What Will Makes

Tag: tools

  • Treadle Powered Watchmakers Lathe; or Becoming a Cyborg

    Treadle Powered Watchmakers Lathe; or Becoming a Cyborg

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    I bought a treadle or pedal powered watchmakers bench on facebook marketplace from a kind clockmaker. The bench did not come with a lathe, so I planned to use my electric powered watchmakers lathe – just without the electric motor. I drilled holes about a 1/4 inch into the table to recess the feet of…

  • Vice for Clock Wheels [Gear Wheels]

    Vice for Clock Wheels [Gear Wheels]

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    A very nice clockmaker showed me a tool I’d never seen before: a vice for holding clock wheels to easily work on them. The jaws of the vice are shaped perfectly to hold a wheel for easy access with files or polishing sticks: I set out making my own based off the pictures I took.…

  • My Toolbox [general tools] (and thoughts about tool storage)

    My Toolbox [general tools] (and thoughts about tool storage)

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    Here is an older video I made about my toolbox for general tools. I was playing around with editing, and made the video to just sort of practice video-making… but I do think the design is nifty! The mechanism is not as smooth as I hoped it would be, but it works well-enough. The trays…

  • Electrical Toolbox

    Electrical Toolbox

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    I made this toolbox in the summer of 2019 when I was working a lot on the wiring of my automaton. All these tools belong together and needed a neat little home! The main factor in design was how to accommodate the soldering iron/station. I landed on a central cavity with a recess below that…

  • Hand Tools Toolbox

    Hand Tools Toolbox

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    I have outgrown my tool roll so decided to make a dedicated toolbox for the main hand tools I use for repairing clocks. This is one post in a series about my various homemade toolboxes: so if that’s your thing, strap in! Those are all the tools I want to store and have easy access…

  • Watchmakers Lathe Toolbox

    Watchmakers Lathe Toolbox

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    I recently bought this lovely watchmakers lathe (and various attachments!) from a kind and generous man named Ray. Thanks again, Ray! Such a nice machine deserves a proper case. Here’s the lathe – an 8mm Marshall, which I set up for left-handed use – various chucks, collets, gravers, and the foot pedal. I started by…

  • Tool Roll

    Tool Roll

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    I made a simple tool roll out of some nice green canvas, to hold files and hammers. First I laid out the tools to get a rough idea of the size. Next I did some measuring and cut the piece to length. I then ironed, folded, and pinned it in place to prepare for sewing.…