I've been working on making a watch case. It's still a bit rough in places so plenty of room for improvement! At this stage I've not got the movement fit or, as you can see, any hands.
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Watch Case is progressing
Making a watch case (part 4), cutting the dial shelf
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Making a Watch.
The next thing I did was to cut a dial shelf into the centre body of the watch case, i.e. into the ring I'd just made. I was designing as I went! As it turns out this is not the way the watch progressed but it did give me a wonderful way to display the cloisonné frog, or any circular enamel piece for that matter!
Making a watch case (part 3), turning the ring on a lathe
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The ring is placed into a three jaw self-centering chuck. The three jaws automatically move together towards the centre of the chuck so the piece is automatically centred. If I've hammered the ring to a good circle then the ring should be pretty near centre too.
Making a watch case (part 2), soldering the ring joint
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Soldering and welding.
To solder the ring together I'll be using hard solder, hammered into a thin ribbon. This will be drapped over the joint with plenty of borax flux.
Making a watch case (part 1)
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Making a Watch.
I watched the case making videos by Roger Smith on YouTube and followed, in part, the steps that he shows on the vidoes. I'm using brass, though, for this initial trial not gold!