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This is an intermediate level course. It is designed for the Clockmaker, Watchmaker or home machinist who may already own a jewelers lathe. Generally, many people use their lathes for polishing clock parts, watch parts and tools. Most of the time, it sits on the shelf. They know their lathes can do much more, but they don't know where to start in order to learn the needed skills and techniques to getting more out of their lathes. This course will teach you various techniques and skills to learn and unlock the numerous possibilities within your jewelers lathe.
In this course, you will learn to work with different metals to develop your lathe skills for making parts, making accessories for your lathe and creating customized tools. It will also introduce and use the various lathe accessories that are available for purchase. These accessories will be used in the projects contained within this course. They can be found for sale on the internet, clock and watch conventions, tool swap meets and antique machinist shows. The next time you see these accessories, you'll know what they are and how to use them. There will also be discussions and demonstrations of how to do the same projects without the use of the accessories.
This video was added to our catalog on February 16, 2006 in Metalworking::Lathe and Clocks.
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John Tope is very thorough, almost painstakingly so at times. These videos were not at all what I was expecting, nevertheless it was a very educational experience.
Among the techniques covered is how to make a punch and harden it. The heat treatment is shown in detail and the technique very clearly explained. The topic on how to grind lathe tools is probably the easiest to understand of any material I have seen on this subject.
Be prepared with the fast forward button in case he's going too slowly for you, but be aware that if you come back to check there are no "holes" in the information presented.
