I appreciate the video. I do work on clocks from time to time as a hobby also helping friends and family with their clocks and also work on watches. I would love to have a jacot lathe but can't really justify their cost even used on Ebay they bring a pretty penny.
Thank you. This is useful - I'm working on a French rack and snail movement with small round plates (3.25 inch diameter). Some of the pivots are tiny and I hesitate to put them in a lathe so your pin vise technique looks like a good solution. I guess you could combine method #1 and method #2 by putting the wheel in a pin vise and using the popsicle sticks to polish the pivot.
Looking forward to watching this later today.
Your tutorials have been helpful & entertaining for me, thanks...
Glad I am able to help you, thanks for your comment.
I appreciate the video. I do work on clocks from time to time as a hobby also helping friends and family with their clocks and also work on watches. I would love to have a jacot lathe but can't really justify their cost even used on Ebay they bring a pretty penny.
I think the current cost of Jacot lathes is very hard to justify, a mini metal lathe can be used for the same purposes.
P.S.
I picked up a PVC coupling like yours to hold/work on brass movements.
Viola!
Thanks for the tip, Scotty!
Not a problem, using PVC pipe is an easy option for supporting clock movements.
Thanks for sharing.
Love the method. I wish I could figure out a way to adapt this to wrist watch pivots
Thank you. This is useful - I'm working on a French rack and snail movement with small round plates (3.25 inch diameter). Some of the pivots are tiny and I hesitate to put them in a lathe so your pin vise technique looks like a good solution. I guess you could combine method #1 and method #2 by putting the wheel in a pin vise and using the popsicle sticks to polish the pivot.