Prising plate pins
When re-assembling small striking clock movements, eg French mantel clocks, it is sometimes necessary to re-position the smaller wheels of the strike train in order to set them correctly. The problem is to open the plates at the top of the movement just sufficiently to allow re-positioning of the wheels.
This is greatly facilitated by removing the top two locking pins from their pillar spigots and prising the plates apart using modified split pins which have been tapered to form fine wedges and which can be pushed in astride the pillar spigots on the inside of the plate.
This little device has proved beneficial to me and to several clock-repairing friends.
Howard Thompson, UK
