Hello again, the last patches of snow are melting and the days are warm. The newer students are becoming more familiar with the machines and finishing techniques while the senior students are labouring away on their own projects and school watches.
Louis is making progress on school watch. This week finishing the plates, pillars and pinions for the gear train. He’s using German silver for the base plate and bridges, a difficult material to turn.
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| Disassembled plate and bridges |
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| Assembled |
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| Turning a pinion |
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| The finished product |
Craig is experimenting with dials for his school watch. This week he tried out the new batch of black nickel plating on this dial.
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| Before plating |
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| Black nickel plated |
Cesar is playing around with different finishings on his tools. This week he attempted some circular Geneva strips using the milling machine and a rotating table.
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| Circular stripes |
That’s it for this week.
