Wait a minute… I’m not a watchmaker and knows nothing about staking tools, but should you not have centred and lock up the staking tool and harbour pivot with the hole before hammering the stud out!?? Am I missing something!?

James Alden Lea was born on September 30, 1936, in Warren, Ohio, and passed away on August 9, 2018 May he rest in peace.

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Excellent video when making the Fusee you use hand pressure to push in the cutter did move along the bed by hand as well. Regards john

Good job and thank you for sharing your knowledge

Very nice I watched it again I’m a little on the old side but like to work on clocks; like the stuff you do but at 83 I know my limitations 😊

Beautiful Work, thks

I like the staking tool design where you can swing the arm out of the way allowing the tool to double as a bench block.

How do you attach the attach block?

Hi James trust all is well if any of the family are reading this let's know that James Is still around..xxxxx

رائع جيمس..عمل رائع..أستمر رجاء"..شكرا"جزيلا"..

I have watched all of your videos over the past few days . In the hope that you are still with us I say Thankyou. If you have passed I say what a great legacy you have left James . Cheers Ade.

I see a very major wobble in your drill press shaft (running way out of true).. Often that is the sacrifice when buying super cheap chinese drill presses. Something in the shaft, or taper, shank, or chuck is way out of whack on your machine. I'm surprised you're able to use it for the precision needed for replacing clock bushings.

Interesting video, I had this problem once & wondered how I was going to file a square hole so small through it & you explained a round hole fits onto a square arbor possibly with a little loctite. I have a tiny escapement file but even that's too big. Thanks fir sharing this.

Вітаю, дякую вам за працю 😊❤

Thank you for a wonderful tutorial. Have a beautiful K&D Watch maker’s kit circa early 1900’s this was very helpful. The craftsmanship of this kind cannot be allowed to be lost!

Why so slow with such size of drill?

Great workshop. All the tools/machines needed to do the job is there

I think i was a little more interested in those stake tools and the stand for it than the process of drilling for new pivot which was equally interesting. Discovering new(or currently used)tools that i havent seen before, is very intrigueing for me😂. Lovely video sharing it with us Also magnificent storage box for that tool

Good luck in your battle with cancer! I wish you the best

A privilege to watch a master at work. Were he still with us I would ask how he can see well enough to do small work. I'm soon 77, eyes are limiting the kind of work I can do.

Hi, A while ago you showed a clock staking tool you bought over in the United Kingdom. Could you give me that guy's email address or I could send you mine and you could send it to him. David Macdonald As the guy below says you are never too old to learn also just to see different ways of doing a job. Keep it up I enjoy watching you work

I wish I could spend ten years as your apprentice you know so much

How are you james. I watched this quite some years ago. You had spinal stenosis which i have. But you were pleased with the outcome. God bless you friends.

The late great James Lea. What a loss but while he was with us, he produced wonderful Clock repair videos. Thsnk you James. RIP.

Sadly, James passed away in 2018. The Guy was a real craftsman. We will all miss you James.

I have now buy the clock and running now, have done what you did on the lathe. Here is the movie. I want to ask also how your pendulum is connected on top of the clock, mine has a pin trough it who is bent on top of clock. kzbin.info/www/bejne/g6q4aaWGlM55hLs

Jim, It's Dave Fletcher. I find clock repair interesting to watch.

That Hardinge was made in my home town ...Elmira NY. They are fantastic lathes I have alot of hours behind a Clausing too. You could make virtually anything in that shop.

Its a Great pleasur to working with you Mr James 👍

Its a Great pleasur to working with you Mr James 👍

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Дякую вам за працю,ви є майстер

Привітання,а чи є у вас ученики послідовники,бо таких майстрів ,як ви все менше

Clockmakers have the most beautiful shops.

Wonderful video thank you Mr. Lea for sharing you knowledge and experience. Little funny - when you showed the larger slide rule and then said “this has a DRO also”, I hesitated for a second and then chuckled to myself.

Great class! Thank you for sharing.

Another well done job.

I love to watch detail work like what you do. Thanks for sharing your professional skill with us.

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A great video. explaining how to solve a dilemma that I had almost given up on how I should solve it. Thank you - I now know how to approach the problem and maybe I will do the job as you have shown to save the clock. thank you so much - your advice lives on.

Thank you for sharing, thank you for your legacy

I sadly suspect that James has passed. I hope the family is ok.This guy was a clock making genius

Thanks for sharing, love your channel!

uhm, so what was the process before a fancy drill presses?? I've got this problem at home and can't wait to rebush it

Fantastic job, thanks for showing us how it's done

Copper materials from china can't be used !

Why are you still using Inches instead of milimeters with such delicate measurements.

Taking long time. Pl try to be brief description.