Using elastic bandsWhen working on carriage or four-glass clocks it is useful have an assortment elastic bands to hand.Before taking out the screws holding the case/frame to the base, slide over two or three bands. These will keep the glass panels in situ, firmly held in their grooved pillars. Elastic bands can also be used on longcase strike trains, on early, more complicated countwheel locking. Makers usually marked the teeth and pinion leaf when correctly set up. Just slip smaller bands over meshing wheels/pinions, keeping them correctly meshed whilst assembling and fitting plates. One word of warning. Always check that you remove all bands if using them in this way. Once I didn't - but that's another story. G Kraemer, UK
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