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This is great! It reminds me of a bigger version of my watch-modding station that I fit on my SS 510.

This is my vote for Best Thread today!

Hi,

My view on this was that I would be happy with relatively few stops in an Indexing device.
Here was what I did:
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Happy tinkering!
Chris

I have no doubt you'll figure it out in great style!

Chris

Nice ones!

The heron around here looks so 'regal' compared to the more numerous geese.

Chris

Hi, About 10 years ago I rebuilt several Shopsmith headstocks, but then I moved on to different activity. There are probably rebuilders on eBay and at the Shopsmith headquarters who can do great rebuild/maintenance work for fair charges. If you're not so much after the headstock rebuild (new bearing...

Ha Ha! We work with what we must!

Yeah, that green mat is a specialized non-skid work mat from Bergeon. I maybe could have improvised with something else, but that seemed to be "the bee's knees" among watch experts. No complaints, and it's replaceable.

Keep tinkering!

Next up, the acid test! The real movement arrived and was fitted with new hands. Once everything seemed to run well, I went ahead and mounted it up in the case. I'll do more run-in testing and adjusting, then it should be worthy to seal up for use! P.S. I also need to trim the length of the winding ...

Further into the watch-tinkering stuff.... I had got a mish-mash of Asian-sourced watch components and a movement which I wanted to build into something working. However in my case, the subject watch-case was designed for a thicker movement than the one I wanted to use. Reading up a bit, I'd seen th...

For any Navigation issues, I would defer to the excellent boat-building folk on this site