denshaw 2,812 Posted September 22, 2015 Report Share Posted September 22, 2015 Is it broke? Victoria centre management say the clock is closed for maintenance. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LizzieM 9,232 Posted September 22, 2015 Report Share Posted September 22, 2015 Hopefully they're moving it back to where it should be. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Enigma. 1,533 Posted September 22, 2015 Report Share Posted September 22, 2015 Comment from a member of staff at Victoria Centre : We're keeping the clock in good working order, you may have noticed that the coins in the pond are rusting and the wood stain has run so we're fixing that. Plus we're oiling the butterflies so that they move more smoothly, and polishing the whole clock so that it stays looking good. It's already been over 3 months since the clock came home! Essentially we're keeping the clock well maintained just like we said we would, and we can't work on it while the pond is full of water. This will happen whenever the clock needs some tlc. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Engineer 539 Posted September 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2015 I hope they are true to their word and continue to look after it. Given that they have decided to give it 'a coat of looking at' after just three months of operation, I'd say that bodes well for the future. Let's remember that despite the restoration work we did, it's now 43 years old and the majority of the parts are original - bits will continue to wear (while it runs) and corrode (while it sits in a chlorinated pool). Great to hear that the good folk of Nottingham and our most welcome visitors have flipped 1,250 quid in so far, all going to 'When You Wish Upon a Star' The Emett Engineer 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,106 Posted September 23, 2015 Report Share Posted September 23, 2015 Oiling the butterflies, good grief, the bloody things only been back three months. Didn't they oil the thing prior to re erection. The whole situation is rapidly becoming farcical. Still not sufficient seating either.!!!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dave 48 847 Posted September 23, 2015 Report Share Posted September 23, 2015 http://i.ebayimg.com/images/i/160915180681-0-1/s-l1000.jpg #274 I think you should get one of these Fly LOL. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,106 Posted September 23, 2015 Report Share Posted September 23, 2015 F off you cheeky 5hit head! LOL Only joking Dave, that's far too mild for me. I visited a long lost cousin on Monday. I've only seen her twice in 25 years. Within three minutes, she looks at my and says ' Are you bigoted ' ? The funny bu66er ! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Engineer 539 Posted September 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2015 I agree with FLY2 that they shouldn't be oiling the butterflies. Each butterfly has a stainless steel shaft, sitting in a pair of brass blocks which are attached to the cobweb wheel. The blocks were new this year. Some slight misalignment of the mounts coupled with the shafts not being true meant that the butterflies didn't all swivel freely (small ones seemed worse - maybe due to less mass). I did drill out the blocks slightly to counter some of the error but some butterflies still wouldn't swivel freely. It was (and still is) on my snagging list to align the mounts nearer to true (i.e. by judicious bending). I don't think oiling is the remedy. If the alignment is not addressed, the stainless steel shafts will probably wear the brass to a point where the butterflies can in fact swivel. They might need to re-think the arrangement and install some sort of self-aligning bearings. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mary1947 1,880 Posted March 26, 2016 Report Share Posted March 26, 2016 What do members think of the new look Victoria Centre? Went down Notts the other day to do some shopping, to my amazement the clock at the front had gone!!! this was hard for me to tack in as if I was to meet anyone in Notts is would always be by the clock. On going to catch my bus at the other end of the centre there it was now I don't know what you think but to me it's now in the wrong place. People just walk by and now never stop to look at the clock. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 4,988 Posted March 26, 2016 Report Share Posted March 26, 2016 There's a whole thread on the clock and its relocation somewhere on here. On my Tablet so can't paste it in. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 9,955 Posted March 26, 2016 Report Share Posted March 26, 2016 Done it Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJBrenton 738 Posted March 26, 2016 Report Share Posted March 26, 2016 Cue 'Where's my thread gone?' post next. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
katyjay 4,988 Posted March 26, 2016 Report Share Posted March 26, 2016 Ta, Kev. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DanielHST 1 Posted February 9, 2019 Report Share Posted February 9, 2019 The engineer needs to fix the clock again as it is bang out of order it has been acting wrong cause the birds and squirrels weren't dancing and the petals were moving the opposit way to what they should be doing and my solution is taking it back to it's original location and make a new octagonal frame and whilst the frame is being build please move it to a temporary spot in another centre Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,782 Posted February 9, 2019 Report Share Posted February 9, 2019 Just get rid. Boring like cricket. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DanielHST 1 Posted February 9, 2019 Report Share Posted February 9, 2019 It has to be fixed however when the engineer comes online again he will need to see this cause he restored the clock Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DanielHST 1 Posted February 10, 2019 Report Share Posted February 10, 2019 That's what the clock should look like once it has been restored 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jonab 1,643 Posted February 11, 2019 Report Share Posted February 11, 2019 I'm amazed that thing still exists at all. Even in my days there it was held together with Araldite, string and elastic bands. Has it been re-jigged? 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DanielHST 1 Posted February 15, 2019 Report Share Posted February 15, 2019 It is not how it was and I think it is something to do with cafe rizzoli damaging an electrical or mechanic of the clock so it would have to move back. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DanielHST 1 Posted February 18, 2019 Report Share Posted February 18, 2019 I went today and it was still broken Quote Link to post Share on other sites
catfan 14,782 Posted March 2, 2019 Report Share Posted March 2, 2019 I could never see the point ! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DanielHST 1 Posted March 10, 2019 Report Share Posted March 10, 2019 I think Rizzoli cafe destroyed the clock's electronics and now the clocks petals are moving up and down and not normally how they should be so i better get pete dexter back into the centre and fix the clock Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Brew 5,007 Posted March 10, 2019 Report Share Posted March 10, 2019 Do we know Rizzoli damaged it, how did they, was it deliberate? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 304 Posted March 27, 2019 Report Share Posted March 27, 2019 Just realised I'm actually in that photo!! Behind the clock and to the left there are two 'big' girls, then a small boy, then a lady with white hair, well that small boy was me! 2 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Engineer 539 Posted December 27, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2019 Thought I would pop back to the forum to see what's occurring.  Must say I don't visit the clock for fear of seeing it not in fine fettle. I am saddened to hear that it might not be getting the attention it needs. Those of you who followed the journey will know that I put a lot of hours into it over several years. I would have liked an on going arrangement to fettle it as necessary but it wasn't to be. If 'The Management' ask, I would happily sort it out at any time.  Pete (The Engineer)   5 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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