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WI assume you are not talking about a small "pip" in the centre caused by the tool's cutting edge being below the centre line of the...
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Wwefalck replied to the thread Scroll saw advice sought.Yep, made one myself from an old jig-saw attachment to a drilling machine: Filing Machine Was also lucky that someone sold new old...
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WKeith First, Let me say that I am not a big fan of using hammers in Horological repair unless to duplicate factory procedures such as...
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Wwefalck replied to the thread Scroll saw advice sought.A die-filer would be a good choice, but I only know of one Swiss company that still makes them. Otherwise it would be a kit or an...
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Wwefalck replied to the thread Source for spade-/flat pivot- and EUREKA drills Down-Under.Oh, he just wants to drill holes into some parts made from thin brass sheet.
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Wwefalck replied to the thread Source for spade-/flat pivot- and EUREKA drills Down-Under.Thanks, Jerry, I am indeed very well aware of the merits of quality tools. I tend to look into industrial suppliers and shun model hobby...
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Wwefalck replied to the thread Source for spade-/flat pivot- and EUREKA drills Down-Under.Thanks. I have a set myself, but the issue is, where to find them in Australia ...
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Wwefalck posted the thread Source for spade-/flat pivot- and EUREKA drills Down-Under in Horological Tools.A modeller colleague in Australia is looking for a supplier for the above drill types. Any ideas and suggestion. Thanks on behalf of...
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Wwefalck replied to the thread Making a Crystal.Here you are, an image from a 1911 catalogue. Unfortunately, I only own one half of an orignal one ... it came to me in a box with odd...
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Wwefalck replied to the thread Making a Crystal.Nice piece of tool-making. In the old days there was a tool for this, consisting of two cork-hemispheres with metal fittings to provide...
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Wwefalck replied to the thread Levin thread cutting.I think the issue of rpms in turning is somewhat overrated and only really relevant in a production environment, where a specified...
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Wwefalck replied to the thread Levin thread cutting.It seems that quite a few manufacturers of bench lathes made such attachments that drive the x-axis of the cross-slide through a...
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Wwefalck replied to the thread Levin thread cutting.Ah, ok, that's kind of cheating with semi-NC ... ;)
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Wwefalck replied to the thread Levin thread cutting.How do you control the pitch without changewheels ?
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WSo, the other day, I took a chance on an instant auction because the hastily taken pictures looked good. It arrived frozen in time, in...
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