the “un boxing” !old style rotating numerals cloak, some wear and cracking on the clear face plate. the clock, the clock works but the motor emits a grinding sound. in a quiet room very audible.the back is clear plastic , apparently you set the time by putting your finger through he back and rotating the dials to the correct timeplastic style casesort of a burl wood plastic colorremoved the rear panelyou can see the rotating mechanism the numerals are in good shape , several kits are available as stickers to renew the look , these are highly viable and still have good colorcase interior with dial nightlight switchfront panel removedcasesome of the crazing of the plastic visiblewiring , switch bulb and socket, c7 bulb, checking wiring for splits and crackinggrommet dried out and cracked1 rpm motor, very noiseytimer motor with first cog, the second wheelmotor mounting bracketpulling the screw and axle from the hour wheeleach wheel (cog) has a spring detent that is slightly adjustable to aline the digitshour wheel and axleall of the wheels are removedcast mounted bracket removed from basewire nut connectionssecond wheel press fits to motorfasteners and hardwareready to be cleanedI checked the paint on the wheels of the numerals, it didn’t flake away before cleaning. On some old devices the paint will simply flack away if distrubedcomponents cleanedready for assemblyplastic polish appliedreassemble of the wheels, checking the sizes of the hardware axles and screwssome silicone grease applied, the paint was flaked on the spring detents, left as isinstalling the wheelswithout the detents in place, spin testinstallation of the detentsassembly of the time wheelsassemblymounting of the motoraligning of the digitscompleted projectrear view
While the project was finished, the motor was very noisy, I tried to lubricate the sealed motor but it ended with failure. Most likely will sell for parts as the motor is not readily available for replacement.
The bulb will be replaced with a C7 LED filament bulb.
Now that I had worked on several coffee brewing machines the Cuisinart coffee grinder stopped working. The dark roast Starbucks french roast , finely ground, seems to have clogged up the machine. A lot of moisture from the oily dark roast clogged the machine over time and have appeared to stall the motor, Should have preventative maintenance done on a regular basis. This grinder usually gets several times a day use.
on the benchhopper removedseveral screws on the bottom to remove.interior view, the bottom motor mount is cracked, motor is still securedtake out the control board , no components are toastedright away check the fuse… oknothing looks amiss …take a couple of readings… all okcloseup of componentschecked out the wear on the brushes …. gooda lot of interlock switches to check out pull apart some stuff to clean and check switchesmore interlock switchesswitcher okthermister …okall interlocks are ok and getting voltage to the motor leads from the circuit board…. Aha !!! the thermal limiter on the windingsyep , jumped it out and the motor works, pulled out carefully wired directly to winding wire.removedreplacement in stock, ordered assortment of common values from Ali expressadd shrink tubing and carefully solder in place, lots of coffee ground on the blue mat today. tubing in place, limiter soldered in placeshrinki8nginsulation complete and wire tied onto the windingreassemble and dress and secure the wires, the unit is back in service. removed the cracked bottom motor mount motor is secured.ever get those deep fasteners that a screwdriver cant fit into, hers may solution. Long Phillips drivers couples to a nut driver.
think I’ll have a cup of coffee now. fresh ground beans !!!!!
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