Week 9, Days 3 & 4 (More Poising, A few Different Tools)
I got my final balance wheel poised Wednesday morning. After you finish poising a wheel, you need to put the hairspring back on. It is a relatively straightforward and simple […]
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Week 9, Days 1 & 2 (Poising Balance Wheels-Image Heavy)
At the end of last week, we had our introduction to Poising lecture. Poising, in essence is manipulating the weight of the balance wheel in order to ensure that the […]
Week 8, Days 3 & 4 (Staffing and Truing Balance Wheels) Very Picture Heavy
I ended my last post talking about how I received my staking set, and that I was going to be using it for staffing balance wheels (at least for now). […]
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 […]
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