Got my clock running
I have this cuckoo clock; been in the family 3 generations. I vaguely remember it from my grandparents home. When it was passed to me, over 30 years ago, it didn't work. I stuck it in a closet and pretty much forgot about it.
Well, I retired Jan 1, this year and the weather has been nasty in this part of Kentucky. I decided, what the heck, it's not working, if I can't fix it, it still won't be working - nothing lost.
Thanks to some YouTube videos I was able to get it running and also rebuild the bellows, three of them, for the birds.
Every 15 minutes there are gongs, whistles, doors opening, wings flapping. The bird's mouths even open and close as they cuckoo. I got such an appreciation for the hand workmanship that goes into making one of these clocks.
Next up; restore the wooden outside.
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