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By Neverenoughwatches · Posted
I've recently switched over to using a x2.5 -x3 eyeglass for disassembly and some larger part assembly. It's interesting to see how accustomed and trained your eyes become to that way of working after using a microscope for years. And pick up and work at eyelevel when possible. Personally I would stick with and learn to use regular oilers efficiently. -
Thank you Mark. -
I remember playing with asbestos wire insultaion when I was a kid (remember the cool fluffy white stuff?) and I've been breathing fine dust particles in my woodworking shop for years, so I'm probably toast either way, but I don't want any of this radioactive dust anywhere near my kids. -
By Neverenoughwatches · Posted
Its good to understand how and why demagnetisers work. These two pieces of text explain in basic terms how ferrous metal is affected by magnetism and why they can retain some of those properties. The cheap demagnetiser is actually a magnetiser,but is used in a way that can remove the weak magnetic properties that a steel has gained through magnetic field exposure. As steel is drawn further away from the device, the magnetic fields around it become progressively weaker and more -irregular- . This causes the disruption of the atomic and subatomic alignments within the steel that make it magnetised. So also moving the steel through different orientations as its pulled away could actually improve that process. I still use my first cheap set of drivers, I notice very little difference in the way of feel between them and a set of preowned Bergeon I use, blade quality is more important. Tweezers have more variables, but again they don't have to be expensive to work well. My most used tweezers are my cheapest, but then I never use any pair that I haven't modified in some way. -
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Yeah, agree on the rotation thing - I'll use this as my work beater, and rotate between the others outside of that I think. The 'problem' is with these that in many cases the parts are worth more separately than in a bad example: assume the bezel, dial and movement the same seller is getting rid of came from the same watch... If he sells them all he'll get a similar price to a really good condition example. There's a good side to that though - it means you can often find the odd bit you need. And I paid less for this case and crystal assembly than I did for a crystal and dial holding ring I bought for another project, so there's still value to be had occasionally.
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