Awesome! A bit of isopropyl alcohol, compressed air and a few drops of oil got it spinning again like a top. Thanks!

@Flipclockfans

10 күн бұрын

Thanks.

Hey, just wanted to say thank you for this video and all your other info - got my UK Binatone Digimatic running perfectly.

Thank you for the videos you make. Informative and relaxing!

This was a very helpful video. Got my Sony Digimatic clock radio operating again.....

What do you think is the best way to reattach both parts of the mechanism? I think there is something broken because it doesn't fit back , maybe using carefully some kind of glue ..

Thanks. I can probably use this on my Sony

i’ve got a couple very fine surgical syringe needles i use to oil the motors, 1 is bent slightly and fits through the holes on the top cap, the other can be used on the gearing side, of course dismantling is the best way but this comes close

@Flipclockfans

3 жыл бұрын

That's a great idea. Thanks!

@sonofsolo69

3 жыл бұрын

@@Flipclockfans glad to contribute to the restoration of these wonderful objects, also...would you recommend lightly greasing the gear cogs on a normal copal motor or not ? i sometimes wonder...

Awesome info! It's def helped me restore my clocks with your "oiling thru the hole" technique. it's the first thing I try. Hey random question , do you know of any "spacemaker" under cabinet style mountable flip clocks? I was curious if there were any. I guess you could always mount a flip clock with no top buttons but yeah that seems sketchy for an undercabinet flip clocks solution. Just wondering if you knew of any like that. Thanks!!!!!

@Flipclockfans

Жыл бұрын

Sorry for the late reply. I was swamped doing home restoration. I’ve never seen an under the cabinet model.

Sometimes applying a bit of heat from a soldering iron onto the sprocket gear will make it come off easier as well.

Thank you for this Video - my Caslow all of a sudden startet to make iritating noises - i figured it is from the spinning motor and when I tilt the clock, the noise stops... I'm gonna try out if pushing a little will help... however, do you know why it started to make noise in the first place? I didn't move the clock the slightest and am curiouse....

@Flipclockfans

Жыл бұрын

I couldn’t say for sure.

Great video! I recently bought a Panasonic rc-1103 for restoration, cosmetics look good but I think electrical parts are fried. Have you ever measured the impedance of the winding for this motors?

@Flipclockfans

6 ай бұрын

No. Never checked. Are you getting current to the motor?

CRC Electronic Cleaner works great for a gunked up shaft while the sealed side has a small hole for oil .. I never take them apart

It really didn’t take and hour to get into that case. Once I got off camera I was able to get it done fairly quickly.

@zamanraja9531

9 ай бұрын

Hi there pal you work and knowledge of these clock is astonishing, can you restore mine for me will be happy to pay your labour costs + shipping costs !

I have the same one with the 1st gear broken (shaved teeth). This is the 3rd or 4th replacement gear from donor clocks, and I can't get any more... Where can I get new gears?

@Flipclockfans

9 ай бұрын

Other clocks I guess. I’m trying to figure out why you’d be going through so many gears. Is it possible the mechanism is messed up?

@michvod

9 ай бұрын

@@Flipclockfans they all ran for 1-2 years, and yeah, those were all yellowed and quite worn out already...

Hi. I have a vintage flip clock (Sanyo RM5011) in good shape that needs restoration (can barely hear the radio and flip clock light very dim). Can you help?

@Flipclockfans

Жыл бұрын

Well.... I'm not sure. Are you wanting me to restore it? Sometimes I do that, make a video of the process and send it back. But even if I did it for free, you've got to consider, it will cost you 15 to ship to me (or so) and I'd expect you to pay 15 from me to ship it back.

is there a hi res scan of that copal flyer on the FFF forum ?

@Flipclockfans

3 жыл бұрын

There needs to be. I will try to get to that soon. Had to work all weekend - no time right this moment, but I'll work on it.

@Flipclockfans

3 жыл бұрын

Here are some copies www.flipclockfans.com/forum/forum/clock-show-and-tell/flip-clocks-on-display/16824-the-copal-brochure

@sonofsolo69

3 жыл бұрын

@@Flipclockfans wow thanks

Hello where do yo buy these Motors? I need one Copal.

@bvnseven

Жыл бұрын

Good luck finding one. Nidec Copal does not have anymore that thay will sell. Best thing you can do is to find one at a garage sale and swap motors after making sure the donor motor works.

I have a goldair 7150 flip clock, the motor spins, but it won't change the numbers, what's a possible fix

@Flipclockfans

3 жыл бұрын

Most often that means that there are stripped gears in the gear box. The only fix would be replacing the motor with one from a working clock or trying to open up the gear box and see if the gears can be replaced. It's a challenge.

i have a sanyo 5320. The copal motor doesnt work. I cut the cables then put the 220 volt directly. it was not working. I can turn the wheel by hand. I have used the wd40. Are there any solve for this? sorry for my bad English.

@Flipclockfans

2 жыл бұрын

I'm so sorry. I would be unable to suggest a solution.

Looks very much like the motors in my grandparent's late 60's and 70's Spartus clocks that are made in the USA. One clock is a kitchen hutch and the other is a pot belly stove. I inherited my grand parent's house and remember these clocks from when I was a kid. The sad thing is both clocks stopped working with in a couple months of each other and when I opened the back of the clocks and seen the motor assembly that had rivets holding it together, I just slapped my head and geeeesh thanks Spartus minimal-us instead of Spartus maximus. So would have screwed you up to use screws huh Spartus? lol So does anywhere make replacement motors? I know they make the replacement kits that are like a little plastic square shape and quarts, but would certainly be nice having something closer to the original for the clock

What kind of oil better use for this?

@Flipclockfans

3 жыл бұрын

You can use synthetic motor oil (like for your car). That actually works great. I sometimes use WD-40 or a light gun oil to clean it then follow with synthetic clock oil (like Liquid Bearings) or like I said, motor oil. Other restorers that I know use just the motor oil and let the clock run with the motor tilted motor side up to disperse the oil.

@ruvarkus

3 жыл бұрын

@@Flipclockfans thank you!

@revol215

3 жыл бұрын

@@Flipclockfans its great info!

Where can i get first and second gear , cause they are worn and have no contact anymore

@Flipclockfans

Жыл бұрын

The easiest way is to buy a parts clock. Unfortunately.

I'm upset with my National TE-80. It came from Japan. Uses a Copal motor. It runs, but does not progress. The brass cog from the center most shaved the succeeding cog which was plastic. I'm hopeless

@Flipclockfans

3 жыл бұрын

I feel your pain. It's the one thing that I don't like about these clocks. The brass verses the plastic gear is often an area of failure. I wish I could go back in time and tell them to make that first gear out of brass.

@quinorodriguez3827

3 жыл бұрын

@@Flipclockfans the only way to fix it is to find a donor clock (or a motor alone if lucky). but that procedure would still leave me with a sigh

@Tokolyser

3 жыл бұрын

@@Flipclockfans And they'd tell you "Beat it, we're only in it for the money" :-) Rest in peace, Frank!

Copal clocks are planned obsolescence from the 60ties. Never had a motor so far where the electric part failed, always a mechanical reason. Metal wheels front and end sandwichs thinny plastic wheels, all in a sealed case. Cheaper to buy new but to repair, even back then. That's why they became almost extinct hence always exciting to spot a "stubborn" survivor which avoided scrap. Me owns a broken Caslon 201 (first wheel's teeth completely worn off, need a 3D printer as user [snthess] below suggests) and a nice working 602, which I consider as a lucky guess myself at Ebay. Flips may contain worse, a broken Sankyo motor - an utmost malicious design.

@Flipclockfans

3 жыл бұрын

It is obvious you speak from experience!

@Tokolyser

3 жыл бұрын

@@Flipclockfans Mate, much appreciated you offered me an anger management in a public place to deal with my ongoing love-hate relationship eventually ;-)

@sw6188

2 жыл бұрын

The sixty ties?

Time to get a resin 3d printer. Make your own gears.

@Flipclockfans

3 жыл бұрын

That’s a good idea and we often talk about that on the web forum . But it doesn’t solve the problem that these cases are not made to be serviced.

@snethss

3 жыл бұрын

@@Flipclockfans rivets do not denote unserviceable. 5 seconds of a dremel. dab of epoxy to reseal. done

4:30 I think its more commonly and better put that cases pop off or apart and then they snap back together, than saying to snap that out. Nice video though and Im not trying to split hairs to argue