Toolmaking, Tools Restoration, Bespoke Tools and 3D Printing Tools
Making your own tools? This section covers traditional toolmaking and restoration, manufacturing bespoke tools to solve watchmaking issues and using modern technologies such as 3D printing to create new tools.
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It's interesting to know that there are other versions out there that work really well; to my, as yet untrained eye, they all look the same! Seems like the price of the "M-C" version is north of £150 though so maybe that's one for next Christmas. -
I presume you've gone through your pictures in detail as I would expected it to still be visible and can't be many parts with that size hole in them. -
By HectorLooi · Posted
That is to give you the sense of accomplishment that you had a part in the build of the machine. -
I used my Presto tool and a racor blade. The canon pinion with the small wheel is pushed from below through a suitable hole in the blade while the bigger wheel is held back by the blade. The plastic legs of the Presto tool push against the blade during disassembly (Hope my words make sense…). I just worked on the 889. No idea where the washer comes from. Here a picture of the canon pinion unit for reference: -
I have read it somewhere that the balance staffs on American pocket watches were much harder than those of Swiss watches. I'll guess mine are all dinged up from the mighty Elgin & Waltham staffs.
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