04-28-2015, 04:13 PM
Well, when we left off...I was looking forward to receiving the dial covers and the clock movement.
Both arrived on the 24th.
I hooked up the wires which supply 120 volts AC to the clock into the radio. To the other end of these wires I attached the original two-pin socket. As the plug did not come with this radio, I used one from my 41-KR as I plan to convert it to a battery clock movement with sweep second hand.
I put clock hands on the electric motor and tried it out. All seemed well; the clock worked.
So I proceeded to cut the cord and attach the two-pin plug from the 41-KR clock motor to its cord, and attached the motor to the backing plate after removing what was left of the original clock movement. I did this carefully so that it can be converted back to original if someone wants to later on.
Well, Murphy's Law being what it is...naturally, after modifying the thing so I could no longer return it...
I put it all into the 42-22 cabinet. Oh, the second hand ran fine...but the hour and minute hands would no longer move!
So this morning, I disassembled it all.
[Image: http://www.philcoradio.com/images/phorum...CL_005.jpg]
Notice how I modified things so the new clock movement could be used. I cut a piece of 1/8" masonite to go behind the clock face to act as a spacer. I also cut two strips of 1/4" wood to space the unit further back from the front of the cabinet. I did all this to ensure that the clock shaft would clear the dial cover. I fastened the dial cover to the back of the cabinet, instead of to the clock face as it was originally, for this reason.
I had a choice of converting it to a battery movement with a sweep second hand (and I luckily had another one of those battery movements), or just forgetting about it.
I chose the former.
[Image: http://www.philcoradio.com/images/phorum...CL_006.jpg]
[Image: http://www.philcoradio.com/images/phorum...CL_007.jpg]
After reattaching the twice-modified unit to the cabinet, here's how it looks:
[Image: http://www.philcoradio.com/images/phorum...CL_008.jpg]
Works fine...and with the sweep second hand, it looks like an electric clock.
I decided not to modify the original clock hands - again, in case someone wants to convert this back to an original electric motor later on.
Both arrived on the 24th.
I hooked up the wires which supply 120 volts AC to the clock into the radio. To the other end of these wires I attached the original two-pin socket. As the plug did not come with this radio, I used one from my 41-KR as I plan to convert it to a battery clock movement with sweep second hand.
I put clock hands on the electric motor and tried it out. All seemed well; the clock worked.
So I proceeded to cut the cord and attach the two-pin plug from the 41-KR clock motor to its cord, and attached the motor to the backing plate after removing what was left of the original clock movement. I did this carefully so that it can be converted back to original if someone wants to later on.
Well, Murphy's Law being what it is...naturally, after modifying the thing so I could no longer return it...
I put it all into the 42-22 cabinet. Oh, the second hand ran fine...but the hour and minute hands would no longer move!
So this morning, I disassembled it all.
[Image: http://www.philcoradio.com/images/phorum...CL_005.jpg]
Notice how I modified things so the new clock movement could be used. I cut a piece of 1/8" masonite to go behind the clock face to act as a spacer. I also cut two strips of 1/4" wood to space the unit further back from the front of the cabinet. I did all this to ensure that the clock shaft would clear the dial cover. I fastened the dial cover to the back of the cabinet, instead of to the clock face as it was originally, for this reason.
I had a choice of converting it to a battery movement with a sweep second hand (and I luckily had another one of those battery movements), or just forgetting about it.
I chose the former.
[Image: http://www.philcoradio.com/images/phorum...CL_006.jpg]
[Image: http://www.philcoradio.com/images/phorum...CL_007.jpg]
After reattaching the twice-modified unit to the cabinet, here's how it looks:
[Image: http://www.philcoradio.com/images/phorum...CL_008.jpg]
Works fine...and with the sweep second hand, it looks like an electric clock.
I decided not to modify the original clock hands - again, in case someone wants to convert this back to an original electric motor later on.
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Ron Ramirez
Ferdinand IN
