"You'll need to breathe air as you work on your movements, I'd recommend you only get the Bergeon air as it's about 40 bucks per cubic feet, generic free air from the ambient around you should do in a pinch but It may not last as long.. Get the Bergeon one though"

Here's the breakdown: Screwdrivers: 120 Tweezer 2 size: 35 Magnification 4x and 10x: 60 Movement holder: 27 Cushion: 35 Tray: 5 Work mat: 35 Hand removers: 57 Hand fitting tool: 22 Pegwood: 5 Ultrasonic cleaner: 35 Cleaning baskets: 70 Rodico: 5 Rubber ball: 8 Case back tool: 180 Case knife: 30 Finger cods: 10 Air blower: 5 Springbar tool: 20 Oils: 100 Oil cup: 5 Oil appliers: 5 = 874 bucks. Throw in a Timegraph and you'll be set for 1k, including some pretty nice tools!

Please, please, please (said like James Brown)...continue on this theme, of walking beginners into the horology life, this article was so information packed, the people I have shared this with, are getting the bug! Well done 👍

How in the heck did this get recommended to me? I can't stop watching these damn watch repair videos… This is great! It's like going down an endless rabbit hole.

I don't think I'll ever get into watch making as I have enough expensive fiddly hobbies and I'm not that into wearing watches. But damn is this stuff fascinating, and I could listen to Marshal all day.

Here's the breakdown for the cheapest prices mentioned in the video: Screwdrivers: 5 Tweezers: 3 Magnification: 3 Movement holder: 8 Cushion: 9 Tray: 5 Work mat: 5 Hand removers: 15 Hand fitting tool: 7 Pegwood: 5 Ultrasonic cleaner: 35 Cleaning baskets: 12 Rodico: 5 Rubber ball: 9 Case back tool: 12 Case knife: 30 (Maybe can find cheaper one?) Finger cots: 5 Air blower: 5 Springbar tool: 4 Oils: 100 Oil cup: 4 Oil appliers: 4 Total = 290 👍

My grandfather serviced watches and clocks about 100 years ago and I still have the loupe and some of the screwdrivers he used. I remember playing with some other devices whose use was a mystery, but thanks to this video I now know what they were - case knife, oilers, brass cleaning basket etc. Thank you for such an informative and interesting video!

I can't even describe how much I like this channel. Everything is so perfectly relevant to the topic, so on point, so brilliantly presented, and so informative yet entertaining that I feel it's just a great privilege to watch. Thank you!

This clip has been sponsored by our friends at Bergeon 😉

Marshall you should put out another video with more advanced tools. Such as the spring winder, some of the presses you use, etc. Would be informative and helpful. Thanks 🙏

I took apart an old Swiss 1963 Pocket Watch using a sewing needle, a small sharp kitchen knife as screw driver, a small magnifying lense and some eyebrow tweezers after watching a couple of your videos. It has a broken main spring and you could see that the wheeltrain was wonky too. I managed to take it apart fully and reassemble it too, but I couldn't get the plate with 4 jewels on it to line up with the wheels (I didn't know if it maybe had broken axles?). I probably tortured myself for a good 6 hours, I wish I had the proper tools to do a full inspection and repair

Some day when I actually start woodworking, I'm gonna make watch stuff for people. Marshall's content and benchside manner certainly is inspiring that dream.

I have been watching your videos for a bit now. I wanted to try my hand at watch repair and have compiled a list from previous videos. This video was perfect because in my searching I was always debating on cheaping out or not. THANK YOU for making it an easier decision. As a fellow vehicle mechanic tools are the most important part. Best part is they don't come in a truck every Wednesday lol.

As a new subscriber, I have to say that the information you give to a beginner is superb. I got the feeling of you genuinely wanting to help new hobbyist watchmakers and found your advice impeccable. Thank you.

For the amateur watch collector, I highly recommend the metal Burgeon springbar tool. Worth every penny.

I just a got a generic cheap set as a birthday gift so I can start out tinkering around. But this vid is so informative. I will make sure to get the ones you mentioned when leveling up.

Excellent video! I've been waiting for this, with the oil types, in particular, a huge help. Such a minefield. Thanks Marshall!

Thanks for taking the time to show us the basic tools you need to begin working with your own mechanical watches, Marshall. I've been fascinated with mechanical movements all my life (I'm sixty-one years old). I recently discovered that Timex is producing two Twenty-one jewel Japanese movement mechanical watches again. They have The Waterbury Collection, and The Marlin Collection. Both can be bought for around a hundred dollars (with the four years extended warranty). I bought one of each, and both of them have a date display. This is a pretty big deal for me, because my very first watch was a Timex mechanical movement boys watch, that I got for my sixth birthday in 1966. I now have a couple of nastalgic watches to wear, that remind me of my very first watch, every time I check the time! I've got a small collection of mechanical movement wrist and pocket watches, and they all are in need of some good service (except for the two new Timex watches). I began to take one of the pocket watches apart, but got in way over my head very quickly. After watching half a dozen (or more) of your key videos, I believe that with the proper tools, I could finish servicing that old Maryland Railroad Pocket Watch. It's got a lovely 10k gold case, and all the other features that Railroad Watches have. I'm an Electrical Engineer by trade, so I'm accustomed to working with my hands and small tools. I have a technicians mindset, so I know just how to keep things organized and laid out, and to document everything! Your help, through these videos, is invaluable to people like me, who are on the cusp of entering the world of hobbyists watch repair. I'm a firm believer that you should buy the best quality tools that you can afford, asap. You can start with a basic compliment of mid price tools (avoid the cheapest ones), and if the hobby appeal to you, you can begin to replace the mid price tools with the best possible ones. I've been around long enough to know that "you get what you pay for", and tools are no exception. Cheaper screwdrivers can have weak tips, that will twist out of level if you lean on them too heavily, and cheaper tools in general wear out much more quickly than the good ones do. FWIW : I'm a lifelong musician (multi-instrumentalist), but I started out with playing a single acoustic guitar fifty - five years ago. I now have sixty or seventy thousand dollars worth of musical instruments and studio recording gear. It all grew from that single acoustic guitar, and turned into a lifetime passion. In the beginning, I made due with knockoffs and the stuff that was more affordable for a young man. But somewhere along the way, as my professional life grew, so did my ability to save money to buy the best gear available. One by one, my studio grew up, and into a respectful entity. I have some of the best Gibson, Fender, Gretsch and a few other top drawer electric guitars ever made, and two top drawer Gibson acoustic guitars. I have a Gibson Mastertone Banjo (1920's Era), a 1962 Gibson F-5 Mandolin, a 2020 solid mahogany ($1k) Kala Ukulele, a 1971 Peter Pires Handmaid Violin, and a 1983 Yamaha CP-70b Electric Grand Piano in the studio, along with a full complement of recording equipment. My point is that all hobbies begin small, but if you have found your passion, you can take it as far as you can, or want to. Microphones can be a huge money pit, as you attempt to gain higher fidelity recordings of acoustic instruments. I've got over $10k into microphones, it didn't happen overnight, but it apparently happened. I don't regret a single purchase that I've made towards my passion, it's been my life's blood for over fifty years!

Marshall, I really enjoy your channel. You are informative and inspirational about watch making. This video is exceptionally helpful as I consider getting into this hobby. You have removed the initial barrier question of “How and where do I begin?” Thank you.

Thank you! I was always thinking to myself while watching your videos, “I wonder what all I would need to really get into this hobby”. Well would look at this! I know it was months ago, but honestly p, KZfaq works in mysterious ways. If you’d ask me a month ago if I’d ever given a thought to watch repair, I’d tell you “no way”. It’s just really nice to have someone like you showing people like me how awesome a skill this can be, and done in such a professional manner. 😄👌

Finally! Someone who actually showed and explained the tools of the trade! Thank you! Semper Fi

As an MTG and LR fan who's recently been getting into watches, opening this video and hearing Marshall's voice was a pleasant surprise!

Thank you so much. I have had a collection of watches for a while now, but never thought about learning to service my own watches until I came across your videos. This clip is really really helpful. Thank you so much and pls keep posting.

Marshall, thank you for sharing this with us, I saved the video to my favorites so that I can easily access it. I'm ready to take the plunge and get my hands on it. Thanks to you, I can mentally take a basic ETA movement apart and put it back together again. I'm going to take Mark Lovick's watch repair course and see what happens. I've been fascinated with mechanical watches since 1966, when I received a wind-up Timex watch for my sixth birthday. It's high time that I learned to service my small collection of watches, and go through a box of non-running vintage watches that belonged to my grandparents and father. I decided a long time ago, that life is too short to cheap out on the cost of the things that bring you the most joy. A thousand dollars is not too much to pay for the gear it takes to begin a hobby. Once you have a Timegrapher, Watch Cleaning Machine, Ultrasonic Cleaner, Mainspring Winders, Staking Set and Crystal Presses, you will be spending about three thousand dollars (and up). Before making such an investment, you need to be absolutely certain that you are going to follow through with what you started. I'm an "in for a penny, in for a pound" type of guy, so I would very rapidly wrack up a big total $$. At this point in my life (I'm sixty-one years old), I have the time and resources to make it happen, I'll be taking Marks repair course asap, and I'll keep you posted on my progress.

i have been so shy to get into watch repair or simply opening and closing a watch because i was too afraid to ask certain questions. im from the military and people around arent exactly the kind that can understand the delicate art of watch movements. this video was so incredibly helpful. iv decided i want to try my hand at it. marshal helped in deciding that. thank you

Am not sure this presentation could have been done better by anyone else. Superb for beginners thanks :)

I love this channel. I've been fascinated by horology from a young age and fixing up my own watches at home only recently you really make watch making seem easy. Keep up the good work!

I'm actually pleasantly surprised at the cost actually. Every hobby can get expensive the more you dive into it. As an amateur chef I wouldn't expect much change from $1500 for a good set of knives, bowls, pans and a stand mixer. Although it's not my thing I always find great enjoyment in watching skilled hands doing excellent work. These videos are fascinating, and presented in such an informative and welcoming style they are a genuine pleasure to watch. The highest compliment I can give is that Marshal makes it look so easy - and that is truly the mark of an excellent practitioner. You have my admiration, sir. 🙂

That "Green " work mat is actually designed to eliminate eye fatigue from staring at small things for long periods. I'm an Optical Geek. I find your video's fantastic. I getting ready to take the leap into watches. You are really good at what u do. Thanks!!

Just discovered your page, must say I’m Impressed with the level of detail you put in these videos. You are very vivid in what you are doing and why you are doing it. Love seeing the repair process and will be learning from you, you are motivating me to want to start repairing my own watches. Thank you 🙂

Fascinating! My husband is an Instrument Engineer, now retired. Whenever we watch your work he will tell me about instruments that he worked on based on exactly the same technologies. I wish that someone had pointed me at clocks or other instruments as a career when I was still young enough to retrain! Having watched this video I realise that thanks to my husband we already have many of your recommended items: fine tweezers and screwdrivers, magnifiers, dust blower (photography people will also have these), to name just a few. I am in England where Radio Spares sell decent quality kit at reasonable prices, I have a small set of RS pliers that were gifted to me when I was making jewellery some 40 years ago and they are still like new! I have several very low value watches that belonged to my mother in the 1950s and have been thinking of deconstructing these to use to create art (my term 😂), your video has inspired me to double check that I won’t be destroying watches with the potential to work again, then to make thought a reality, adopting stuff that I have learned from your films. Once again many thanks for sharing so much knowledge!

I'm a new subscriber to your channel. Thank you for the time and effort you put into showing, teaching and explaining the basics. I'm definitely getting into servicing watches (a true beginner). This video was so informative and necessary for me. I look forward to spending more time following your videos. This felt like you was speaking directly to me!

This is exactly what I wanted to know. Thank you very much for putting this information out there!

Just wanted to thank you for all the great content you have. I've always been a watch enthusiast as far back as I can remember. I recently began this fulfillment hobby of Modding mostly Seiko watches, but I was intimated to go any further. Your videos have given many of us the push to explore and dive in to what was once a mystery. Thank you! ps. Interesting story on how I found you... I'm also an avid fan of motorcycle racing and listen to this podcast every week. Greg White from Greg's Garage mentioned how he found you and was fascinated and captivated by your videos. Who would have guessed that I would hear about you listening to a motorcycle podcast.

Marshall, you have given me years of knowledge in the most comprehensive way imaginable. Thank you for all of your restoration videos. Your work belongs on a DVD video box set. I'm confident in saying makers at ETA are not much better at performing the job than you are.

Thank you for a really good video and explanation of the watch tools used, and the quality of them, and sharing your usage experience. Thank you!

I love your videos! Would you consider doing a video more specifically addressing the cleaning process your used before you acquired a watch cleaning machine?

I’m glad you put this video out you’ve given me the courage to service a watch. I’ve liked mechanical time keeping devices sine I was very young and already have a few of the tools but haven’t ever done a complete service on anything except a mantel clock (it worked after reassembly and regulating).

Instead of buying expensive watchpart baskets, search for mesh tea infusers. At least to start with. BTW a great thank you, for NOT playing music in your videoes. The sound of your work and your narrating are just perfect.

Wow. Gotta say I've seen a decent number of video tutorials / educational videos in my day, and your's, my friend, are the best I've seen. Across industries. Please keep them up!!

This is so wild. I used to watch Marshal's Deck Tech videos in 2009 when I was into Magic and now stumbled on his Watch Making Techs now that I am getting into horology. You can totally feel his commentator experience throughout his watch repair videos.

Thanks for the counsel. The right tools make things possible, good tools make things easier👍🏽

Thanks for what I consider to be the best video I have found on the subject. As someone who is contemplating watch repair and restoration as a hobby it's helpful to know that I can get my feet wet without spending too much at first.

The Green mat being easy on the eyes is legit! That’s why a lot of the surgical drapes and scrubs in an Operating Theatre are green or blue in colour.

It looks like a lot of tools can be 3D printed like the screwdriver holders, part tray with cover, oil holders (maybe with a ceramic insert so the oil doesn't sit on PLA)

This video is very clear, concise and to the point: great information to begin to navigate this complex world of watch works.

This video got me into watch restoring, i inherited a lot of tools from my mothers uncle who was working at the royal watchmaker in Oslo. So i got a lot of tools that i don't know how to use if it hadn't been for this channel. Hope to upload some videos of my own one day. Thanks for the inspiration and the informative videos!

I would love to see a series of videos helping a beginning hobiest service a basic automatic. This is a great part 1, but I would recommend topics like recommended movements to start with, how to get a cheap working movement to service (so you don't toast something you care about), step-by-step teardown with beginner tips like how to keep track of parts, assembling and disassembling tips (stubborn screws, matching tips with heads, amount of pressure to reassemble), bail-out options (advise from someone experienced, how to find them, parts replacement location), etc.

I think I speak for a lot of us when I say: I'd be interested in hearing about your path to watchmaking. What's your background, what's your day-job. How old were you when you took this up, how did you dip your toe in the water, what training has looked like. Where you see the limits for an amateur (can this be a side hustle or purely a self-indulgence).

Thank you Marshall, a great informative video and a great help for me as I have just retired and starting to "gather" tools and great advice. I follow you as you explain in layman terms and you are a craftsman.

Thank you for your video. It was your channel that helped me get the watch repair bug and I am pulling the trigger on buying the basics today! I just got back from visiting family in Switzerland and I bought a Swiss hand watch from 1914 which I hope to service some day. I also have a cousin who is a cop in Zurich who gave me a box full of fake luxury watches that I can trash as I learn. Thank you so much for your videos, they are my favorite of the watch repair folk.

Thanks for all the helpful info Marshall! I'll certainly be taking a look at some of these from your links.

I’ve been welding for twenty years and spent 12 of those years welding semiconductors. Most of the time I need to look under magnification after I’ve welded something. I have a huge interest in the watch making process but I also know that it takes great skill, knowledge, patience and passion to be a great watchmaker. This video has me on the fence right now. Very informative and tempting 👍🏻

Hey Mr.Marshall i commented on another video about how to start out with the tools and found this right after, sorry about that, thank you for the video. just ordered a "lot" of ten vintage automatic watches, watches have been something I've been interested in for a long time. I slowly fell in love more and more everyday and watching your videos have inspired me more than you can imagine. I can't wait to start and get better! thank you for the great videos.

I’m so glad you’ve made this video, I’ve been interested in trying it out but could never find where to start or what you could get away with as a bare minimum. Thank you!

This is really tempting. Thanks for giving a ball park amount. The only thing is; you make it look easy. Keeping your hands still will be my kryptonite.😵

One set of tweezers I would want is a pair with replaceable ceramic ends like those used by vapers who build their own coils. I have found that a company called Coil Master has a nice pair for around $9.00.

Thank you so much for the time and effort you put into making this video. I found it extremely clear, concise, and informative.

Great video - really appreciate letting us know where it's better to go with quality and where it's okay to skimp a little to get started

Happy to see that I got all those basic tools, it’s cost me a lot but it’s great to working with good tools ! By the way just to tell you Marshall, that I really follow each your video, they all very interesting and your explanation are perfect for me ! I’m a fan for sure !

Would love to see a partner video to this... speaking on what to look for when hunting ebay for good vintage watches. resources for identifying deals, spotting scams, what movements are "classic" or "fun" to work on... or just generally how you go about your process.

Thank you for this video! It sheds a light for us the people that want to dive in this hobby

I can't believe how useful and informative this is. Thanks so so much!

Awww man, Marshall where was this video when I was buying all my stuff last spring? Lmbo. I figured all this out very slowly and choosing wisely. I'm at the point of buying the oils, cups, and cleaning, rinsing solutions for my cleaning machine. You have neglected the time grapher for seeing just how your freshly serviced watch is running. But I guess that will be for video #2.

Thank you for the enormously useful video! I am happy to know that I've already purchased beginner versions of everything except the full range of oils, the putty, and the small ultrasonic cleaner (I was checking those out on Amazon yesterday, trying to guess whether it would work properly for servicing a watch movement) I only fell for watches two years ago, but have accumulated a fair variety including a number of vintage ones in need of service, but not so precious It would be a crime to damage them with amateur paws. My hands aren't entirely un-practiced (I am an experienced dressmaker and tailor) but the deftness of a watchmaker will have to develop with practice! Would you happen to have a shortlist of movement types you recommend as appropriate for beginners learning to service a mechanical watch? I was told that inexpensive old pocket watch movements can be a good training exercise, and have a few smaller ones for the purpose; but if you know of specific types you think especially good for someone at the very start, I would appreciate the tip. And I shall add your Patreon, hoping for more excellent guidance for the present task! People able to perform service and maintenance on watches seem to be very hard to find at present, with most I have contacted having a work backlog of some weeks to six months. I'm retired, so perhaps at some point I might be able to offer basic clean-and-lubricate service locally... and thus, get to talk to more people who aren't bored to death by watch geek blathering?! Apropos of which, I just scored a damn-close-to-mint Hamilton of the model I love best, one that will fit my wrist better than the modern automatic Lloyd I wear even though it's MUCH too big on my tiny lady wrists and my family snickers at me :)

thank you so much for this!!!!!!! i really want to get into the hobby but had NO idea what i needed AND NOW I KNOW!!!! thank you man i love you!!!!!

Thank you for your tutorials. With your guidance, I was able to disassemble and reassembled the seagull st36 with my first attempt. It was an awesome feeling seeing that balance wheel kick start.

Thanks for the info! I just turned 40 and picked up watchmaking as a new hobby! I ended up getting a digital microscope as opposed to a loupe as I record everything so I can continually go back to look at it. I was shocked at the price of the Bergeon tools but you’re paying for decades of watchmaking experience and quality. Thanks for the oil list as I just ended up buying pretty much all the ones on Esslinger to be safe. Question for you, do you wear a coat or frock when working on watches? I know they do in the factories, but not sure if you have a work jacket or something? Love the videos?

Don't skimp on the screwdrivers or tweezers. When these don't work, you are done. You may prefer a visor to a single loupe so you can work at a distance and then flip the visor loupe over when you want to see closer.

I was hoping to one day make a similar guide video like this where I compare chinese vs swiss and when it's a good call to cheap out or when to ball out. Glad you made this video!

Thank you so much! This video came at the perfect time as I am waiting on a vintage Citizen to arrive to attempt my first service!

Anyone considering getting into the hobby: WR's videos are so well done, and make the hobby look very approachable. In my experience, it hasn't been. I picked up some of the tools listed here to try the hobby out and while I'm glad some people enjoy it I found it agonizing. I'm 30, and even now I don't have a steady enough hand or good enough eyesight to do this work. It is tedious, difficult, frustrating, expensive, and time consuming. Even if you enjoy it it will still be all of those things, you'll just find the result rewarding enough to justify the process. If you want to start this hobby don't buy ANY of this. Buy the cheapest Chinese made equivalent and a broken watch. Take it apart, put it together again, and THEN if you still enjoy it start making a real go. I'll willing to bet most of the people who try it will hate it as much as I have.

Very cool of you to share this, I'll never do what you do for a hobby, but interesting to hear about the insider stuff that you share here. Thanks for doing these videos, love your narration and work. I'm a sucker for great wristwatches and how things work.

Thanks Marshall ! Really appreciate your channel ... Will be following your recommendations ... I've been around craftsmen all my life, and I have always listened intently to their advice on tools and materials 👍😊

Love your videos, I can’t stop watching them. I am thinking about getting into watch repair myself for fun.

Very thorough and useful demonstration of the needed gear for watch making thanks !

I can confirm that green backround does not tire the eyes as much as any other color. It is a real thing, not just a marketing. Thank you for the video.

Fantastic overview. I've done some basic stuff but I want to get more into it, this helped me a lot.

I just discovered these kinds of channels, and I must say, as someone who does amateur electronics repair, there is an amazing amount of overlap between the tools needed for electronics work and watch work

i am starting my journey with horology and that video is just what i was looking for. i dont really want to spend thousands of dollars for a new hobby, and knowing where i can cut my spendings is golden. thank you very much!

Thank you so much. you are well spoken, knowledgable and you have a great way of speaking and explaining things. you could easily be a watchmaking teacher. 🙏 thanks again

I use to repair a few watches many years ago, .....I noticed the watch oil has an expiry date, this can be quite expensive for a beginner...best to go for the more expensive oil as recommended as the cheaper oil resembles cooking oil for chips. ......Nice Hobby and relaxing, personally I purchased a quartz watch 30 years ago analogue type I change the battery every two years and off it goes again, The back kitchen wall clock was made in 1963, and 43 years ago my father put a quartz movement in as a replacement still working fine. He has given excellent advice in obtaining the right tools......I think your best friend in today's world is a video camera so you can see how you originally took the watch apart

Thanks for all the sharing of your experience and knowledge. You are so helpful and kind. And so inspiring and encouraging.

Your channel got me looking at parts watches and tools. Love the content.

Your videos were one of the first that fascinated me back in September....I had found 2 good cellphones that were damaged that I brought back to life(one of which I'm using now,a Note 9) and after watching your videos have been off and on trying my hand at learning the hobby. It's just knowing how to put it all back together again.....

What a useful, and straightforward video. I love this channel!

Thanks so much for the information. I watch your videos all the time. Very helpful. I haven't taken a watch apart yet but I intend to by following the steps in your detailed videos.

I love how you interact with your audience, so many of these channels are from faceless / voiceless creators.

Really helpful, thorough and clearly presented. Thanks Marshall!

Thank you ever so much Marshall. Obviously this is the start for a person wanting to enter into the world of watchmaking. What might start off as a hobby could end up as a business for a person who is keen to learn and persevere through the process. I read somewhere that repetition is the best way to learn how to service a watch completely. Also serving a master watchmaker as an apprentice is a great way to get started. I have a 3 year old Longines Classic Conquest with the L888 movement and I priced a service here in South Africa where I live. Longines recommended basic service without replacing parts is R3500 ($231USD). This is the basic price for every service, but will probably be more at the end of every 5 year period. It makes sense for someone to have a professional person service their watch, but if a person really gets into watchmaking and practices on ETA movements and cheaper ones over time, then perhaps they might have the confidence to one day take their watch apart and service it themselves. Thanks once again for a great video with all the right info. Blessings to you.

I'm a new subscriber... I've love watches for many years... but now I'd like to enjoy myself on trying to "restore" some old watches... just for fun... this video and all the others are very useful... thanks a lottttttttt for your time.

Thank you so much. I really appreciate your advice. I am a watch aficionado and would love servicing my collection. Good work and please continue teaching us so well

Thank you for doing this video. I'm considering diving into this as a hobby and this video was a very big help.

Hi Marshall - out of all the watch repair channels on KZfaq, I find your videos the most enjoyable! I've seen several of your videos where you work on a watch sent in by a viewer. Well, I have something I think you might REALLY enjoy working on, it's a Curta calculator and it really needs to be serviced. There used to be a local watch guy but he's retired and is no longer available. I have a service manual for it which specifies all the oil points but even though I've worked a few watches, there's NO way I'm prepared to take this apart. Take a look at them online and let me know if this is something you want to tackle and we can take it from there - Thanks again for all the incredible videos.

I took the leap today and bought gear. Thank you for everything bro🙏

One of your BEST videos! I am a mechanical (and electrical) guy, have been all my life, and I love all your presentations. If I could only grow a new set of fingers, I'd think I died and went to heaven! My fingers went south a few years ago when I got the diabetic neuropathy and I had to quit fiddling with the banjo and the piano. Harmonica is still good, though. This video is definitely a keeper.

Thanks for the video. Always wanted to know the basic tools needed for beginners.

Outstanding, this video is exactly what I was (and many others were) looking for. Thanks.

Have to say thank you. I have been peeking at your restorations for a month or two. Just subscribed in fairness to you. It is so daunting but you make it so tempting. Well, I gave in to the temptation. This may just fulfill a desire that has remained idle for 40 years. Just bought a couple of cheap movements from ebay to start the learning process. I'll make sure I thank you again in a couple of months. And I need to do a training vid or three to help me on the way. Finding a mid tier screw driver set was my first purchase.... thanks, Brett

I wonder how many people have taken this up after watching your videos? I know I’m interested in that it seems very relaxing. At least watching you do it is…. I tend to be a bull in a china shop type of person and I’ve broken several tools in my lifetime if I got frustrated enough and then “hulk smash”! LOL. I think I’ll just continue to watch your productions and get my soothing relaxation from that. 😊