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I've seen on a few videos and tutorials where the watchmaker has dressed the jewel or arbor hole with a de-burring tool, but I can't find it anywhere. The one I am talking about is a hand tool which looks a bit like a screwd river, but at the business end has a small vertical disc (ie the disc is inline with the shaft of the 'screwdriver") which does the de-burring. I've searched online, but can't even find a picture of one so I'm obviously calling it the wrong thing in my search field.

If anyone can make sense of the horrible description above, can you please let me know what this tool is called, and where I could get one?

Here is a picture I managed to find:

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16 minutes ago, Waggy said:

I've seen on a few videos and tutorials where the watchmaker has dressed the jewel or arbor hole with a de-burring tool, but I can't find it anywhere. The one I am talking about is a hand tool which looks a bit like a screwd river, but at the business end has a small vertical disc (ie the disc is inline with the shaft of the 'screwdriver") which does the de-burring. I've searched online, but can't even find a picture of one so I'm obviously calling it the wrong thing in my search field.

If anyone can make sense of the horrible description above, can you please let me know what this tool is called, and where I could get one?

Here is a picture I managed to find:

image.thumb.png.d565f05132e608bba29dcf0ef96b3a90.png

Try also searching for roller sinks waggy. They often come up on ebay, and come as a staking accessory. Seller descriptions are not always accurate.

 

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