If your pendulum clock has lost its best beat, you can get it back in time with a bit of beat education and simple tools. Understanding the mechanics of your cherished time piece will help you fix problems that can occur without having to drag the clock to a repair specialist. If the t...
Photo: A compact, wall-mounted pendulum clock. On clocks like this, the swinging pendulum is very much a feature; in grandfather clocks, the pendulum is often discreetly hidden behind a door (see below).Sponsored linksContents What is a pendulum? How does a pendulum work? How does a ...
In recent years, there’s been pushback against expert opinions, including those of experienced teachers. It’s time for the pendulum to swing back to the middle, a place where teachers and other authority figures are trusted, but where the public also feels empowered to ask questions of them...
TIP – Prevention: for wall clocks, always remove your pendulum before taking the clock off the wall. If the pendulum stays in the clock it may scratch the inside of the case as well as change the beat and then the clock may not work. Check The “Beat”: Listen to the tick-tock on...
Using a pencil, mark the mounting holes. This step is only required if your Ring video doorbell is installed on stucco, brick, or concrete. You will need to drill a hole into your wall with the provided bit for this installation. Then, insert the anchors supplied into the holes. ...
I did a terrible job teaching stance to Sam. For the first month I basically let him stand however he liked and he developed a load of bad habits that he then had to struggle to fix later on.The two key aspects of a good stance is being low and wide. What that means is that you...
pendulum has swung from VCs to founders. When I was starting companies in the ’90s, VCs and bankers wouldn’t tolerate this. “That would send the wrong signal—aren’t you in this to win?” Pro tip: If you have 80+% of your net worth in one asset and people try to ...
This will make it tick tock faster than if the pendulum was on. The leader will tick tock faster as you pull down some on the weight. The weight will then come down enough to run the clock. If all else fails, and it’s a chain driven clock, you would need to cut the chain in ...
Once a hull is able to sit upright in the water and resist forces that want to heel it over, another problem may come up, oscillation, or the pendulum effect. The hull gets pushed over, the shifted CoB pushes it back too far, causing it to start rocking back and forth like one of ...
[A pendulum clock begins ticking in the background. I blow out the candle and fade to darkness.] Just a little vignette inspired by my partner’s whimsical writing style. Picture creditLydiaZanotti. Tikal runs out of the doorway of his little airstone abode, and takes a sharp turn down th...