Pendulums must swing freely.
Wall clock pendulum stops swinging.
Since the swinging pendulum collides with air and the joint of the pendulum must scrape against the surface that supports it it will gradually slow down as these interactions pull energy out of the pendulum.
Gently slid arm off the small mechanism with a flat spring.
If the pendulum is touching the chime rods toward the back or touching the weights toward the front the pendulum will stop.
The leaf controls the speed of the clock the higher the leaf the faster it swings the lower the leaf the slower it swings.
A clock that leans to the left or right at the slightest angle will throw your pendulum into pandemonium or stop it in its daily tracks for tracking good time.
First make sure the clock is flat against the wall and level both ways front to back and side to side.
If it s not doing this it will stop.
The easiest way to adjust this in the first instance is simply to tip the clock on the wall.
The pendulum should tick with an even beat like a metronome tick.
If you ve recently moved your clock you should check the foundation for levelness.
This indicates a problem in leveling from front to rear.
If a clock.
If a clock is out of beat the pendulum will swing for a few minutes then stop even if the clock case is level.
Pendulum over swing if the bob on the pendulum hasn t first been immobilized or removed from the pendulum arm before the clock is moved the pendulum can over swing go past its normal arc and throw the clock out of beat then eventually the clock will stop.
Put it back on the wall and the pendulum stops after a few minutes it just swings slower and slower until it stops.
What causes a pendulum clock to stop.
Pendulum arm about 20 long.
So the first thing to check is that it is in beat.
Leveling your clock will need to be level from front to back and side to side.
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If the beat is irregular like.
In reality however the pendulum does not swing in isolation from the rest of the universe.
Clock was working fine took it off wall and removed pendulum to paint the wall.
If your clock keeps stopping it could be the space it rests on.
Grandfather clocks should sit level.
Setting the beat of the pendulum clock.