Have you ever wondered what watches this lathe help make? Imagine the parts floating around out there in watches from people that will never know that their pride and joy is powered with parts from this little lathe! I did not know you could polish other metals with Braso... Cool trick with the razor blade too! I have a dial guage that I would use just as a further precaution! This came out very nicely Mike! Well done as usual!

@WatchWithMike

Ай бұрын

Thanks Johan! It's a nice thought about what parts this lathe could have touched out in the universe. 😀 Putting a dial gauge is a good idea. I felt for runout with my finger, which is calibrated to +/- .1 mm. 🤣

@johanvandersandt8904

Ай бұрын

@@WatchWithMike I should have my fingers calibrated haha! All in all its going to be a fantastic tool for you with many years of good service!

Great video! I like the way you reduce what took me eight weeks to do badly into ten minutes and you did it right as well! 😂😂😂

@WatchWithMike

Ай бұрын

Hi Dayton, thanks! It only took me one month after doing my unboxing video to get to this point. This ten minute video is the fermentation results of 4 hours of video, and many more hours of me making mistakes or just scratching my head and staring at it. 🤣 Now I feel the time is right for me to launch my series documenting, in painstaking detail, how I did things badly leading up to, and including, using the lathe. 🙄😁

@IShootWatches

Ай бұрын

@@WatchWithMike Well, it doesn't look to me like you did things badly getting it ready! Just make sure that you don't get slapped in the face by that loose lathe belt! By the way you've got to tell that hammer story if you haven't already!

@WatchWithMike

Ай бұрын

@@IShootWatches the hammer story has not been told!

Hi, Mike! Another great video! Congrats on having completed the restoration of your lathe! Looking forward to any updates, it would be great to see your first finished watch part.

@WatchWithMike

Ай бұрын

Hi Kirill, thank you! I've made a few cuts, but nothing that's actually a watch part yet. Stay tuned! 😁

Wonderful equipment,Mike.You are on the ball.Thank you.

@WatchWithMike

Ай бұрын

Thanks Angel! This is completely new territory for me and I am having fun!

As always very impressive, Mike. What impressed me too was the different watches or the lack thereof during the process. :)

@WatchWithMike

Ай бұрын

😂🤣 Yes, I have been changing watches almost daily! Sometimes when I am editing I am conscious of the time jumps on the watch. I try to make it look like action is consecutive but if you read the time on my wrist that you know it wasn't done in one take.

@mokumholland5640

Ай бұрын

@@WatchWithMike 😁

That was very satisfying to watch. Stop teasing us! We want to see the screw! 😉

@WatchWithMike

Ай бұрын

Thanks Jimmy! Spoiler alert...no screw yet, but metal chips did go flying!

@WatchRestorationCottage

Ай бұрын

@@WatchWithMike 🤣

A job well done. Enjoy the lathe Mike !

@WatchWithMike

Ай бұрын

@khronosbest9448 - Thank you! More videos coming shortly... 😁

Nice job of cleaning and protecting. For very lightly oiling the parts you can't reach like the slots and inner bores of the collets I'd like to share a trick from a buddy that long ago used to service camera shutters. The old mechanical ones. The trick was to prepare a bath of solvent with only a couple of drops of light machine oil. Your mineral spirits and the 3in1 would be fine for this. Once stirred to mix it up simply drop the parts in, swish it around a touch to reach any air pockets and then remove and drain well. For small parts like this I suspect a tea ball would be a neat method. Lay the parts out for the solvent to dry away and you're left with a minimal oil film on all the surfaces. Including the parts that are pretty well impossible to reach without a full dunking. I'm looking forward to seeing more of your watchmaker's lathe learning. I'll try to follow along with the one I have which is currently apart and awaiting attention similar to yours along with a little more. It's one of the nickel plated ones and the nickel is in pretty bad shape.

@WatchWithMike

Ай бұрын

Hi Bruce, I really like your suggestion of doing the oil treatment for light rust prevention! I'm going to give it a try. 😁 Thanks for following along on these videos, and good luck with your lathe restoration!

It looks great Mike! You are on your way now. I find that a foot switch/pedal to control the motor useful to keep hands free and on the work. Maybe something you can add later.

@WatchWithMike

Ай бұрын

Hi John, a foot switch is on my wish list - but I'm also considering switching to a variable speed motor. I want to use the lathe as-is for a bit, and then make modifications after having some experience and feedback. Stay tuned! 😁

Thanks for sharing Mike, i bought a 6mmm Lorch lathe recently in amazing condition...gonna do a course first, can't wait to use it

@WatchWithMike

Ай бұрын

Sounds great! Good luck! 😄