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Fascinating report as always, Kong and Don :-) [nt]
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Fascinating..
By: BDLJ : March 12th, 2009-20:19
Great report, Kong and Fantastic work, Don. One question. The crown, what material is it? I may have missed it in the text, but the only reason I can think of for casting before machining is that it's a precious metal of some sort, hence the need to minim...
Casting
By: DonCorson : March 13th, 2009-12:30
Hi BDLJ ! The reason I do casting is because after casting the work that remains is simple turning and hand work. I do not need a big CNC for a quarter of a million with a complicated program to mill the case or even the 10s of thousands of CHF of investm...
Wheels
By: DonCorson : March 13th, 2009-12:11
Hi John, I have not had problems with concentricity after restaking the wheels. I chuck them on the pinions in the lathe and check for that. A big problem is that they are no longer really flat and it takes forever to get them flat again. As far as I can ...
Pure poetry
By: Ophiuchus : March 14th, 2009-02:54
To actually see the work you put into each piece is a glorious thing indeed. To me, it's mechanical poetry in motion- always striving for that moment when the true surface of the parts is found. Just like hitting the final facet on my stones, you must rea...