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    Watchmaker's vice restoration

    Of the many restoration channels on Youtube this is probably one of the best:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbIj7v5oFUE

    The phrase 'I make a new one' has attained legedary status (along with the broken sand blaster switch).

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    Great skills on show there, and a marvellous result. Thanks for sharing!
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    lovely to watch,thanks.although semi retired and having simular equipment in my workshop i never seem to get the time to do things just for pleasure..mind you i have a wolseley "sheep shearing"stationary engine that has been following me around for the last 40 years,will have to get around to sorting that.it has stamped on a plate "maximum 700 rpm"..

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    Weirdly, I watched this last night after discovering his channel a couple of weeks ago. It's a bit addictive. He has some serious skills, nice attention to detail (polished washers!) - and no annoying music.

    Clickspring is another channel well worth watching (his clock-making vids are also addictive).

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    Stunning work. The video is all the better for no commentary or music.

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    Lovely, thanks for posting that. The soundtrack was an ASMR delight as well.

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    If you like that one he has a number of other videos which are worth watching:
    https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMr...Wq26gqw/videos

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    I really enjoyed that, thank you.
    Although no trees were harmed during the creation of this post, a large number of electrons were greatly inconvenienced.

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    Craftsmanship at its best. Very impressive.

    Thanks for sharing.

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    Thank you for posting that. Awesome!

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    I enjoyed that!
    Have a couple of metal lathes, wood lathe and milling and plenty of projects and I’m electrical/ mechanical engineer trained
    Must get started.....
    Interestingly, the engineers vice the guy is using really is something special- Swiss made by Gressel - about £1000,iirc- probably more.
    Last edited by GOAT; 15th November 2019 at 15:08.

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    I’ve got a bit addicted to these.

    This one is a bit more hardcore,
    from the Soviet school of mechanics.

    https://youtu.be/vwLZUeaIR38

    I’d be grateful if any metal working experts can tell me what he is doing when he wires up a biscuit tin full of acid to the car battery.

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    Quote Originally Posted by greasemonkey View Post
    lovely to watch,thanks.although semi retired and having simular equipment in my workshop i never seem to get the time to do things just for pleasure..mind you i have a wolseley "sheep shearing"stationary engine that has been following me around for the last 40 years,will have to get around to sorting that.it has stamped on a plate "maximum 700 rpm"..
    Rams per minute?

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    Quote Originally Posted by unclealec View Post
    Rams per minute?
    very good restoration of the stationary engine is now underway will put up a video when running..

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    A great watch - I love seeing such skills being put to work. Thanks for posting

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