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hi John...
Some older pics already posted elsewhere .. mostly done for training purposes

http://www.cnczone.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=176955&d=1360406152
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When I was at the age of 16 I decided against the watchmakers apprenticeship as my impression of that job was ( as I watched the recent apprentice while waiting for my own Casio watch to be serviced)...

Hi Ian!

The tourbillon is still in progress ... there are missing several gears but at the moment the regular business takes too much time to find the patience to engage into this without making...

Sry guys - I have not been here for a longer time now

CNC Gear is all DIY ... Meanwhile the watch is several steps further .. .and I also did some other watch related things...

Second pic is a...

Hello Guys - it has been a long time since my last visit here in forum...
However ... for my last machine I built a 3D Printer but - As I own a router I found the printer someway comfortable...

Hello Guys - here is my first attempt on an axial compressor for jet enginge purposes. to go easier with the free form surface design I wrote an automatism in Cad Scripting under Rhino VBR

Rhino...

... After the watch was successfully finished I was hot on another attempt of a movement with another parts supply strategy - first gathering all critical parts and afterwards construction and...

Since my first attempt on a Movement was not successfull at all, due to the missing supply of watchmaking parts ( stones and small parts like shockabsorbers) i was in need of some temporary distance...

If you want to go just 2D or 2,5D

RHino includes a Rhino related ( visual basic) derivative engine.

If you are used to visual basic ... try the following:


draw a spline.... create an...

For 2,5D I did my own Rhino scripted CAM ...

and for 3D I use RhinoCam2

Just the controller enclosure for the main spindle of my recent CNC lathe project. Axis of support as inverter and PC are included in my mobil mill controller hand so have a separate enclosure!

First create the ribstructure of the leaf in 3d

expand it so it protrudes the shape of your leaf

connect all the ribs tips so you get a course template of the leaf ( wire mesh)!

Create...

Without trying it I would first ask - who does the IP of the posted material belong to??

Different possiblities :


-Use a vector program ( e.g. Corel or Freehand) to convert to a Rhino compatible format!
-Use Rhino and import the Clipart as a background picture - Trace manually in...

Same with me!

I'm mainly busy with models and tools for RC fuselages and parts, also for watches. Teaching Rhino difficult - but ok, if you would be interested in modelling a plane from scratch...

Sounds interesting!

But as long as you have sections and shaps in 2 D data available there is not that huge step to learn the remaining ! Get the whole satisfaction and learn how to do this...

Finishing my DIY router I was searching a challenge for to gain a benchmark what would be possible! To make it short :I 'll show you some pics cut from brass material - C&C would be appreciated!

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seems that there is a lot of pressure applied on the probe...

some years ago I tried something similar ...

@Dstryr: About the movement that is also something I thought of making ... but the tools especially the small gear cutting mills are that expensive

If you visit the ETA.ch site and there got o...

Easiest description regarding accuracy ... you will get for what you pay for ... precision is rather the same priority when it comes to cost as size ( sometimes even more!!!)

I think - if you are willing to go for approved stuff - Ball guided rails and ballthreads fulfilling the tolerances you need ( eg. IT 5 which is acumulated thrad and nut tolerance of about 22 microns...

Was not that satisfied with the dial so I took another attempt!

the origianl dial is looking better than shown in the pics ... bad illumination and dark ambient light so the silver does not look...

The EDF wheel was about 3,5h

the dial about 1h

Pointers about 20 Min pp

The clock itself is made from
1.4112 which is rather the
same as AISI 404B

Thank you ! Making this watch is a very new and very interesting attempt low cost, much invest of work and rather fast with the results! only thing is that 0.0x mm ~ 0,00x" tol is rather usual!

SOme more cuttin work

It is!! Shiny and reflective!

About the "flip " there are 2 Slots of 6,01 mm in my baseplate and a centerhole of same diameter ... looking at the Stock Material you may see the center hole plus 2...

Import a Bryce or Terragen Mesh ;)

Time to show up some productive work:

Proposal and result done with the mobile mill

To be not too hard:

I would have - dependent on what you want to cut - several concerns:

A- the thin sidewalls - as reactio force of Y engagement works on a rather long lever on the thin...

THings you would have to specify to get a god result is :

Spin pulse will stabilize the direction of the axis in space

but due to this effect spin pulse needs speed to work and a rather high...