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Try looking at what "TheWatchCollector" has on eBay. You can pick up running movement for very little for donor

Thanks Rogart63, I don't have any case back that fits or kinda close to modify, I just put an acrylic crystal, I'm gonna glue it in when done with adjusting, for now till I find a solution. Btw do you think a domed sapphire crystal would be a good idea? Thanks everyone.

Got it open. Many thanks!

I was a band teacher for years and it was always necessary to do smaller fixes on band instruments; saxophones were the most prone to small dings causing problems with pad seating. At seventy, I still teach a small community band with the same instrument problems. During the other part of my life I was a concert piano technician and I also did complete overhauls to many different makes of piano. So, does that make me a kind of luthier?

Ooops.. Just noticed the Inca spring is not sitting right. Fixed now. Anilv

Are you sure that you have all the pivots installed correctly? If you have a wheel out of place and one side not in its pivot hole that would stop it working?

Well I managed to get a balance cock and balance from Mr Sudarson at 'oldswisswatches.com'. Price was pretty reasonable but shipping was really cheap. It was something like USD3 from India to Malaysia. A quick clean and service and it's running well. The patina on the balance cock is different but hopefully time will cure this!

For the tweezers, I have both brass and bronze. I've settled on the bronze tweezers as my main pair, as they are slightly harder that the brass. With the brass, I had problems keeping the tips in good shape. The bronze is still soft enough that I don't worry about scratching parts, and less springy than my steel ones so I get fewer parts pinging off into the ether. I think your boxwood tweezers will do just fine for a start. As far as pegwood is concerned, it is just round sticks of (i believe) boxwood, about the diameter of a toothpick. Have Fun!

@marcoskaiser you're REALLY good at what you do !!! RESPECT Are you a professional luthier ? Envoyé de mon Moto G (5) Plus en utilisant Tapatalk

While Ebay still drag on indefinitely on the delivery of my tools, I finished the first part of Mark's course. I will not crowd the thread of the course with another review, but it was great! The pace is good for non native speakers, and the strategic choice of going for the bare minimum of tools make the endeavour more realistic for people like me. I noticed that in the thread of bronze tweezers nobody questioned that bergeon and others (cousin's website) advertise their tweezers as brass. So, Brass or Bronze? I was about to fit brass tips to a really shit pair of tweezers I have. But in doubt, I chose to make them in boxwood... I got a laser cutter that is now gathering dust. Does not really help me in lute making. But if anybody fancy designing a perspex tweezer holder, I would be happy to cut and post it. It cost nothing to make something like the model you have been discussing...Send me real pegwood in exchange... I refuse to buy it, but never saw the real thing..

I was looking at my hi-fi, started thinking about mainspring winders, timing machine and others I will need and thought the hi-fi was a bargain. As for the course, it’s really good. I have bought some books previously, watched videos etc. but never had full understanding of the basic stuff how everything works until now. I’m looking forward to Level 3