wife says, hey the antique mantle clock does not work... i look at it
and tell her that it is not an antique, but i will look at it and see
what i can do.... yes it is an antique.. my mother had it and got if
from her mother years ago... oh well it has a double A battery in it to
work the clockwork so i know its not an antique.. it looks like it was
made in hong kong or taiwan or china, but it does look old and if you
squint your eyes a little it can pass for an antique at about 12 ft.
away... well i check it out and find that the clock module that is in it
will not work, its not the battery.. so i go to the dollar store and
pick up a clock attached to a plate that you hang on the wall for a
dollar and take out the clock part and the plate with a hole in it goes
into the garbage.... put the new parts back into this "antique clock"
and put a new battery in it and its running fine... well what do you
think of your antique clock now.. i got it to run.... pretty good heh???
"Well you are the one who broke it and my mother had that clock in her
family for years." Wait, its not an antique and i did not break it,
the thing just wore out, the clock part was probably only 50 cents when
they made it and it wore out.. Ok, i got it to work and that's that...
Well how did you fix it???? I ah, I ah, just cleaned it up a little and
put some clean oil in it, thats seemed like the only problem... hope it
works OK now...... just remind me to oil it every year or so and you
will not have any more problems with your antique mantle clock... OK...
(every year, new battery and new clock movement from the dollar store
and this antique will run for years....)))))

I "fixed" the clock in the entrance way the same way and got all kinds of
kudos untill someone said: "Hey, how come the hands are smaller now?" -
The old hands wouldn't fit the new works.


"jim" wrote in message ...
wife says, hey the antique mantle clock does not work... i look at it
and tell her that it is not an antique, but i will look at it and see
what i can do.... yes it is an antique.. my mother had it and got if
from her mother years ago... oh well it has a double A battery in it to
work the clockwork so i know its not an antique.. it looks like it was
made in hong kong or taiwan or china, but it does look old and if you
squint your eyes a little it can pass for an antique at about 12 ft.
away... well i check it out and find that the clock module that is in it
will not work, its not the battery.. so i go to the dollar store and
pick up a clock attached to a plate that you hang on the wall for a
dollar and take out the clock part and the plate with a hole in it goes
into the garbage.... put the new parts back into this "antique clock"
and put a new battery in it and its running fine... well what do you
think of your antique clock now.. i got it to run.... pretty good heh???
"Well you are the one who broke it and my mother had that clock in her
family for years." Wait, its not an antique and i did not break it,
the thing just wore out, the clock part was probably only 50 cents when
they made it and it wore out.. Ok, i got it to work and that's that...
Well how did you fix it???? I ah, I ah, just cleaned it up a little and
put some clean oil in it, thats seemed like the only problem... hope it
works OK now...... just remind me to oil it every year or so and you
will not have any more problems with your antique mantle clock... OK...
(every year, new battery and new clock movement from the dollar store
and this antique will run for years....)))))

"Tom Gardner" wrote in message
gy.com...
I "fixed" the clock in the entrance way the same way and got all kinds of
kudos untill someone said: "Hey, how come the hands are smaller now?" -
The old hands wouldn't fit the new works.


What, no mention of how metals shrink when you wash them? You just gotta
be quicker on your feet, Tom! :-)

Harold

Harold & Susan Vordos wrote:

"Tom Gardner" wrote in message
gy.com...
I "fixed" the clock in the entrance way the same way and got all kinds of
kudos untill someone said: "Hey, how come the hands are smaller now?" -
The old hands wouldn't fit the new works.


What, no mention of how metals shrink when you wash them? You just gotta
be quicker on your feet, Tom! :-)

Harold
ssyes had the same problem with this switch over also.. but the second
hand was too long...had to cut it down to put the glass back on the
clock....