Comments on: Heat Treatment http://watchmakingblog.com/2008/11/04/heat-treatment/ A mechanical watchmaker in a digital world Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:09:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: asdfjkl; http://watchmakingblog.com/2008/11/04/heat-treatment/comment-page-1/#comment-3571 asdfjkl; Tue, 18 Nov 2008 03:44:47 +0000 http://watchmakingblog.com/?p=588#comment-3571 acrylic is fun because it goes everywhere and when you're done it looks like your sweeping up a barber shop acrylic is fun because it goes everywhere and when you’re done it looks like your sweeping up a barber shop

]]> By: Dennis http://watchmakingblog.com/2008/11/04/heat-treatment/comment-page-1/#comment-3286 Dennis Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:59:54 +0000 http://watchmakingblog.com/?p=588#comment-3286 Excellent update Tony. Thanks for taking us on this journey with you. Perhaps some day I too will follow in your footsteps... All the best, Dennis. Excellent update Tony. Thanks for taking us on this journey with you. Perhaps some day I too will follow in your footsteps…

All the best,
Dennis.

]]> By: J.Peter http://watchmakingblog.com/2008/11/04/heat-treatment/comment-page-1/#comment-3148 J.Peter Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:02:50 +0000 http://watchmakingblog.com/?p=588#comment-3148 Perdita, There is no doubt that acrylic is messy. I've done a lot of turning and filing and sawing of acrylic it makes a mess! One of my favorite projects out of acrylic was to make a crystal for a Benrus alarm wristwatch. Came out pretty decent. Perdita,

There is no doubt that acrylic is messy. I’ve done a lot of turning and filing and sawing of acrylic it makes a mess! One of my favorite projects out of acrylic was to make a crystal for a Benrus alarm wristwatch. Came out pretty decent.

]]> By: J.Peter http://watchmakingblog.com/2008/11/04/heat-treatment/comment-page-1/#comment-3147 J.Peter Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:00:55 +0000 http://watchmakingblog.com/?p=588#comment-3147 Enjoy your micromechanical tasks, you are doing fun stuff. I fondly remember those days and am a little bit jealous. I love that stuff. Enjoy your micromechanical tasks, you are doing fun stuff. I fondly remember those days and am a little bit jealous. I love that stuff.

]]> By: Perdita http://watchmakingblog.com/2008/11/04/heat-treatment/comment-page-1/#comment-3137 Perdita Wed, 05 Nov 2008 05:59:30 +0000 http://watchmakingblog.com/?p=588#comment-3137 Acrylic is super messy. We made barrel closers and some other tools last year, and yuck! What a mess. It is also a lot harder to clean up than metal. No one has trivialized what I must be learning at school. Most people are fairly interested. Some have asked me *why* anyone would want to study watchmaking, and implied it was a worthless and dead field. They just don't get it. Acrylic is super messy. We made barrel closers and some other tools last year, and yuck! What a mess. It is also a lot harder to clean up than metal.

No one has trivialized what I must be learning at school. Most people are fairly interested. Some have asked me *why* anyone would want to study watchmaking, and implied it was a worthless and dead field. They just don’t get it.

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