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


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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 😬

 

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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 🙃

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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 🙃

IMG_2900.thumb.jpeg.f267a43e6e9e7c32b7649cb844f422f4.jpeg

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

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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.

 

 

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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.

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