Re: Useful Hints and Tricks
Hey Clockhorder; back in the days when I could see better and my hands didn't shake and I used to work on ladies wrist watches (the ones the size of my little fingernail) I found that cats were very useful. They shed whiskers, which when gathered up were useful when I was replacing a balance wheel/hairspring assembly in the balance cock I used to take whiskers and clip off the thinnest part and use the base to pin the balance cock to a piece of button pithwood. Worked great. Also the thinner part of the whisker could be used to peg out really small holes and jewels. The whiskers are not perfectly round. Maybe your dissassembly assistant/parts sorter could donate some whiskers for "tools".
Neeth
Hey Clockhorder; back in the days when I could see better and my hands didn't shake and I used to work on ladies wrist watches (the ones the size of my little fingernail) I found that cats were very useful. They shed whiskers, which when gathered up were useful when I was replacing a balance wheel/hairspring assembly in the balance cock I used to take whiskers and clip off the thinnest part and use the base to pin the balance cock to a piece of button pithwood. Worked great. Also the thinner part of the whisker could be used to peg out really small holes and jewels. The whiskers are not perfectly round. Maybe your dissassembly assistant/parts sorter could donate some whiskers for "tools".
Neeth