Having recently rescued some sorely abused collets after acquiring yet another lathe, Chris is now swimming in a sea of collets. He and Jon discuss various tools, blackest black ink, hyperwhite paint, watch photography, and movement finishing.
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- Southbend Lathes
- Cromwell Lathes
- Waterjet Cutting Service at Carleton University
- Schaublin 102
- Cardon Tools
- Schaublin 70
- Aciera F1 Milling machine that uses the same collets as the Schaublin 70
- Sixis 101 Another milling machine that shares the same collet system as the Aciera F1 & Schaublin 70
- Hardinge
- Stuart Semple BLINK Ink
- Whitest White Paint
- Watch Photography Using Camera Flashes Some timely, macro photography perspective from GaryG
- Aputure Lights
- Light Tent
- 100 Ways to Improve Your Photography by Ming Thein
- Ming Watches
- Focus Stacking
- Camera Bellows
- Anglage Work A macro video of Chris polishing the chamfer on one of the bridges for the watch movements he has been working on
- Sigma 105mm F2.8 Macro Lens One of the lenses that Chris has been using to film watch work with
- Laowa 24mm f/14 Probe Lens Another of the lenses Chris has been using to film watch work with
- African Blackwood
- Gentian
- Ebony
- Gold LUXOR Polishing Compound
- Jeweller’s Rouge
- Chopstick Master from Bridge City Tool Works, the jig that Chris has been using to shape wooden laps for polishing the chamfers on the movements he’s been working on
- Daniela Dufour Interviewed alongside her father, Philippe Dufour, on The Watches TV
An example of a turret for a Schaublin 102