Watch Case - Machining a Prototype, Part 3
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- Опубліковано 14 лис 2024
- Milling the case back, including very fine engraving. This is for a custom watch project I'm dong for a Analog Labs in Milan. They plan to launch a Kickstarter in early 2022.
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Bravo John - step by step we are creating the perfect version, your descriptions and work are great and much appreciated. Looking forward to our next collaborations.
Thanks Thomas. This has certainly been fun, and pushed my skills to the next level up.
Love this! I bet it feels amazing having something you literally willed into existence.
Great video. You've got the hands of a surgeon and the patience of a saint. Take care.
Hi John, in the watchmaking world we call the floor the Bermuda Triangle... Good job dealing with the screws. If you want to increase the contrast of the hands, take the hands off, clean with alcohol, and coat with a black Sharpie marker. Old watch maker trick when cleaning up hands on vintage pocket watches that have gotten a little rough on the surface and won't take a high enough polish to heat blue. I'm retired now and am playing in my shop, but still do some watch and clock work for my own pleasure. Definitely liking the capabilities of your OM2, and admire your versatility.
Thanks. I have some new hands that are black for the next build (which should be in the next month or so).
really cool series... i am a machinist and i have my own machine shop... and i have always loved watches (not expensive ones but the ones we mortals can afford..) - and i just have an idea that i might have to research how to make my own watch case and find out what internals to use to start with.
Fantastic looking piece 👌 👏
Thanks. I didn't design it, so credit for the appearance goes to Thomas at Analog Labs.
Great that you mentioned about 4th axis detail video.... Really we are eager to learn please... Make detail video and playlist....
Great video 👍 John may be make the back ring differently,start with two flats then drill the holes and pocket then cut bevel edge this should stop all that watch maker's deburring😊
I think that's the same as what I have in mind. Right now I'm using a boring operation. But if I leave some stock for a finishing pass, I can use a different tool path that would slightly wrap around the corners, ensuring there is no burr.
Good job with those tiny screws. That's my idea of torture. The engraving came out great too. Very crisp.
Thanks. My previous hobby was building models for train layouts in N scale (1:160 scale). So I'm used to working with small parts.
I found that the smaller the screw, the more energetic the bounce off a hard surface. And the more important the tiny part the more potential for quantum teleportation to a location it should not be, like shag carpet and the space under base molding.
That's why I assemble on a piece of chamois.
Excellent point. That's probably why all the watchmakers have green pads. I'll have to get such a pad for exactly that reason.
I loved your beginner's journey to watchmaking John. I've been following Marshall, Wristwatch revival on youtube, who is a bit further ahead of you :) I am beginning watch repair. You are already a bit further ahead of me :) My instinct would be to use a magnetised screwdriver but I see watchmakers use a tool to activity avoid magnetism. Perhaps it impacts the movement.
Where you have that burr can making a climb mill cut on first pass eliminate getting the burr?
Saw that on Joe Pieczynski channel.
It looks like you are all ready doing that method.
Yes, I've been thinking about how best to do that type of thing in Fusion 360 as the tool path for production. I love his channel and have learned so much from him. The tool path was from the outside toward the inside. But I really need two: One from the outside and part way in, and the other from the inside and part way out.
Aren't you glad you didn't settle for the Tormach?
Oh, yea! All the time.
lol
good video johnSL
Thank you.
you got incredible skills, but its strange you built a watch that says made in Italy with a Chinese movement and you didn't make the case in Italy either. but good job man, you do amazing work. love the content
no dial not cool
I'm surprised you got away spoting with a chamfer mill... I only can get away with that on 6061
It's actually a special end mill that was given to me that has four flutes right near the center, but two farther out. So it's really good for doing both spotting and chamfering.
@@JohnSL oooo, that's interesting... what brand? I totally wanna try the tool out
Plz give me internship, i am mech engineer..
This is a hobby for me, as my day job is in the software industry. So no internships--sorry.
@@JohnSL plz i want to learn!!