Category: Troubleshooting

I was hunched over my workbench last Tuesday, the smell of aged machine oil and ozone thick in the air, staring at a 1950s mantle clock that had decided to…

Last Tuesday, I was hunched over a 1950s pendulum clock, trying to figure out why the escapement was catching only when the temperature in the room dropped. It reminded me…

Last Tuesday, I sat at my workbench with a vintage mantle clock that had decided to stop ticking mid-swing, and it reminded me of the sheer frustration of modern retail.…

Last Tuesday, I was hunched over my workbench, trying to coax a stubborn escapement wheel back into place on a 1920s pendulum clock, when my mind drifted to the sheer…

I remember sitting at my workbench last Tuesday, squinting through my loupe at the escapement of a 19th-century carriage clock, when I realized I was doing exactly what I used…

Last Tuesday, I sat at my workbench with a 1950s mantle clock that had decided to stop ticking right in the middle of my tea. As I unscrewed the casing,…

I remember sitting at my workbench last Tuesday, the smell of aged machine oil heavy in the air, staring at a dead external drive that refused to spin. It’s that…

I remember sitting at my workbench last Tuesday, peering through my jeweler’s loupe at the guts of an old smartphone that had been handed to me by a well-meaning nephew.…

I remember sitting at my workbench last Tuesday, the smell of old machine oil thick in the air, staring at a disassembled 1950s mantle clock that had decided to stop…

I was hunched over my workbench last Tuesday, the smell of aged machine oil and ozone thick in the air, trying to coax a stubborn 1950s clock back to life,…