I have built just about all the wall clocks especially my favorite one the moon phase clock. They've all been running fine for months up until a few weeks ago. Now not one but every clock is stopping on me. I've taken them all down taking them apart re clean the bearings dusted off anything checked every gear put it all back together put it back on the wall. Started it up again and again in a few hours they all stop. Has anyone else been having this problem? Also I've noticed the hands on the clock have become very loose some of them falling off and just hanging at the 6:00 hour. Push them back on but they seem to wiggle off again. This is just a little disheartening when you put so much into making these. Any ideas or help would be appreciated.
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Steve getting back on our first messages.... You asked me a few questions. There's nothing really sticky or sluggish in the clocks. The two in particular that keeps stopping are PLA silk. The other clocks that have been pretty good in running or just plain PLA. So I wonder also it maybe the silk is a little more abrasive than just plain PLA. I did order p e t g plain and silk to try both. The one that's giving me the most trouble is the moon clock which is my favorite of course. This morning I took it apart hung it back up to do the swing test and finally stopped counting when it had already reached 38 minutes. So it's definitely not the bearings I greased with lithium grease the arm and the sprocket teeth very lightly and it didn't seem to stick as much but eventually about a half hour later the clock still stopped. Also when I had the clock apart I took the escapement gear out and just let the weight spend all the gears until the wait at the bottom of the floor and I wounded up and then did it a few more times just to be sure I could see all the gears were moving nicely nothing seems to bind up as they were spinning so I'm hoping it is just the PLA has changed over time and that the PETG hopefully will make a difference.