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[tafari]

M, hands for Cali, crown for 44mm case.
For hands I need a special tool, probably.

Depends on what you need to do with the hands.

three things, I need to do, adjust the holes on hands to the size of CP/HW (616), make them blue and add lum.

nice hands, there is somewhere I think in the DIY a very good video of working hands and blueing them

[NortON]

Depends on what you need to do with the hands.

three things, I need to do, adjust the holes on hands to the size of CP/HW (616), make them blue and add lum.

nice hands, there is somewhere I think in the DIY a very good video of working hands and blueing them

Thank you bro, I'll see

[Yoda]

M, hands for Cali, crown for 44mm case.
For hands I need a special tool, probably.

Depends on what you need to do with the hands.

three things, I need to do, adjust the holes on hands to the size of CP/HW (616), make them blue and add lum.

A few things to take care of! If you are going to widen the holes, do it from the back side! Making them blue, if you haven't done it before I suggest that you try on a piece of thin steel before doing this. Place the hands on a piece of brass and heat from under the brass plate, throw it into water or oil to stop the process. I think that blue is around 290 Celsius if I am not very much mistaken. I haven't done it in a long time.
Luming is done from the underside of the hands.

[NortON]

Depends on what you need to do with the hands.

three things, I need to do, adjust the holes on hands to the size of CP/HW (616), make them blue and add lum.

A few things to take care of! If you are going to widen the holes, do it from the back side! Making them blue, if you haven't done it before I suggest that you try on a piece of thin steel before doing this. Place the hands on a piece of brass and heat from under the brass plate, throw it into water or oil to stop the process. I think that blue is around 290 Celsius if I am not very much mistaken. I haven't done it in a long time.
Luming is done from the underside of the hands.

Thank you very much for your advice M, I will use it in the near future

[Aikidosan]

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[binbin]

Arrived, thank you P, @binbin
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Your welcome.

As Yoda said, try to broach the hole from one side. The broach is tapered and it will make a (slightly) tapered
hole which will slide onto the CP and HW easier.

Broach.
Broach a little and check fit. Slow and steady. So easy to overshoot on the size.

Polish.
Polish to the desired finish you like. Then clean. Clean and clean.
Any impurities will show up once you start to blue. Do not touch them after cleaning.
Did I mention to clean them really well?

Blue.
Again slow and steady. Very slow, it is so easy to over shoot the color you want. The different shapes of the hand will change colors at different times. Go slow, let the whole hand get to the same color, then add a little more heat to progress to the next color. I place my hands on a 3/16" piece of bronze and heat from underneath. Moving the heat around to the areas I feel need to "catch up". I don't dip them in water or oil. Some people do. I find that the speed I'm going is so slow, I do not need to stop the color change. (Actually maybe I'm pulling them off just a tad before the color I'm looking for......you can always go back and add a little more heat if you pull them off too soon.

Failing that, contact me. I can fix most all mistakes.

DSC_3081-smalls.jpg

[NortON]

Arrived, thank you P, @binbin
20211010_195355-01.jpeg

Your welcome.

As Yoda said, try to broach the hole from one side. The broach is tapered and it will make a (slightly) tapered
hole which will slide onto the CP and HW easier.

Broach.
Broach a little and check fit. Slow and steady. So easy to overshoot on the size.

Polish.
Polish to the desired finish you like. Then clean. Clean and clean.
Any impurities will show up once you start to blue. Do not touch them after cleaning.
Did I mention to clean them really well?

Blue.
Again slow and steady. Very slow, it is so easy to over shoot the color you want. The different shapes of the hand will change colors at different times. Go slow, let the whole hand get to the same color, then add a little more heat to progress to the next color. I place my hands on a 3/16" piece of bronze and heat from underneath. Moving the heat around to the areas I feel need to "catch up". I don't dip them in water or oil. Some people do. I find that the speed I'm going is so slow, I do not need to stop the color change. (Actually maybe I'm pulling them off just a tad before the color I'm looking for......you can always go back and add a little more heat if you pull them off too soon.

Failing that, contact me. I can fix most all mistakes.

DSC_3081-smalls.jpg

Thanks,
Very important information for me, bookmarked

[bmsm]

[mention]Mir36 [/mention] finally arrived!!!


Popcorn



The straps are on the way




And the 201a dial

[nje2791]

@Mir36 finally arrived!!!


Popcorn



The straps are on the way




And the 201a dial

Very nice. It will be great to see it put together.

[Mike08]

@Mir36 finally arrived!!!


Popcorn



The straps are on the way




And the 201a dial

Great feeling to get rare parts