Yes that would work but I thought the piece of kit would be useful and fun to have. Regards Howard

Thanks, i wanted to bench test the distribution board away from the master clock. So was looking for easy way to generate a signal. The Arduino sounds like it needs other bits with it and some knowled

Is an impulse driver something to buy or something to make? For someone with no skill in electronics buy would seem sensible but what would be appropriate to go with a Synchronome distribution board?

http://lbpinc.com/Synchronome/78%20Brass%20Impulse%20Pallet%20Machined.PDF Taken from fdew post 17 Sept 2007 on NAWCC electric clock forum. Links to other drawings also referred to on that web site

Hi pallet design drawing is on NAWCC clock forum website dated 17 sept 2007 posted by fdew

Thanks for sharing your experience refurbishing, I guess Pt is used because it's harder than silver, Perhaps a silver nickel coin could be used for the contact pad. One source of childhood pocket mone

Image of warn points

Hi What is the correct fix for warn contacts, the contact on the gravity arm is pitted without a lot of meat remaining and on the armature warn down close to the thread. I have not tried the clock and

#2054 is very much standard, coils green, finish crackle, buffer yes, case oak flat top, pilot no 1. type small movement. I've no idea what Roller wire/plate refers to! Clockdoc website interesting re

You are right, connected to power supply unit which masked the problem but again it stopped overnight. Investigating further found gap across contacts had increased. Having set the gaps at normal room

My Synchronome #2054 ran for 45 days before latch failed to reset. Setup is transmitter and pilot at 11.5 ohms running at nominal 3 volts and 280mA from 2 Energizer Max D batteries. Thought it might d

Maureen Dillon book was an excellent Christmas read. Up until the 1920's electricity in the U.K. Was supplied by 100's of Companies or privately generated, either AC or DC, varying voltages. Houses we

I wonder what the level of illumination would have been in a house of the period? Even a property such as Cragside with electric lighting from around the 1880's would be dimly lit compared to modern s

Moving on, the Contacts between armature and gravity arms don't line up with contact being made just on the edge of the gravity arm point. I can't see any adjustment to bring the point of contact to t

Thank you both and reassuring to see photo of trunnion clamped in place, would be good to find brass chop as threads to aluminium are a bit worn. Hopeful with new pendulum suspension spring and drop o

Hi All Question from new member to your group, top chop to the pendulum is aluminium, is this a genuine part (though not original to this clock) or later pattern spare? Similarly the gathering arm is