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@@JimbobPalmerThat’s unfortunate to hear. Your videos were part of the inspiration for me getting into watchmaking school and now attempting to make my own watch too. Though it’s taken so long just to start. Tools/machines are so expensive. Well, I hope you are doing well.

@@NotAMachinist1024 I'm glad the videos have done some good in the world. They felt very silly to make in the moment, but I am glad that they are now there for people of all skill levels to discover and enjoy. I hope watchmaking school was as enjoyable for you as it was for me, and I hope you get further than I did in the dream of making your own watch! Good luck! Jim

Thank you! The design is based on the George Daniels 4 minute tourbillon watch, though I put my own spin on it in certain areas.

Thanks! I use 10x and 20x the most, 50x comes in handy for some things but you can get by with just the first two for 99% of jobs.

Hi Paul, unfortunately I have stopped all together and this series will never be finished. Thank you for tuning in to the few episodes I did though!

Hi Daniel, thank you! Using a live centre does get the hole in the right region, but it never perfectly centres is so you will always need to use this method to get the hole running perfectly concentric.

Thank you! I love your videos so it is great to know you have seen mine!

Still looking?

These were from PP Thornton, though they are only really reliable for pocket watch size and bigger. For wristwatches you will need to fork out a lot of money to buy from someone like Louis Belet or Dixi.

@@JimbobPalmer thank you, I have since bought a few from them, they make some fantastic cutters and for pinions you definitely are going to need a lot unfortunately as each tooth count and module has its own cutter which absolutely adds up fast

The 8mm lathe (the small blue one) is a cowells 90CW and the lathe at the end of the video where James is inline milling is a Schaublin 70

I bought these cutters from P P Thorntons, but I now have Louis Belet cutters instead of these

@@JimbobPalmer thanks for info it is very helpful for me

I use Applitec turning tools, you can find them on floydautomatic.co.uk

Oh, it says right in the video.. nvm!

I purchased them from floydautomatic.co.uk and the dies are by Harold Habegger

From floydautomatic.co.uk and the dies are by Harold Habegger, they go down even smaller and I will be using them for my M0.4 threads too!

@@JimbobPalmer thanks for this it turned out to be what I was looking for.

I have thought about that and I can’t think of any reason not to do it other than it would look rather odd 🤣 I stop a little short of the head of the screw so there is always a small section not threaded but it’s not too much of a task to thread that much. Maybe if I was making a thousand screws I would think differently and employ the method you mentioned!

Thank you! Yes I use CZ121 brass

I only use carbide cutters at this point, I think the only thing I use HSS for is for a cutter that I use to chunk out material that doesn’t need to be accurate. I got a new sharpening system that means I can sharpen up my carbide cutters very easily now!