Making My First Watch - Trouble Strikes the Barrel Bridge Vlog #18

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In this watchmaking vlog episode 18.
I cut the barrel bridge to size with the saw, and start to the file the shape of the bridge. The bridge is looking good, but watchmaking trouble strikes as I test the Seitz Jewel for the centre wheel in my barrel bridge.
So I'm currently waiting for some new Seitz Jewels and Setiz Reaming tools from England to arrive.
One thing I can't understand, is that the ETA 6498 watch movement uses a 2.20mm diameter Seitz Jewel, however, there is no corresponding 219 reamer available for the Seitz Jewelling Tool?
Let me know if you the reason for this, it will be much appreciated.
I'm going to continue working on making my watch, I might have the train bridge tested before the new jewels arrive!
Thanks for watching.
Dean DK
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@dvdspndl 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing your amazing journey with us.

@DeanDK 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching and commenting David 👍🏼😁

@capri8194 3 жыл бұрын

Damn, I'm in a watchmaking school, I can tell you're really really good at filing 😍

@mrboembastique5982 5 жыл бұрын

That barrelbridge looks awesome, like the shape. A new jewel I think is certainly the nicest solution, but I'm not a watchmaker. Good luck and thanks for posting your adventures. Love your videos Dean.

@DeanDK 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks 🙏 Maikel!! I am glad you enjoy the videos and appreciate that you take the time to watch and comment 😁

@ActiveAtom 5 жыл бұрын

Hi Dean, liking your sharing again. The filing is soothing to the parts finisher here at AA. Enjoy the continued filing it is fun work to me. Thank you, Lance & Patrick.

@DeanDK 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! I completely agree. I'm in my own world when I'm filing, its so therapeutic 👍

@user-ik5mn8qv5z 5 жыл бұрын

I really like to hear the noise when you are working, from the workshop when you are working with your watch, rather than to the music.

@DeanDK 5 жыл бұрын

I am usually listening music in the background while I work, however it will get my videos copyright claimed

@bpoweski 5 жыл бұрын

Hello from Edinburgh. MSCdirect has a 2.19mm reamer in their catalog. Drill Service (Horley) Ltd probably has it or can help you find one, Genswiss likely has one as well. Try searching under the inch equivalent 0.0862”. Buy yourself a set of pin gages if you don’t have them. They are really useful and inexpensive for small sizes.

@mackk123 5 жыл бұрын

fullerton tools i believe does custom size reamers. deltronic pins are great too

@DeanDK 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Ben!! Really appreciate that I will look into it 😁👍🏼

@DeanDK 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mack 👍🏼

@bpoweski 5 жыл бұрын

Love the channel, I’m not a watchmaker but I machine small tools and parts to aide model ship making on my Sherline mill and lathe so the content is very interesting.

@EDUTAMARIU 5 жыл бұрын

For anyone wanting to make a watch I recommend Stefan Gotteswinter channel, he makes precision machining tools and projects, and always go in detail and try to understand what is going on in the machining operations.

@DeanDK 5 жыл бұрын

Hi EDU M. Thanks for taking the time to provide a very helpful resource 👍🏼😁

@Narciacz 5 жыл бұрын

Dean, uwielbiam Twoją Twórczość. Pozdrawiam z Polski.

@DeanDK 5 жыл бұрын

Alan, dziękuję! Cieszę się, że je lubisz! 😀

@TheVIndings 5 жыл бұрын

WOW ... good job ! .. i love this

@feraltweed 5 жыл бұрын

I would find a larger diameter jewel and cut it down to fit, or ream the hole larger for it. I enjoy watching your work.

@DeanDK 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Per Vinding

@DeanDK 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Feral. Yeah that’s what I intend to do. Just waiting for the larger diameter jewel to arrive. Hopefully next week 😁

@jbo1222 5 жыл бұрын

Hehe my first thought when you started filing it was "why is he not turning this!"

@DeanDK 5 жыл бұрын

Hahah that’s what I thought after I had started filing it down 🤣

@BillMrWild 5 жыл бұрын

Always interesting Dean, is there tool called a hole closer after you have set in the jewel, i'm sure iv'e heard of it somewhere in in the jewelling tool set....Thanks for posting

@DeanDK 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Bill! I always thought they were for jewels with setting, not the friction type?

@andrewclarke3750 5 жыл бұрын

Have a look at Clickspring channel where he makes his own reamer out of blue pivot steel. You can make any size custom reamer you need following his method.

@DeanDK 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Andrew I will check it out 😁

@karlmansson8319 5 жыл бұрын

Hey man, that’s a bummer... Overshooting dimensions that is. If you decide to go with a chaton or something to hold the original size ETA jewel, the Seitz style reamers aren’t all that hard to make. It’s just a D-bit cutter with a bit of clearance to one side. If you can turn, harden and polish a pivot to dimension, you can do the same with a reamer :). The smooth shank of the reamer works as a burnisher so as long as that’s the largest part of the diameter and consistent for its length you’re golden. Keep it up!

@DeanDK 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Karl!! I was thinking that if larger diameter jewel is not correct thickness I would do Chaton for it, maybe even out of gold! 😂

@karlmansson8319 5 жыл бұрын

Dean DK Chatons are cool. I don’t care what the other kids say!

@lawrencetoddverrnier302 5 жыл бұрын

hi Dean. why wouldn't you use from your staking set a rounded hollow punch to push a little material? then follow up with a flat hollow punch to finish it up? doesn't even show if done gently and in stages. particularly useful in tightening up sloppy screw holes.

@DeanDK 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Lawrence! I didn’t think of that, I was thinking a few hardish hits with lunch to close hole! But this sounds great, I’ve already order the new jewel so if it’s not correct thickness I will definitely try your method! Thanks so much!!!

@lawrencetoddverrnier302 5 жыл бұрын

my pleasure dean. love your vids. i will just take it for granted you were going to hit it with a punch, not your lunch!

@DeanDK 5 жыл бұрын

🤣😂 whoops 😬

@ngn1 5 жыл бұрын

Hi Dean, maybe a screwed in chaton could solve your problem...

@DeanDK 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks softblake, yes I totally agree. Could be in the pipeline depending on the incoming jewel. Cheers 😁👍🏼

@arawolf1990 5 жыл бұрын

hi bro.I would like to recommend you to use chatons instead of normal jewels.your watch will look way better and more professional.just google gold chatons and if you just couldn’t buy them online contact me.I might be able to help you with that.

@DeanDK 5 жыл бұрын

Hi Ara Wolf! I love gold chatons! I’m just not sure to have for this watch that I’m making.. I definitely want to for future watches! Well if this new jewel coming isn’t adequate this watch may end up with chatons! And if that’s the case I will let you know . Thank you 🙏😊

@thehowtostudios1980 3 жыл бұрын

why not just put a buch in the oversized hole and then drill it out and maybe solder the buche in too

@DeanDK 3 жыл бұрын

Hi, sorry about delayed reply. These reamers are designed to match the jewel size. They are precisely undersized to hold the jewels by friction, also planning on making a few watches so trying to get manufacture technique right

@stefankeet 5 жыл бұрын

Why didn't you enlarged the hole and made a small brass juwel holder?

@DeanDK 5 жыл бұрын

I would love to make gold chatons for the movement But I feel that it wouldn’t suit this design. also, if the larger diameter jewel that I ordered works. The corresponding reamer for the jeweling tool is available too. I love toolmaking and think I could make a reamer but I at this point I want to just focus on the watch.

@bpoweski 5 жыл бұрын

How do you like the knew concepts saw?

@DeanDK 5 жыл бұрын

Lovveeeeed it Ben!

@EmmaRitson 5 жыл бұрын

I have questions, but they come because I am interested in learning, not because you are doing it wrong! wonder why you didn't set the plate up on the centre bush in the lathe and machine the outside instead of filing?

@EmmaRitson 5 жыл бұрын

probably making a reamer is the easy way out? interested to see what you end up with

@EmmaRitson 5 жыл бұрын

also, wonder where you picked up that saw? i need one sometime soon

@DeanDK 5 жыл бұрын

Hehe no worries Emma! Sometimes I think something is a good idea until I start filing. In all honesty it didn’t take that long, and I’m a bit weird that I love filing metal.. definitely next time I will turn in the lathe 👍🏼

@DeanDK 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah I made need too for future!

@DeanDK 5 жыл бұрын

I bought from a company called knew concepts. They have online shop so it’s easy 👍🏼 they sooooooo goood!

@jimtruesdale7522 5 жыл бұрын

Hi Dean. Try making your own reamers from silver steel. Not really that difficult. Machine and then harden them. See Clickspring video for how. Great to share your journey in watchmaking. Theclockworks.biz

@DeanDK 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching the video and the helpful advice Jim 😁👍🏼