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This is a custom die filer (a.k.a bench filing machine) "shop finished" by the talented homey over at Clickspring. You can find more details at http://www.clickspringprojects.com/die-filer-or-bench-filing-machine.html. It’s also worth noting that this filer has been modeled after the MLA-18. And that you can order a casting from State College Central.

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Spotted this neat clamp on Foredom’s website. Quite nice.

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Stumbled upon this on the bay today and thought it looked handy for holding pieces while cutting.

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A page from the Jewelers' Circular-Keystone of November 1977. Throwback Thursday?

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I stumbled upon a brand that was a bit new to me today and thought I’d share. The brand is Zantech-Fried and what’s seen here is their 900 A watch timer.

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What a beauty.

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This is just a reminder to do more research on Sigma Electronics in the future. Found this water resistance tester on ebay earlier.

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Detailed examples of Epilamization and good source for ultrasonic watch cleaning liquids.

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Found this Ultrasonic VC-10 Portescap automatic watch cleaner via ebay and thought it was interesting.

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Anyone want to try to guess what the brand of lathe this is? Or, possibly the country of manufacture?

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Because the lathe was often marketed shorn of all accessories - not even a power feed along the bed or a top slide - before buying a used example it is essential to know the exact specification on offer; a basic version is useful, but a well-equipped example should be greatly preferred - even if considerable more expensive. Ideally, the lathe should be equipped with: a top slide, power feed and screwcutting (often combined in one accessory pack, sometimes two), a slow-speed attachment and a fine down-feed unit on the milling head.

Occupying a space of  756 mm x 377 mm x 245 mm (29.7" x  14.8" x 9.6") the ML360 weighed, in standard form without any accessories, 30 kg (66 lbs).

It’s available on the bay. And you can read more at lathes.co.uk.

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This month’s rare find is a Flexispeed lathe. I’m guessing this is the Mk. 1 based on the following read from lathes.co.uk. It definitely isn’t the Mk. 2, as I think the last photo in the set above proves.

This model, intended to compete against the ever-popular and very cheap "Super Adept" reverted to the original 15/8" centre height but was fitted with a proper compound slide rest and a 3-step headstock pulley.

Additions

It contains a new taper cutting top cross slide, foldaway Singer electric motor with variable speed control, new three jaw self centering chuck, tailstock drilling chuck (0-3mm) and wooden base.

Read more about this lathe at lathes.co.uk.

It’s available to snag on the bay.

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Ultimate eBay (US) Watch Tool Guide

This is a living guide that is meant to provide some helpful links to find used watchmaking tools. If you see a query that you’d like added to the list, let me know via the Submit Query button below. 

This guide only covers search queries for the US version of eBay. To see the global eBay guide visit Gettin’ Multilingual Deals.

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Click the following words below to be taken to an eBay search using the term.

All Categories

(andrä,andra) zwingenberger

aero (France) lathe

agathon (Swiss) lathe

alfeo (Italy) lathe

(Italian,"made in Italy") lathe

(German,"made in Germany") lathe

(Japan,"made in Japan") lathe

(Austrailian,"made in Austrailia") lathe

(Swiss,"made in Switzerland") lathe

(France,French,"made in France") lathe

(English,England,"made in England") lathe

advance lathe

(perris,"pl 90",pl90,pl-90,"pl 100",pl100,pl-100) lathe

andrychowska lathe

(Polish,"made in Poland") lathe

Arbeluxe lathe

(langlois,jornod,ARE,courbevoie,nodier,"nodier & cie","de roanne") lathe

(Tischbohrmaschine,Drehmaschine,maschine) Uhrmacher

(hobby,jeweler,jeweler's,jewelry) lathe

(micro,mikron,small) hobber machine

(teknik,dokum) lathe

enco mills and lathes

(sohne,söhne) lathe

rotwerk (drehmaschine,lathe)

craftex lathe

sieg lathe

little machine shop

Jewelry & Watches

watchmaking

watchmaker

(moebius,swiss,fomblin,nye,bergeon,seiko,nanoLube,quicken,horotec,novostar,neoval) (oil, grease) -(painting,strap)

bergeon

horia

horotec

schaublin

levin

lorch

raglan

elma

witschi

hauser

Hardinge lathe

aciera

servo press

swiss lathe

swiss mill

sensitive drill

jig borer

screw press and fly press

staking tool or set

jeweling tool or set

watch timing machine

watch cleaning machine

emco

precision measuring

s.a. suisse

chatons s.a.

edelstaal

foredom

dumore

boley

cowells

rare watchmaking

unique watchmaking

l&r (mostly cleaning machines)

schmid

oiler

greiner

lititz (Matador cleaner, Matador cleaning machine)

bulova cleaning machine

pivofix

rollifit

bergeon oiler

bergeon oil stand

bergeon oil cups

E.H. Jones

tesa (caliper & guage)

waterproof tester

vintage waterproof tester

gemoro

GRS engraving

rolling mill

hector lathe

Hauser M1 Jig Borer

watchmaker’s lathe

smile line

Leica M60

Leica S6 E

Leica Flexarm Stand

inkwell pad printing machine (dial printing)

bloesch

mainspring winder

Heidenhain Probe

manix lathe

uprighting tool

pivot polisher

(flexispeed, simat 101, meteor, hector, norfolk, perris) lathe

ball vise

friedrich deckel

norfolk lathe

adept lathe

(prazision,prazisions)

bench lathe

Business & Industrial

watchmaking

watchmaker

horia

horotec

schaublin

levin

lorch

raglan

elma

witschi

hauser

aciera

servo press

swiss lathe

swiss mill

sensitive drill

jig borer

screw press and fly press

staking tool or set

jeweling tool or set

watch timing machine

watch cleaning machine

emco

precision measuring

s.a. suisse

chatons s.a.

edelstaal

foredom

dumore

boley

cowells

rare watchmaking

unique watchmaking

l&r cleaning (mostly cleaning machines)

schmid

greiner

lititz tools (Matador cleaner, Matador cleaning machine)

bulova cleaning machine

pivofix

rollifit

bergeon oiler

bergeon oil stand

bergeon oil cups

E.H. Jones

tesa (caliper & guage)

waterproof tester

vintage waterproof tester

gemoro

GRS engraving

rolling mill

hector lathe

Hauser M1 Jig Borer

watchmaker’s lathe

smile line

Leica M60

Leica S6 E

Leica Flexarm Stand

inkwell pad printing machine (dial printing)

bloesch

mainspring winder

Heidenhain

Hardinge lathe

manix lathe

uprighting tool

pivot polisher

(flexispeed, simat 101, meteor, hector, norfolk, perris) lathe

(watch,watchmaker, clock,modeler,jeweler) lathe -(wood)

Ballou Whitcomb

ball vise

friedrich deckel

norfolk lathe

adept lathe

(prazisions-drehstühle,drehstühle,drehstuhle,prazisions,metalwerker,zubehor,zubehör,drestuhl)

("micro milling","micro mill","micro lathe")

Antiques

friedrich deckel

watchmaker lathe

(lorch, levin, boley,cowells,cowell's, bergeon) lathe

lathe

(haighton,cadet) lathe

grindturn lathe

(grommet,fly,screw,punch,arbor,leather) press

norfolk lathe

adept lathe

More tips can be found via this Mashable guide.

Know a good query related to watchmaking tools? Submit it below.

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Finding Used Watchmaking Tools

The goal of this post is to be more of reference guide for finding used watchmaking tools on various US/English sites across the internet. (I didn’t include eBay because I’ve done an extensive post on this particular auction at Ultimate eBay (US) Watch Tool Guide and Gettin’ Multilingual Deals.)

If you have suggestions or another query to add to the list, submit it below. Also, if you find something interesting, please share it.

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Auctions

zoomthelist.com (All of Craigslist in Last 7 Days)

watchmaking

watchmaker

watch tool

precision lathe

precision drill

precision mill

sensitive drill

lorch

boley

hauser

elma

witschi

emco

cowells

aciera

dumore

schaublin

jean widmer

wohlhaupter

syncotec

tesa

mitutoyo

walter brunelli

reishauer

kumewa

bausch & lomb

swiss lathe

erosion machine

engraving machine

enameling

enamels

foredom

faceting

table kiln

tabletop kiln

paragon kiln

enamel kiln and enameling kiln

drill press

machining

lathe (Good luck!)

ultrasonic

levin

levin lathe

levin drill

servo drill

edelstaal

shopgoodwill.com

watchmaking

watchmaker

watch tool

precision lathe

precision drill

precision mill

sensitive drill

lorch

boley

hauser

elma

witschi

emco

cowells

aciera

dumore

schaublin

jean widmer

wohlhaupter

syncotec

tesa

mitutoyo

walter brunelli

reishauer

kumewa

bausch & lomb

swiss lathe

erosion machine

engraving machine

enameling

enamels

foredom

faceting

kiln

drill press

machining

lathe

ultrasonic

k-bid.com

watchmaker

watchmaking

watch tool

watch cleaner

watch timer

watch timing machine

precision lathe

precision drill

sensitive drill

precision mill

schaublin

lorch

boley

hauser

elma

witschi

emco

cowells

aciera

dumore

swiss lathe

erosion machine

engraving machine

foredom

paragon kiln

enameling kiln

faceting

rose engine

turning lathe

trademachines.com

watchmaking

watch tool

watch cleaning machine

watch timer

watch timing machine

precision lathe

precision drill

precision mill

sensitive drill

lorch

boley

hauser

elma

witschi

emco

cowells

aciera

dumore

schaublin

jean widmer

wohlhaupter

syncotec

raglan

walter brunelli

reishauer

kumewa

bausch & lomb

swiss lathe

erosion machine

engraving machine

enameling

foredom

faceting

rose engine

turning lathe

edelstaal

govdeals.com

lathe

schaublin

watchmaking

watch tool

watch cleaning machine

watch timer

watch timing machine

precision lathe

precision drill

precision mill

sensitive drill

lorch

boley

hauser

elma

witschi

emco

cowells

aciera

dumore

engraver

ultrasonic

precision

listatool.com

schaublin

hauser

lorch

watchmaker

watchmaking

clockmaking

Forums

Watchuseek Sales Corner (Private Sellers & Sponsors, Books, Parts, Tools, Winders & other Accessories)

NAWCC 4 Sale

Resellers

Niels Machines

Suggest Query

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Reminder to try to find this book.

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Image of watch cases from a German case maker known as Ickler. 

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Old news, but no less elegant. Read more at Hodinkee.