

 

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This is where the hanger was repaired. You can see the wrinkle paint was able to move a lot more than on the "cardboard" and it is slightly more "wrinkled".

 

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Now, I have added these Distance Restoration Spacers (wood sticks) to the back of the case. They then press on the back of the face glass. The cardboard had become out of shape for what ever reason (had become concave)and in doing so, the hands rubbed the clock "crystal". It also made the hands rub each other, so this was my remedy.

 

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Now re-fitted with the works and new lights. I went with the curly bulbs (even though I'm not fond of them) so they would cast a "white" light, and work cooler than incandesant bulbs.

 

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See?

 

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Here's the completed case of the clock ready for the stainless steel ring and the front glass. Can you see how the back of the clock is now flat as opposed to the way it looked without the sticks?

 

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And here it is finished and running. Universal. Hard to believe right? I made a new second hand out of Lexan to match what I had seen many times on auctions that I was out-bid on......grrrrr.

 

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Here's one of them. I saved this picture in the event I was to ever get one of these clocks....

 

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Here's mine again in my office right next to my Electrolux vacuums. (I will have to either move the clock or the vacuums). I DO have Universal stuff the clock will be more comfortable with. The home-made second hand looks red in this view. It looked black in the night-time picture.

 

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Maybe I'll hang it above my new (to me) Universal electric range. When that's finished....ain't started that yet.

 

[ovrphil]

Nice job! Is that your clock in reply #15 ? I ask only because in reply #14, I don't see a stainless(or aluminum) round frame.

These are interesting clocks to own - since I frequented so many auto and small shop businesses in my hometown area, there were many of these types everywhere. They are great reminders of another time, in their own time.