Watch Balance Wheel Repairs - Restaffing with videos 2nd Edition on THUMB DRIVE

Description: WATCHDOC's Mechanical Watch Training Courses (Adobe Acrobat format) e-book with Video clips Lesson #5 Second Edition - Balance Wheel Repairs see our sample video on Youtube on Elgin staff replacement. Just added Appendix B - this Appendix is worth the cost of the entire lesson!! Description: Don't try to find it elsewhere, it is our own product, we write it. Also, do not confuse our course with old correspondence courses written in the 1800’s or before 1922 that have lost their copyright protection. Our information is newly written in understandable language, not the stilted language used years ago. Our lessons are on thumb drives to make them as inexpensive as possible. Each lesson is in a folder with a main text file with written instructions, and with other files including videos, pictures, instructions and descriptions of useful vintage tools. Like other e-books, a computer is needed to read and play the files on the thumb drive. Check my feedback and the comments of my many, many satisfied customers. This particular thumb drive is on balance wheel repair. It is best to repair on old balance wheel as each wheel is custom fit to the watch. Also, replacement balance wheels no longer exist for many vintage watches. Video clips are included in QuickTime movie format. Lesson 5: Replacing the staff in the vintage Balance wheel. This lesson is one of the most detailed set of instructions available on replacing staffs and on repair of the vintage balance assembly. It applies to both wrist watches and pocket watches. In addition to specific instructions on balance replacement and repair for both wrist and pocket watches, there are many large illustrations to help the beginner and "pro" alike that were shot by the WatchDoc. As an example, the Illinois Bunn Special balance wheel is disassembled, inspected, and the balance staff measured. Then, a new staff is found and the staff is riveted in place. Many large pictures and illustrations were made showing details of these operations. Also, a section is included to detail repivoting a staff and making a staff both from adjusting a staff that is oversize to making one from "scratch." The lesson includes factory information from Hamilton, Elgin, and other watch companies on balance staffs and how to install them that was made available to watchmakers many years ago. Different types of staffs are discussed including staffs that are riveted into the wheel and staffs that are friction fit. Various shock resistant jewel systems are discussed. A listing of measurements of some common American staffs is also included in Appendix B. Often a close substitute for an unobtainable staff (such as an 18S US Watch Company, New Jersey) can be found. Over 80 pages of instructions in the main lesson plus other files with information on staffs. You can print this information if you want a hard copy!! Table of Contents Lesson 5 Chap 1. Introduction Chap 2. The balance wheel Chap 3. Considerations before restaffing the vintage watch Chap 4. Proper fit of balance pivots to balance jewels Chap 5. Single roller table and double roller Chap 6. Shock-resistant balance jewel settings Chap 7. Riveted Balance Staffs and Friction fit staffs Chap 8. Dis-assembly of the balance wheel 8a. Removal of the balance wheel from the balance cock 8b. Removal of the hairspring from the balance wheel 8c. Removal of the roller table Chap 9. Illustration of roller removal using 16s Illinois Bunn Special pocket movement Chap 10. Removing the Illinois balance staff from the balance wheel Chap 11. Removal of balance jewels Chap 12. Replacing the balance staff of a 16 size Bunn Special Chap 13. Determining the factory number of your staff Chap 14. Measuring the dimensions of the old balance staff Chap 15. Installing the new staff into the balance wheel Chap 16. Checking the new staff’s fit and the motion and shape of the balance wheel Chap 17. Installing the roller table(s) onto the balance staff Chap 18. Installing the hairspring Chap 19. Testing the newly refurbished balance wheel Chap 20. Special tools suited to wrist watch staff replacement Chap 21. Measuring and fitting a roller jewel Chap 22. Repivoting a balance staff Chap 23. Genuine vs generic balance staff Chap 24. Making a Complete Balance Staff Chap 25. Making a balance wheel and the science of good timekeeping Appendix A. Factory Leaflets on Staffs and Balances Appendix B – American Staff Dimensions - 13 pages now in 2nd edition covers covers Elgin, Waltham, Illinois, Hamilton, South Bend, Seth Thomas, Chelsea, Columbus, NYS, Rockford, US Watch Co, with staff number and dimensions including total length, hairspring seat, balance seat, roller seat(s), hub thickness, pivots VIDEOS 1- Staffing Fundamentals 2- Measuring the Old Staff 3- Staff Removal - three movies 4- Using the K&D staking set to rivet a new staff to the balance wheel 5- Replacing the staff of a 16 size Elgin RR pocket watch Terms Please give me positive feedback after you receive your item. NAWCC member for over 40 years! Check out my eBay store or watchdoc.com for more watch repair manuals, tools, parts, etc.

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