I have purchased a 'job lot' of flip clocks including one 'Vedette' (French). It was supposed to be working 100%, but unfortunately it is not...
Atleast two, maybe three hour flaps have been bent quite severely (perhaps by the sunlight?). They are bent in such a way that the flap gets stuck and only changes @ 20 to 30 past the hour.
I am trying to think of a way to straighten them. Unfortunately they were made by Vedette themselves and do not seem to fit any of my spares-clocks, otherwise it would be an easy swap.
Perhaps heating it up ever so slightly in the oven and then immediately press it back to shape and put some dead weight on it? Simply bending it does not work and I am not even going to seriously attempt because I am sure they would break :-(
Has anyone had this issue before?
Atleast two, maybe three hour flaps have been bent quite severely (perhaps by the sunlight?). They are bent in such a way that the flap gets stuck and only changes @ 20 to 30 past the hour.
I am trying to think of a way to straighten them. Unfortunately they were made by Vedette themselves and do not seem to fit any of my spares-clocks, otherwise it would be an easy swap.
Perhaps heating it up ever so slightly in the oven and then immediately press it back to shape and put some dead weight on it? Simply bending it does not work and I am not even going to seriously attempt because I am sure they would break :-(
Has anyone had this issue before?
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