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Re: What are you working on now?
Posted: July 8th, 2019, 8:01 am
by aris.dayton
On that same note, how does one polish hands?
My other set lost its sheen when i relumed.
Yoda wrote:Polishing screw heads, I just hate battered screw heads.
Finishing the ones in my MM to begin with.
Damaged screw heads are just awful, they are a sign of bad tools or bad handling, or both.
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Re: What are you working on now?
Posted: July 8th, 2019, 8:07 am
by toofsy
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Too much things in the boxes and more in my head, but I'm going to start to rebuilt with reshape my old jackson 6152, next reshape the mini fiddy with plexi dial and next built another mini egi.
Re: What are you working on now?
Posted: July 8th, 2019, 9:33 am
by Erick510
I painted and relumed dial. I need to relumed the hands.
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Re: What are you working on now?
Posted: July 8th, 2019, 9:34 am
by thelonedoc
tafari wrote: ↑July 8th, 2019, 5:56 am
Yoda wrote:Polishing screw heads, I just hate battered screw heads.
Finishing the ones in my MM to begin with.
Damaged screw heads are just awful, they are a sign of bad tools or bad handling, or both.
not an easy job, but damaged screws ready awful
Just need the right tool!
I picked up a vintage screw head polisher and some diamonite powder. Looking forward to giving it a test run.
Re: What are you working on now?
Posted: July 8th, 2019, 10:16 am
by thelonedoc
aris.dayton wrote: ↑July 8th, 2019, 8:01 am
On that same note, how does one polish hands?
My other set lost its sheen when i relumed.
Yoda wrote:Polishing screw heads, I just hate battered screw heads.
Finishing the ones in my MM to begin with.
Damaged screw heads are just awful, they are a sign of bad tools or bad handling, or both.
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People make tripod jigs using a pin vice and putting 3 adjustable legs on them. You put the screw in and have the pin vice pointing down and you rub the surface of the screw head on a flat peice of sandpaper on glass (or anything that is reliably flat). This works but is not the most precise option.
The masters used a specialized tool called... you would never guess this one...
"Screwhead polisher"
They are available on Ebay regularily, but it can be hard to find a good set. You want one that has as many of the collets as possible and the polishing disks. Full sets in good condition are upwards of $300 usd or more. I got one in very decent condition that is almost complete, missing maybe one collet for $130 usd through bidding.
Re: What are you working on now?
Posted: July 8th, 2019, 11:12 am
by Yoda
thelonedoc wrote: ↑July 8th, 2019, 10:16 am
aris.dayton wrote: ↑July 8th, 2019, 8:01 am
On that same note, how does one polish hands?
My other set lost its sheen when i relumed.
Yoda wrote:Polishing screw heads, I just hate battered screw heads.
Finishing the ones in my MM to begin with.
Damaged screw heads are just awful, they are a sign of bad tools or bad handling, or both.
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
People make tripod jigs using a pin vice and putting 3 adjustable legs on them. You put the screw in and have the pin vice pointing down and you rub the surface of the screw head on a flat peice of sandpaper on glass (or anything that is reliably flat). This works but is not the most precise option.
The masters used a specialized tool called... you would never guess this one...
"Screwhead polisher"
They are available on Ebay regularily, but it can be hard to find a good set. You want one that has as many of the collets as possible and the polishing disks. Full sets in good condition are upwards of $300 usd or more. I got one in very decent condition that is almost complete, missing maybe one collet for $130 usd through bidding.
It's a bit harder when it comes to beveled screw heads
Re: What are you working on now?
Posted: July 8th, 2019, 11:45 am
by tafari
thelonedoc wrote:tafari wrote: ↑July 8th, 2019, 5:56 am
Yoda wrote:Polishing screw heads, I just hate battered screw heads.
Finishing the ones in my MM to begin with.
Damaged screw heads are just awful, they are a sign of bad tools or bad handling, or both.
not an easy job, but damaged screws ready awful
Just need the right tool!
I picked up a vintage screw head polisher and some diamonite powder. Looking forward to giving it a test run.
let us see the result after you finish a test run
Re: What are you working on now?
Posted: July 8th, 2019, 12:14 pm
by thelonedoc
Yoda wrote: ↑July 8th, 2019, 11:12 am
thelonedoc wrote: ↑July 8th, 2019, 10:16 am
aris.dayton wrote: ↑July 8th, 2019, 8:01 am
On that same note, how does one polish hands?
My other set lost its sheen when i relumed.
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
People make tripod jigs using a pin vice and putting 3 adjustable legs on them. You put the screw in and have the pin vice pointing down and you rub the surface of the screw head on a flat peice of sandpaper on glass (or anything that is reliably flat). This works but is not the most precise option.
The masters used a specialized tool called... you would never guess this one...
"Screwhead polisher"
They are available on Ebay regularily, but it can be hard to find a good set. You want one that has as many of the collets as possible and the polishing disks. Full sets in good condition are upwards of $300 usd or more. I got one in very decent condition that is almost complete, missing maybe one collet for $130 usd through bidding.
It's a bit harder when it comes to beveled screw heads
Yes indeed!
For that I would imagine you need to use a screwhead polisher first, and then very carefully do the beveled edge on a lathe and blend it into the face.
Am I close?
I am imagining the rounded edge type, if it is a sharp angle I would imagine you would do the edge first on the lathe then polish the face last.
Re: What are you working on now?
Posted: July 8th, 2019, 1:24 pm
by Yoda
These screws were brushed from the beginning, so I simply cleaned up the groove and turned every screw while holding a 1500 grit paper against the screw head, easy operation.
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Re: What are you working on now?
Posted: July 8th, 2019, 1:25 pm
by Yoda
Does converting SF240 movements count?
