pb4sc wrote:Hi Everyone,
Digging in a little deeper, it looks like it is not a vertical finger issue, but the first brake is the problem. When I cycle the machine, the brakes are being pushed out to the way, but the first one immediately falls back and stops the reel from ever spinning. So the bar on the clock is not slowly retracting in order to let the first reel spin. The other brakes are fine, it is just the first one that seems to stop the reel from spinning. Is there a way to adjust the distance the bar travels, so it goes further out and keeps the brake out of the way so the reel spins? Or should I bend the fans on the clock to make it take a longer time to retract? Any advice would be much appreciated.
Phil
If your problem with the first reel stop slamming down too early continues despite the suggested adjustments, you might want to have a look at how well your clock's fan blades are affixed to the spindle: I've seen more than one case where the timing at the start of the cycle goes off simply because the solder securing the fan has loosened just enough to let the shaft spin independently if the torque is great enough. Thus, at the start of the cycle-- when the torque is strongest-- the shaft just squeaks around a few revolutions before the fan can start spinning. In other words, the start-of-cycle torque exceeds the friction holding the fan to the shaft, but later in the cycle, under a reduced load, the fan picks up and does its job... unfortunately, by then, the early cycle functions have already spun past instantaneously and invisibly.