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Hey Nic, welcome to the forum.
Firstly, to answer your questions, what I use is a rex roller remover, it is a set of special stumps that fit into your staking set, they are especially designed for removing the rollers in a controlled way. There is one shown in this link http://www.execulink.com/~lfoord/101871a.jpg
Changing the staff is pretty straightforward but if this is your first time, be very careful, check twice what you’re about to do, and study some techniques on Youtube, there are loads. Try searching for Bunnspecials set of videos. He is a hobbyist who shows his own techniques for other hobbyist, and his own enjoyment. I like his vids because he’s a normal guy, no aires or graces
Personally I’ve only used the lathe once to cut the rivet out prior to punching. I carefully use the staking set and punch out the old staff, it’s the way that works for me, some use the lathe method and swear by it.
Could you tell us a bit more about yourself please, are you brand new to watch repair/collecting, what tools do you have and are you proficient with your hands. Just curious because it helps us to explain things in a more tailored way if we know a little bit more about your experience.. You’ll find the members on this forum are not condescending and more than willing to offer their technical knowledge.
Chris
Hey Nic, sounds like you’re well on your way and have passed the first year “rookie” stage
The video David recommends is probably your best bet as it’s more professional, that guy is very good although he has a lot of special tools that normal humans would suffer to purchase, even used 😮
I suggested the Bunn because personally, I found him inspiring, which is what I needed at the time, I was banging my head constantly while F**ing up a lot. I was ready a few times to just huff everything in the garbage. One evening I stumbled on to Bunns channel, he made me laugh because like me, he was making a lot of mistakes, and saying things like Damn, god damn it etc. .. I could see the mistakes he was making, the same ones that I was committing, I noticed how he rectified his errors and got the job done, with very basic tools.
Through this, I found my own inspiration to keep at it, I formulated my own methods from his mistakes. You know how it is, if you’re doing something blindly, you have no guru or zero guidance, you get frustrated, BUT if you watch someone else, who is either the same level, or slightly higher, you think, and watch, and eventually you say, Hmm, he’s doing that wrong, I would do it this way…. and there you go, you’ve formulated your very own first technique.Anyway, that was the inspiration I found in watching Bunns vids, and for the rookie, or novice, that inspiration is needed, a lot.
I used to work with a guy years ago, I was his apprentice, this guy had 35 yrs experience in maintenance, engineering, construction, name it.
He used to just let me go, and I would say….. what if I F..ck something up or make a poor decision ? He said that’s how you learn, by doing it the wrong way, you learn the right way, because there is no light without dark, Is that star wars 😆One thing I will strongly recommend is that you purchase the Chicago school of watchmaking text book, you can get it from a publisher called Lulu, online. If you search the forum for Lulu, I think there is a link from Tom..
Thanks again Chris. Talk about inspiring. What you just wrote there was really inspiring. Thanks again.
Into this hobby, my biggest frustrations have been bending over on the ground looking for the part that just fell out of my tweezers or flew across my desk. 😆
Frustrating because they don’t make the part anymore and they are difficult to locate. 😡
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