Problem Solved - Removing Impossible To Remove Hands - Horotec Hand Removal Tool Review - 05.125 120

[@WatchRepairChannel]

** Subscribe to the Mark Makes channel here: kzbin.info/door/Fjh0_xxctCiXzOTXPOWHjg **Start watching the full build of this tool here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bKuafK2OjMeUetE ** Free plans will be available on the Mark Makes channel. In this video I drastically improve the usability of the Horotec 05.125 120 chronograph hand removal tool I reviewed a few videos ago. This video constructs & demonstrates the use of a customised Jig I manufactured and maybe you can too.

[@deadeyedsam850]

Well done , your homemade tool is most likely better than the Horotec tool. 👍

[@craig221]

I'm more impressed how you hone more interesting skills besides watches. Great stuff Mark bravo

[@ianmedium]

It’s funny though, the tradition in a lot of watch schools is that before they are even let near a watch the first thing a student learns is to make their own tools, I think this just adds so much depth to the process and of course, if you make a tool you become an even greater expert in using it!

[@Nevzoroff_]

A real master makes his own tools. Mark well done!

[@1911nutt]

Fine watch enthusiasts if like me, love the blending of art, passion, and utility. I thoroughly enjoy how you represent each of these in every video! Very pleasing to watch a skilled man do his work!

[@nutz4gunz457]

I'm an auto mechanic so I've made and modified my share of tools but this is on the next level. You sir are a master of your trade.

[@cuckoowasp2009]

Genius Mark! I hope you consider manufacturing some specialty tools for a wider audience.

[@UGA.D]

That is INSANELY well-crafted and just plain AWESOME! Your talents seem to know no bounds!

[@dkd1228]

I have no problems with watching your machine work. I find it equally useful to watching your timepiece work. Technique is important to both.

[@StaticVapour590]

I would like to thank you from teaching me some basic things. I just transferred parts from working Miyota 8210 to 8200, had to tear that thing apart pretty much 80% from the backside, all the gears and that huge bridge. Even timed it to change date at specific time rather than at 5am. My search continues and i'm getting Seiko 5 and weird pilot style watch that's made in Italy with newer Miyota movement Thank you

[@galaxy606]

I used to be an aerospace machinist and it is always good to see the discipline in action. Nice build!

[@allennickles3970]

Awesome job on fabrication of the jig. I often wondered if one could make most of these watchmaking tools yourself. To bad I don't have the extra lath and machining tools to do the fabrication myself. Outstanding work. Thanks for sharing 😀

[@electronicengineer]

You sir have incredibly skilled hands!

[@markburrows4158]

Under 2 minutes into this video, and I had to pause it, and get over to the "side channel" and subscribe/get alerts for any activities. I'm a sucker for and kind of "precision engineering" anyway, probably why I love watches so much in the first place, so for my favourite watch repair channel to "branch out" into videos for related engineering and toolmaking stuff is like an extra birthday for me this year. Wonderful stuff.

[@st3althyone]

Damn fine workmanship on your design for the hand removal tool Mark, great job. I love to see a maker design and machine metal to their will, it’s great stuff!

[@johnsrabe]

I love the knocked-off edges of the moving platform. Classy! Good work on the design and the tool, and what a pleasure it will be to use for years to come - because you’ll know you built it!

[@9tophat]

Who the hell would thumbs down this video? Great videos on this channel and one of the best watch repair channels. Brilliant work, explanation and results. Well done. Cheers!👍

[@nickjanssens]

Pure engineering, scale up these efforts and you realise how an ocean liner is made.

[@KM-bj4ju]

اني احب عملك بشكل لا يوصف ...انك تدخل علينا السلام والهدوء بعملك الراقي والرائع

[@47zero]

Fab job. Just subscribed to Mark Makes, it will be a tough call picking a favourite. But why choose when I can watch both. Thanks Mark, great content.

[@jenilocke8255]

Poetry in motion. Love the way you engineered this.

[@MSGBlair]

I am extremely impressed and greatful for this video.

[@TheOwlGuy777]

Your ingenuity never fails to impress!

[@brunonjezic6208]

I really hope vintage Longines flyback comes through your shop and you make viseo on it

[@lucacadianalbert]

unbelievable - I'm a strong advocate for having "the right tool for the job - I love this kind of thinking/determination/tinkering. So sick! Subscribed to your other channel.

[@michaelskinner896]

Excellent! Two skill sets I wish I had; machining and watch repairing.

[@karthiksampatharao7790]

Amazing work of watch repair

[@ageary]

impressive skills mark. Necessity is the mother of invention.

[@federicomiazzo9081]

Built, not bought, well done!

[@johncunningham5435]

Excellent craftmanship Mark; "a joy to watch".

[@daniel923e]

Great job Mark, you are a real engineer a real genius, God bless.

[@benneboii8117]

There is nothing more impressive than people who can make stuff from ideas in their head...

[@phooesnax]

Very good. Love machine work. Thinking next 2.0 base will have socket and XY adjust screws.

[@spidiq8]

Very cool, been looking forward to this and delighted that you've made the new channel which I'll definitely be subscribing to having recently discovered the joys of machining.

[@lesreed6230]

Excellent piece of engineering

[@swampliger8770]

Making your own tools for watchmaking is just as interesting to watch it goes hand and hand with watch repair. Any good watch repairer has to know how to make there own tools or very least know how to maintain there own. Awsome video.

[@Mrjnascar11]

Awesome! Well done! Making a tool better and more useful. The mind is a wonderful tool!

[@72polara]

That is a slick setup! Looks great, works great.

[@charlottejet4338]

This is exceptional work.

[@gawkingwatches7988]

Nicely done Mark!

[@metocvideo]

Went immediately to the new channel and subscribed. It looks fascinating.

[@BrunoWiebelt]

I went to the build channel direct... thx very much

[@ianm1470]

Nicely manufactured and designed piece of equipment ~ well done 👍🏻

[@dennisc.1189]

Great tool, you made, nice seeing a machines at work.

[@nselleck0309]

👏 You are amazing and smart. Nice work Sir...

[@clydedenby1436]

Any tool improvement is a positive for the collective. Besides, the commercially available tools for this hobby are astronomically expensive for subpar quality. I bought Bergeon screwdrivers thinking that they would be better than everything else but, as I should have expected, they were no better. I have a mini lathe so I am simply making my own and will harden them when finished.

[@nacunad]

As usual, AWESOME video, Mark, machining and all, thanks for sharing 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@paulhelmuth6012]

Bravo Mark! Fantastic job as always.

[@aaloobhaloo3003]

Very good job.

[@gpraceman]

Pretty nifty bit of machining. Looks like you need to build X-Y positioning of the movement into the base as well.

[@bluearcturus13]

Great job! When someone wants to buy Swiss built watchmaking tools, its always interesting to ask the company in Switzerland, what the tool and shipping would cost. In some instances, tools are a little bit less expensive than buying it from the local dealer in your country when importing directly from Switzerland. Bergeon and Horotec and the others do send tools all around the globe. Best regards from Switzerland, bluearcturus

[@T1g3rch3n]

Right! I got my 7750 Movement Holder directly from Horia for 100€ less than from a local Vendor XD Bergeon is great in terms of Spare Parts I bought a used machine of ebay with a few broken bits. I could make them, no trouble But I asked my local Supply "no we don't have parts for this Machine for... like... 10 Years" I wrote to bergeon "Jeah sure, you want just the part or all consumables and servicing bits and blobs?" All in all it was cheaper to get everything as a bundle than make it myselfe

[@dodgydruid]

I think toolmaking is very much a part of the whole scheme of things horology wise imho, as is using lathes, mills etc to produce replacement parts would be an essential side of getting these little machines to work as good as new.

[@jasonlax4112]

Love the video. Your skills transfer to so many other things

[@sudheeshsasidharan834]

Wonderful design

[@johnpena5897]

Bravo! Nice machine work

[@fabioconsonni3232]

Wow Mr. WRC: you are a great mind!

[@HeadroomPR]

Excellent solution!!

[@steviegene4006]

Well done my friend!!

[@gameinweb1285]

Impressive Mark!

[@Dingomush]

Nice work.

[@SlartiMarvinbartfast]

New channel? Count me in - subscribed! Beautiful work on this tool holder as well.

[@timlangel6211]

This is awesome! Definitely giving a sub to Mark Makes

[@Richie732]

Nice job Mark, thought you might have chosen horotec red though!

[@Eldariooirad]

So yes, this could be a useful tool (I mean the Horotec professional chrono hand remover), but of very limited use: For instance sometimes there is not enough clearance for the tool to fit between the chronograph second hand and the minute hand. Also you do not want to touch the minute hand at all while sliding the movement to be centered, on pain of blemishing it. Something else to keep in mind is that you really want the "U" shaped support to lift from the hand tube, otherwise you'll end up with catastrophic results, either bending or separating the hand from the hand tube. This presents a problem as there is no standard diameter to the hand tube. Finally, in most (if not all) high grade chronographs, the very tip of the post on the chronograph wheel is rounded and highly polished. If this tip is slightly inside the tube you are OK, but if it is flush with the top of the hand tube, there is a good off-chance that the tip will "dance" to the side. About the inserting pin best to have several on hand as they will break more often than not: On some chronos the sweep second hand are insanely tight. Yeap, well shaped "V" cut levers will always do the trick , assuming one is at the correct high and grab onto the tube. Cheerio!

[@koen8844]

That's a pretty cool project! Cracking job 👍

[@dsb1763]

Just watched the making video. Great job!

[@discountovid8325]

I've been eyeballing Sherline mills with watch case making in mind. Seems like they would do SS okay, but likely brass would be my safest bet. Not sure how that would work with tubes and screw down crowns though. Another route was bronze clay. creating an [non shrinking] insert for the movement size then crafting the watch case around it. Lot of freedom that route. Plus, already have an oven for ceramic painting dials. Still, the water proofing is something I'd like to have no matter what. So, tube and screw down crown. Likely an easy fix with more machine experience. TY for videos.

[@obilingful]

I’ve watched a lot of your videos, and it seems not every repair man takes as much precaution as you, and I like that you do. I have a Rado golden horse limited edition I bought back in 2012, it probably needs to be serviced is this something you do? If not I totally understand although it could make for a good video? Thanks

[@TroubadourJuggernaut]

wow, impressive to say the least

[@roblegrange473]

I like stuff like this..great video

[@eatpeach2355]

Oh you're gonna to upload watch case making video? It's gonna be fun!

[@trevorker-lewis4399]

That's awesome work, thanks for sharing. 👍👍👍

[@hunter-tm2kl]

that was wildly entertaining and informative, thanks

[@royshaft]

Clean version of " AvE " and " This old Tony " make a tool !

[@Schnorbitz]

Love both of them!

[@lollipopyummy4924]

Lol

[@albertmeyer8983]

Fantastic vid!

[@R.S.125]

Great work!!! Congrats!!!

[@philspencelayh5464]

Interesting video, subscribed straight away, look forward to more content

[@LordHonkInc]

This might be a silly question, but what was your reasoning for using bearings instead of just simple bushings on the steel rods? Admittedly I don't know how much wear you're expecting, but I'd imagine that a bushing would add less play and considering the slow operation with the threaded rod I wouldn't think that the reduced friction would play much of a role. Again, not knocking your decision to use bearings, I'd just like to hear why one and not the other. Edit: Okay, maybe should've watched the other video, the bearings came with the rods, which is as good a reason as any. Why go through the trouble of making bushings when the bearings are already made to work.

[@genenonya8458]

Great job!

[@robertol2275]

very nice work, diy, just like I would have done it too :)

[@markpalmer6760]

Great job

[@deeman1643]

Well done.

[@dirk4926]

Very nice, I enjoy project videos like this and I'll certainly head on over to the other channel, watch the videos and subscribe.

[@ziloom11]

Amazing work. Bergeon, horotec and all the rest, should take lessons from you :)

[@ecleveland1]

Brilliant !

[@matt99is]

Where do you get your nails done? They are always impeccable!

[@bruces12]

Just a thought...you might want to consider putting rubber bumpers (feet) on the bottom of the tool you made to ensure no skidding around and some way to secure the watch holder so that doesn't suddenly move after you've made all your "aiming" calculations. And, this is going to sound crazy, but how about rigging a small camera with a macro lens so you don't have to use the eye piece to see what your doing? Sort of like medical surgery only on watches.

[@TheTarrMan]

Nice tool!

[@tamambukadar1673]

Good job 👏

[@johnhowton6339]

great job

[@sam9242]

Off topic question: would you ever lubricate the threads on a wind down crown that has an o-ring? Much thanks. Your videos helped keep me sane this summer.

[@RenaxTM91]

Not by any means saying you didn't do a superb job on this, but it would be good practice to machine some small flats on the rails so you didn't have to grab it with wicegrips...

[@adrianbirkett594]

Well done Mark, horotec eat your heart out!! 😂

[@eformance]

If you machined a D into the linear shafts, you could prevent them from spinning while tightening them to the base by putting a cross grub screw in the base. Then you don't need to worry about machining a fiddly D into the base itself.

[@courtneyhall7140]

dude,i swear.you do have it going on

[@arsaeterna4285]

that beautiful music

[@skricha6743]

Add a mini X Y vise to the base for perfect positioning?

[@Landrew0]

I think watchmaking and machining are similar interests, at least to me. Both involve working metal to very fine tolerances.

[@TomTom-up1kz]

Very good job 👍👍👏👏👏👏👏🌷💓🌷💓🌷💓🌷💓🌷💓🌷💓🌷

[@Hawk89gt]

I am interested in machining projects!!

[@bigfontbrandon]

Hey mark, I have been curious about how life has been for you after your big shop move from a couple of years ago. You seemed to have handled it flawlessly, which is testament of your skills in my opinion. With that being said were there any changes you weren't expecting with such a large transition? If this is too personal of a question please feel free to ignore it, I am just being curious.