One room tool house…Tmac1956

[Bob Tascione]

Thanks Tom!

[arutha]

You have a lovely workshop there Tom, its so nice to be able to dedicate space to watch/clock repair as in my early days I remember having to pack everything away each evening and it could be so frustrating if you were half way through something. The chance of losing stuff increases as well so its never an ideal situation. It is a real privilege to have a workshop and you have built up a great selection of tools too. I still love opening the door to my workshop each morning, its mine, nothing disturbs me (especially when I turn my phone off now and again ) and I can just get on and do what I love.
Well done, all your time/effort and money is paying off
Paul.

[tmac1956]

Arutha:

Now if I could do a rubbed in jewel replacement job like you, I might be able to utilize all of these tools that I have amassed.

Thanks!
Tom

[david pierce]

Tom,
That green book sitting sideways on your shelf is one of the best refrence sources ever. Turn to the section called STEELS and read through it. I bought my copy in 1978 and still refer to it often. There is so much information there for the machinist: speeds, feeds, materials, cutter angles, thread information, bolt sizes, fit specfications etc., etc, etc. If there was only one book I could buy for machinest work, that would be the book. I always keep a copy by my toilet. That is where I have my best quality study time.
david

[david pierce]

Bob,
If you got to Ebay and bring up microscopes there should be a large section devoted to AMSCOPE products. Mine was around $150.00 and I am extremely happy with it. When I got mine I wanted the eyepieces to be mounted 180 degrees in the other direction so I took it apart and reversed the prisms and the eyepieces. The image in that scope is far better than any loupe I ever looked through. If you examine pallets, jewels, pivots, gears and any other small watch part the image is as clear as a bell. If you have a tiny jewel that is damaged or cracked, the defect will look like the GRAND CANYON through that thing.
david

[arutha]

Hi Tom,
it will come to you with time, I still have tools I cant use properly but when you stop and think how many different tools we have it is hardly surprising.
Paul.

[randy]

Check this out:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sharp-Stereo-Microscope-20X-40X-/190806743364?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2c6cf7d94ut

[david pierce]

That is the microscope. When I got mine I turned the eyepieces around 180 degrees. That made it easier for me to use.
david

[Bob Tascione]

That’s a great price!
Gonna tell Santa right now! She’s still in the kitchen cooking Thanksgiving dinner.

Bob

[randy]

I love to find a bargain !!!!

[willofiam]

Hey Bob, hope you are still in one piece figuring youve been sneaking into the kitchen, I just looked on craigslist in my area (just a general search for microscope) and found 2 of those microscopes, $45 and $60, If you want to try and find one you can get them pretty cheap, Bought mine for $25, I am not using mine as I now have the 2 of a different style, I found the amscope great for inspection and oiling, not the best if you want to do something under them with the focal point fairly close, it is beneficial for some applications, I also turned my eyepiece and was able to rig it up over the lathe, I will post some pictures on my shop section of the new ones I got that I can actually work under ect… cost a little more and were used (I had to be patient to find them) but I think they are the cats meow… William

[tmac1956]

@david pierce wrote:

Tom,
That green book sitting sideways on your shelf is one of the best refrence sources ever. Turn to the section called STEELS and read through it. I bought my copy in 1978 and still refer to it often. There is so much information there for the machinist: speeds, feeds, materials, cutter angles, thread information, bolt sizes, fit specfications etc., etc, etc. If there was only one book I could buy for machinest work, that would be the book. I always keep a copy by my toilet. That is where I have my best quality study time.
david

David:

I’ll do that. I bought it because I read you commenting on the importance of it. Additionally, we had something similar that we used for just about everything in steel design for structural engineers. I believe it was called the ASIC manual.

Thanks!
Tom

[tmac1956]

@Arutha wrote:

Hi Tom,
it will come to you with time, I still have tools I cant use properly but when you stop and think how many different tools we have it is hardly surprising.
Paul.

Thanks – I hope so. I don’t give up easily (often to my own detriment).
Tom

[Bob Tascione]

I just looked on craigslist in my area (just a general search for microscope) and found 2 of those microscopes, $45 and $60, If you want to try and find one you can get them pretty cheap

Hey William thanks. You’re right. I just found a couple that are VERY reasonable. Gonna keep checking on Craigslist. It would be nice to have them over the lathes as you said.

Gracias!
Bob

[tmac1956]

Bob et. al.:

Has anyone ever posted a method for mounting one of these on the 8mm lathe? I’d like to get anouther one for that. It would be nice to be able to swing it out of the way when needed.

Thanks,
Tom

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