Anyone remember Donino's Pizza's Noid?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UqNXJclyXk
What did I get in the mail today? I was expecting this--
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But instead I got the Noid!
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I'd had it sent to Benz as he has access to a wonderful clock maker as I was sure it would only need a good cleaning and oiling.
However he tells me that apparently the seller didn't pad the inside of the clock's case and that there were only two screws holding the mechanism instead of the four and when the box was dropped or handled rough those two screws pulled out and let it all flop around.
Not only is the once beautiful face damaged but the chime bars and the shaft that holds the wheels that control the chimes.
I could live with having the damaged clock face repaired and Benz tells me that as far as he can see, all of the pivot points have new bushing installed and they don't appear to be worn at all.
It will all depend on what the seller wants to do.
Damn! It was such a beautiful clock and it had Westminster Chimes--this is from a different clock, but the chimes should be about the same. Skip forward to 0:25
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdWN59fEzIE