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    Sherline cross slide not feeding

    also if anyone looks at the picture you can clearly see the mark left by the set screwk, it is the round screw shaped mark on the brass...which makes me wonder how was this piece removed without loosening the set screw...i see that it was bought used, i bought my sherline lathe used and had a...
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    Sherline cross slide not feeding

    you shouldn't need loctite ,one there is a set screw and two that brass insert is replaceable...So when the part is worn or deformed after time it should be replaced ...it is only like a two dollar part...
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    English PW Seiko 6138-3002 sticking pusher

    SO HOw did you install them
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    English PW Seiko 6138-3002 sticking pusher

    Yes , i ordered them from jules borel.... Also i have seen pictures of them and they look the same as other seiko 6139s
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    English PW Seiko 6138-3002 sticking pusher

    the problem is i can't get the new pushers in the case...i never installed chrono pushers before...
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    English PW Seiko 6138-3002 sticking pusher

    I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH A NEW SEIKO PUSHER.. I'M TRYING TO INSTALL NEW PUSHERS IN A CASE, WHICH DIDN'T COME WITH THEM. TRIED TAKING THE pushers apart by holding in a pinvise and twisting but i didn't want to break them..i guess they are held together by friction and should pull apart? or...
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    Shars 3 jaw chuck

    right i knew that...The question is why even use a three jaw chuck on a WW lathe ,if you have a larger lathe with one...
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    Shars 3 jaw chuck

    What i don't understand is that why would anyone with a larger lathe , like a sherline ,harbor freight style or anything larger than a watchmakers lathe use a three jaw chuck on one? Like jerry said the loads are different and there are better tools for holding some objects like bezels on a WW...
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    Another mystery tool

    i was thinking that it might had been for removing second hands or something similar but i wasn't sure..i do know i saw one before
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    Mystery watch repair tool

    for holding down balance wheels
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    Watch timing machines and hairspring vibrating tool questions

    well its already been said , but yes this is a much larger hairspring..i am pretty sure this hairspring is made for a model at the Lititz school
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    Watch timing machines and hairspring vibrating tool questions

    I think your right but aren't there two videos of him bending hairsprings? One he uses the tweezers and one he uses a brass tube
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    Watch timing machines and hairspring vibrating tool questions

    3000k for something that has parts from radio shack???? thats around 5500 US dollars...Max Phillips ,who is a great toolmaker and a regular at this forum was considering making one himself....the one thing that is really custom made is the the arm that holds the spring and balance wheel.. the...
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    Watch timing machines and hairspring vibrating tool questions

    here is a pic of mine .... about it being only 18000bpm, if you go to the Nicolas G. Hayek Watchmaking School - Miami on facebook, they show different balance wheels in different cases...The part the holds the balance cock removes.i guess for that reason
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    Watch timing machines and hairspring vibrating tool questions

    there is a kid ( i think he was like 17 or so at the time) who made an eletronic hairspring vibrator using a light sensor... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htckrH3ae54 here is a link to the person using it....Search for his name and i know you can come up with more details...the whole thing...
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    Moseley tool

    That is what i was thinking that it was on the wrong way as well....
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    Moseley tool

    i am pretty sure it attaches to the tailstock runner for sensitive drilling
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    Tool rest for Sherline

    less work would be , like i also saw a pick on this forum,a gentlemen just used his tool holder and a uncut lathe tool bit and used that like a t rest...
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    Tool rest for Sherline

    someone on this forum , i don't remember who but they made their own tool rest for a sherline ...try searching for it
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    Anybody have the Treatise on Modern Horology, Glasgow?

    has anyone really made a shop made hairspring? where would you find wire thin enough
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