Introduction (Overview): Watchmakers Staking Tool Set for Vintage Pocket Watches (Maintenance/Care)
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It includes Staking Tool Set overview and instructions. The Staking Tool set is one of the main watch repair tools used.
Well let me introduce you to the Watchmakers staking tool. Today will be an overview. As a hobbyist, you might be thinking, "do I even need a staking tool set?" Well, to do specific repairs to your pocket watches, you WILL need a staking tool set. Now my staking tool set is a vintage one - it was made in 1925 by the C E Marshall company.
Some of the most common uses of the staking tool set are balance repair such as removing balance staffs, and installing new balance staffs. I'm going to be making a whole series on different usages of the staking tool set. I'm sure you'll find these very helpful. So how about subscribing to my channel and hitting that like button?! Now the staking tool is a very precise tool in the watchmakers trade, but it's also one of the most abused. Yeah it's not uncommon to see them so abused so bad that you can't even use them anymore. We find most of the damage done to the ends of the punches where someone's used a STEEL hammer to do a staking job. We'll talk about that in the CORRECT hammer to use in a few minutes. Now I purchased my staking tool set off of eBay and it's a complete set. It had good pictures so I could zoom in and inspect the parts and make sure nothing was damaged. That's one of the places you can get one. Another place is maybe an estate sale somewhere. So regardless of where you buy one from, you really want to be able to inspect it - especially the ends of those punches, to make sure they're not all mushroomed out from someone using a steel hammer on it. I'm going to show you why it's really important that they're not mushroomed out here in a minute
Now this part of the staking tool It's called the "staking frame".
This part here I'm pointing to with all the holes in it - it's called the "die plate". There's a knob in the back that you turn that loosens the die plate so it it can rotate around and you can locate each one of the holes that you need to use.
Then you take the knob in the back and you tighten it down and it locks the die plate back into place.
These parts are called "stumps". They're used as a working surface INSTEAD of using the die plate of the staking tool frame. There is different styles of stumps to do specific jobs.
To use those stumps, you just take your centering punch from your staking tool set -
and use it to line up the correct hole that your stump will fit in. You lock down your die plate.
You find the STUMP that you'll be using for the job that you'll be doing.
Then you find the correct PUNCH that you'll be using.
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00:00 Introduction to the Watchmakers Staking Tool
00:09 Do I even need a Staking Tool set?
00:23 C&E Marshall Co Staking Tool Set
00:37 Common uses of the Staking Tool Set
01:04 Abuse of Staking Tool sets
01:29 Where to purchase vintage Staking Tool sets
01:58 The importance of inspecting a Vintage Staking Tool set before you buy
02:13 What is the Staking Tool Frame?
02:22 What is the Die Plate of the Staking Tool Set?
02:48 What are the Stumps used for?
03:11 How do you use a Stump in your staking tool Set?
03:40 How to lift the punches out of the Watchmakers Staking Tool Set
04:09 Why are punches so easily damaged by a steel hammer?
04:35 What type of hammer is recommended to use on Staking Tool Punches?
05:01 Why is it important not to damage the end of the punches?
05:35 What is an "inverto" Watchmakers Staking Tool?
06:09 How do I care for/ maintain my Watchmakers Staking Tool set? - Навчання та стиль
Please let me know YOUR favorite Vintage Pocket Watch Staking Tool Set! Tell us why it is your favorite and pros and cons. If anyone has any info on where to buy Staking Tool Sets for Vintage Pocket watches (that are not mentioned in this video), please share! ( I got mine off of eBay 20+ years ago for around $69!!) Thanks for watching and for your encouraging/helpful feedback!
Subscribed! Thanks for sharing your knowledge of these older tools.
Your welcome and thanks for subscribing!
Thank you sir. Just learning about watchmaking myself, and the multitude of cool tools associated with it. I’ve heard of these staking sets but wasn’t quite sure of how they are used. I look forward to your series.
Thanks for watching!
Thankyou for this. Looking forward to the 'series'. From Scotland and enjoy the 'pleasures' that Pocket Watches bring . I've just bought a Boley Inverto set and am at the beginning of my 'Staking Set Journey', so I'll be avidly following each video as they come out. Best wishes.
Congratulations on your purchase! I hope these videos help you out! Welcome!
Thank you for continuing to share your knowledge
Just won a bid on a K&D 18 inverto. Looks like a good set. Complete except for two reamers. Cant wait til it gets here Looking forward to cleaning it all up and working with it.
And thanx for making these vids. Always something new to learn
Congratulations! I am sure you will enjoy it!! Thanks for watching.. there is always something new for me to learn to. I love this journey!
I just purchased a K&D Special set off Ebay, it’s in dire need of some TLC and I’m looking forward to restoring it have no idea how old it is but best guess is 1910-1920. It has the lever lock and not the wheel lock. Is there a place to check the serial numbers on the bottom or is that part of the model number?
Greetings … I have been looking for a comprehensive series of instructional videos on staking tools. Thank you!!! … would you be able to create some videos on vintage jeweling tools?
I don't have a jeweling set yet when I get one i will. Thanks for the comment.
More videos on specific use cases for staking tools would be helpful also … thanks again
Thanks for your helpful video. I am now looking for a set but items on EBay are pretty expensive and a number of sets are not in good shape.
You are welcome! You might want to keep looking on eBay, as they put "new" ones up all the time. You also could purchase a "not so good" set and add punches as you are able. They are often sold individually. You could look up "Dave's Watch Parts" , he also sells individual staking tool parts. Thanks for watching!
Is it possible to safely remove rust from an antique Waltham pocket watch? Thanks!!!
I have removed small amounts of rust from the bridges. If the parts are nickel plated, you can lightly polish the rust off using some type of really fine paste a microfiber cloth. The only problem I have come across is if the HAIRSPRING is rusted, the watch won't run right. You would have to find a donor watch to get the hairspring from (that matches your watch grade of course). Thanks for watching!
Nice set, most are missing pieces.
Yes they are
You sure need a staking set if you want to repair watches