Today is clock day

Today is clock day. I have built many clocks, cuckoo clocks, grandfather clocks, novelty clocks, etc. Each year I devote a day to changing batteries, setting chimes and adjusting DST, etc. There is one clock that is always a challenge. It used to be a Bulova battery chiming clock with swinging pendulum. I got it at a garage sale for $2. This thing is solid brass and weighs more than 10 lbs. When I got it home and opened it, the old batteries had corroded it so badly that all was ruined. I purchased a new battery chiming clock and replaced the old one. It did not look right without the pendulum. I purchased the swinging bell thing for an anniversary clock and placed an octagonal mirror behind it. (when I saw it, it was the perfect size, I couldn't believe I was so lucky.)

This thing was extremely hard to work with because of its weight and available room to get my hands in. When I went to install it, the weight was troubling because I could NOT see the hole to hang it with. No wonder it was left on the wall and batteries never changed. I changed that quickly by reworking the hanger to be above the clock in plain sight, but not from below. My wife couldn't be happier with her chiming anniversary clock.