Semester 2, Week 1 (Days 1-3) Shellac, Roller Tables and Pallet Forks
School is back in session! As is my blog. I really do want to apologize for the lack of updates towards the end of the semester and over my break. […]
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Week 10, Days 3 & 4 (Staffing Project, Tribology and Lubrication)
Oh man. The staffing project that I mentioned on Tuesday? Well, for whatever reason, I was having a rough week this week and screwed up big time(s). The watch that […]
Week 7, Days 3 & 4 (Lecture and Practice with Truing Wheels)
Wednesday and Thursday were pretty intense. It’s kind of like the couple of weeks or so spent working with hairsprings. We had our lecture on Wednesday where we learned about […]
Week 6, Days 1 & 2 (Mainsprings, Polishing, and Cleaning)
This week has been a nice change of pace. Monday, I was expecting to do more hairspring work, but instead got a double lecture on Mainsprings and Polishing. That, combined […]
Week 5, Days 1 & 2 (Hairsprings and Lecture on Cleaning)
So far, this week has been more of the same from last week. I’ve been doing a lot of hairspring work, specifically focusing on Out-of-Flat bends. About half-way through the […]
Week 3, Days 2 & 3-Gaskets & Intro to Hairsprings (image heavy-ish)
The end of this week, was. Awesome. I am not going to skip ahead, but it is safe to say that my education is really getting started. On Wednesday, the […]
Week 3, Day 1-Crowns
Today will be a short post today since we didn’t have class on Monday (Memorial Day). The first half of the day was spent with watch movements. I spoke with […]
Week 2, Days 3 & 4
Week 2 (Days 3 & 4) I am starting to sense a pattern with classes. Monday was working on watches. Tuesday was a lecture. Wednesday was working on watches, and […]
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