Cast iron or Aluminium?

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

At last I've found a couple of images of actual Watchmaker's Lathe tools:

**LINK**

https://i.pinimg.com/736x/b3/64/f5/b364f5bd4b3e1b9491ce575c4f132ad1–precision-tools-wolf.jpg

**LINK**

https://img.auctiva.com/imgdata/2/0/7/6/4/4/webimg/872448851_tp.jpg

These are for lapping watch components, not the faceplate of the lathe … but the principle is the same.

MichaelG.

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

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Edited By Michael Gilligan on 05/01/2019 00:25:16

[Jeff DaymanParticipant @jeffdayman43397]

"snailing" process, maybe?

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

Posted by Jeff Dayman on 05/01/2019 03:28:53:

"snailing" process, maybe?

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Quite possibly, Jeff … it's certainly a kindred process

**LINK**

https://www.circuitousroot.com/artifice/machine-shop/surface-finishing/snailing/index.html

I always thought of 'snailing' as decorative rather than technical; but in horology, things do have a tendency to morph from one to the other.

MichaelG.

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Here's a direct link to Steffen Pahlow's video:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=S_S8oA9HdlY#fauxfullscreen

Edited By Michael Gilligan on 05/01/2019 07:52:42

[John ReeseParticipant @johnreese12848]

There are two different lengths of 8mm collets in use and two different threads. I purchased a drawbar from China that has metric threads in one end and imperial on the other. The handwheel is held by a setscrew so I can adjust for the length of collet. That allows me to use 4 different flavors of collet in my lathe.

A lot of watchmaker tooling is available from Chinese sources on eBay.

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