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If you want to learn clock repair but don't know where to start, this course is for you. With the aid of tons of Vibrant Color 3D Computer Animation you'll learn in just a few minutes theories and strike set-up techniques which often stump the novice. The Animation alone took over 1600 man hours to make with the entire course taking 13 months to complete.
This course is essential to your understanding this trade. It WORKS!
Bob Tascione has been repairing and restoring Clocks and Watches since his teens (he's 51 now), restoring some of the most amazing and complicated timepieces in the world and made his first horological training video over 15 years ago. Experience counts, in fact you would never expect to learn anything in clock or watch repair from someone that hasn't been working full time at this trade for many years.
The full benefit of Bob's experience couldn't be passed on to you by video alone. That's where Computer Animation comes in. With animation we can finally break through those barriers. You can strip away those parts, such as clock plates, and still have the mechanism moving completely unobstructed by static parts and components. It's a bit like having everything made of clear glass except for those parts you want to see...only far better. It's pretty tough to see what's going on between the plates with just camera shots. There's just too much in the way. With the animation you're right in there. Everything's moving in sync. Say goodbye to charts and drawings. You'll move through the plates of the clock, around moving gears and levers, over and under dead beat and recoil escapements. The animation along with crystal clear camera work makes this video series a pleasure to watch.
We'll clean and oil a clock, change mainsprings by hand and with winders, straighten escape wheel teeth, discuss pendulum weight distribution theory through the use of demonstrations and animation, bush worn pivot holes with and without a bushing machine, cover both countwheel and rack & snail striking and warning theory through animation like it's never been covered before, use a beat amplifier and timing machine, polish pivots on a lathe and much, much more.
This course is also filmed using 3CCD Digital Cameras. A 3CCD is a professional camera which offers far superior color separation (no blur) and clarity than the consumer type digital cameras. They're very expensive but a definite "must have" for professional quality video work.
This video was added to our catalog on May 25, 2005 in Clocks.
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First let me deal with the negative aspects. The video quality looks like a cheap VHS tape and not a video produced with a high quality digital video camera. Also, there is only about 25 minutes of video on each DVD. I feel he misses telling the audience some things that were important to include. He also shows you some techniques that I sort of question. On the positive side he does have some good information and pointers that can be very helpful to folks. Also the included animations are also a nice way to help show the actual motions and timing of the gear train.
Though I got a few nuggets I was looking for, it would be helpful if there were a listing of what is included on each disk. That way, I can order the segments I need instead of paying for a disk that may be wasted.
