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A friend of mine asked if i want to make a stem for him. I have improved my hardware and wanted to try so happily accepted :)

Not in the Dremel now. Here the pulley wheel is serving as a dividing plate with 4 holes making sure that the rectangle cross-section will be perfect. Turning with help of a microscope, no loupe at all. 

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A thin glass strip is hot glued on the "T-rest" which has two purpose. The file is sliding on it easily and it is making sure that the sides will be parallel.

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Still a lot to file down.

The workpiece is a spoke of a Chehoslovak Favorit road racer. Even tungsten carbide is softer if hardened.

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2 hours ago, nsg1tausend01 said:

Wow , very nice.
Congrats on your skills and know how.
Regards
Robt


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Skill and know how? :(    :) 

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Finaly i got something similar to a winding stem.... for the 6th try.... 

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M1.2 thread done. The stem here was turned down to 1.15mm to make sure it wont break while tapping. 

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After heated to red and dropped in brine. It is so hard and brittle, i can hear it whizzling near my ear :)

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Using my special top quality heating pan

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Annealed. Not as shiny like on pictures one can find on pro-watchmaker school sites, but the color tells me the temperature and that is important.

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 And the best thing is, i dont had the movement. So there might be a big surprise for the guy i made it if it wont work :)

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On 2016. 10. 18. at 0:00 AM, MilTimeCan said:

I am in awe.

Wow, I worked on a lot of plastic model aircraft parts in my younger days, but I have never seen anything like this. 

Sir, you are a pro !

Not a pro for sure :) Just so excited while discovering this new watchmaking world. For an experienced watchmaker this is an every day job :) And i am sure i could make it better. For example if i had a glass fiber scratch brush, then the bluing would be better. Also i am not satisfied with the setting lever slot.The rectangular edges here are not perfect. I will have to grind a better graver to cut this type of slots.

Made a video of this project, threading included.

 

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