For the totally mechanically inept, I tell them to loosen it like your taking the cap off a bottle. EX: I once built a mantle clock for a now ex-girlfriend and it was running fast. She called me and asked how to adjust it. I told her she had to turn the nut at the bottom of the pendulum to lower the bob. When she asked which way to turn it, I told her to imagine a bottle upside down and unscrew the cap. It worked out well.
Last edited by gearbasher; 01-24-21 at 08:36 AM.