A design for a belt-driven Jacot Tool ...... ?

[Endeavor]

54 minutes ago, nickelsilver said:

It takes a while to get the teeth off

Tell me about it

Spent whole day and I'm only halfway. So far I've been using coarse emery-paper (#80) and a #400 grit diamond hone. Since I have a thin file, the risk with mechanical grinding is that you may heat the file (locally) over its tempering / annealing temperature, something I like to avoid.

Nice job for the weekend

 

Edited July 7 by Endeavor

[Endeavor]

To conclude my last project; on the picture it all comes nicely together; the monitor-arm for the microscope and the belt-driven Jacot tool.

The microscope is equipped with the original 1:1 lens (7x-45x magnification) which gives, positioned above the jacot tool, the perfect working height.

Initial test, everything works a treat 

[oldhippy]

Don't you find all that reflection a hindrance.  Or do you wear sun glasses.

Edited July 12 by oldhippy

[Endeavor]

5 hours ago, oldhippy said:

Don't you find all that reflection a hindrance

Just the picture

 

[oldhippy]

There was me thinking you had sunglasses on while watchmaking.

[RichardHarris123]

I once couldn't understand why I couldn't see better with my glasses on. Simple answer, I  was using sunglasses instead of my reading glasses.  I can be incredibly stupid at times   hehe. 

[Neverenoughwatches]

10 hours ago, Endeavor said:

To conclude my last project; on the picture it all comes nicely together; the monitor-arm for the microscope and the belt-driven Jacot tool.

The microscope is equipped with the original 1:1 lens (7x-45x magnification) which gives, positioned above the jacot tool, the perfect working height.

Initial test, everything works a treat 

Looks cosy and way more tidy than mine at the moment plus neat idea for spare laminate flooring for a desk top

[VWatchie]

11 hours ago, Endeavor said:

Initial test, everything works a treat 

Looks fantastic and I especially enjoy the wall clock! 

Warning OT, but I hope I may be excused!

Well, I don't have a belt-driven Jacot tool, so for now, I will just have to settle with my extendable Yoyo keyring, but it works well enough for me so I'm certainly not complaining. Had my wife record a Youtube short video while I was working on restoring a centre wheel. I really appreciate the Jacot. Without it, many fine vintage watches would not get a second life.

 

 

Edited July 12 by VWatchie

[nickelsilver]

The yoyo keyring is essentially how I learned with elastic "string". Moved on to bow mostly out of convenience, set up roll, go. In later life the bow has held.

[Endeavor]

9 hours ago, oldhippy said:

There was me thinking you had sunglasses on while watchmaking

One can't have enough light, and as you can see, I've plenty

 

7 hours ago, VWatchie said:

I especially enjoy the wall clock!

A hourly reminder

Took me some time to get the ticking sound down; weaker mainspring, adjustment of the Geneva-stop, isolation inside the movement compartment, and especially from the back since the bell-shape outer-ring acts like an amplifier. Currently one can hardly hear it anymore; wife happy

 

8 hours ago, Neverenoughwatches said:

neat idea for spare laminate flooring for a desk top

It's linoleum with wood print, leftover pieces from our kitchen flooring. Easy to replace once damaged, as I use the table for all sorts of hobby-activities.