It has been a while since we’ve done Tuesday Tools but since I now have a garage full of new tools we’ll kick things off a day late with a “What is it?” Segment. Take a good look at the picture below. (Click on it for more detail) What is it? And how would one use it?
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They remind me of the insides of mechanical pencils – the part that distributes the lead/graphite sticks.
I’m a lousy watchman, but I’d guess it’s for holding, measuring or placing something like an axle or a winding stem…the cylindrical bits.
This collet for watchmakerlathe.
Ummm, the file name might just be a hint there…
lol @ file name giving away function…
What’s in a name? So the file name tells us what it is called, but what/how does one use it?
These are jewel chicks. Used for cutting damaged jewels out of a chaton.
*Typo, jewel CHUCKS not jewel chicks. Darn auto correct…
They’re jewel chucks. Used in a collet usually #50 if I’m not mistaken. A good write up can be found in Fried’s Bench Practices.
The picture shows a set of colettes for watchmaker’s repairs.
Hello everyone. Can somebody tell me where can I go to learn about watch making and repairing?
Your help will be greatly appreciated.
Thank you
Patricio
Good Day!
Actually they are called jewelling sub-chucks. They are used in the process of preparing jewel settings. You can see a full description on how they are used at:
http://www.geocities.ws/dushang2000/Jewelling.html
Cheers
Dushan
Dushan, that’s a great article about jeweling. I don’t know a whole lot about burnished in jewels and I learned a thing or two. I would love to learn even more about the process.
Collets for a watchmakers lathe. They are used to polish screws on watches.
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