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 the use of Acetal (Delrin) spacers from watchmakers with Taig lathes and the like. But elsewhere I saw that some wood-lathe folks had turned acetal successfully for their pens and small projects.
Challenge accepted, and first proof of concept!
Here is some 1.5" acetal chucked into my 4-jaw:
Here is the rough outcome, which was not bad; I did keep it, and I hand filed it a bit more after this:
Here's the watch-in-progress, where the stem finally inserts correctly, now that the movement is spaced 'down' a tad relative to the crystal:
Have a great week!
Chris
