'Videography'
I found William Smith's series of videos to be very useful, especially the graver making and the gear cutting videos.
Workshop Procedures for Clockmakers and Modelmakers (DVD) |
Graver Making and Hand Turning for Clockmakers and Modelmakers (DVD) |
Wheel Cutting, Pinion making and Depthing for Clockmakers and Modelmakers (DVD) |
Tooling the Workshop for Clockmakers and Modelmakers (DVD) |
Four Generations of Watchcase Making
A Profile of Martin Matthews Barbara Darby 1999 The South Eastern Section of the Antiquarian Horological Society ( U.K. ) A visitor to this site recommended this DVD, I recall running across the website before (click here), but had forgotten about it. It is a excellent video, Mr. Matthews demonstrates making a pair case from scratch, including forming the dome and bezels, hingemaking, spring and latch, pendant gutters, and also a replacement bow. He uses antique tools, but these are the same as Daniels describes in 'Watchmaking'. Interesting to see these tools and how they work. Useful even if one must use or adapt modern tools. The video mentions Mr. Oliver, another Clerkenwell case maker who taught Daniels how to make a case. |
Rudy Kouhoupt Videos - Mr. Kouhoupt wrote and produced numerous articles, books and videos on various aspects of model engineering and machine tool use. I list several videos below, which I found to contain excellent basic knowledge on machining fundamentals. His videos are available from Bay-Com.com.
Grinding Lathe Tools (DVD) |
American Gunsmithing Institute
Lathe Instruction ('Module 1' of a machine shop training course) (DVD set - 12 Hours) AmericanGunsmith.com A very complete video instruction on use of a SouthBend 10"x36" Toolroom lathe. Total of 12 hours of instruction. Includes very basic skills, decimals, fractions, micrometer, verneir, etc. There are details on many lathe procedures. I made a testbar based on the methods shown in this video. Camera view is sometimes by use of a mirror over the lathe, so image is reversed, can be confusing. He demonstrates tool grinding on a belt sander, which I had not seen before. The instructor, Darrell Holland, is a good teacher, and the presentation well thought out. I heard it described as vocational in tone, and I suppose it is intended that way. |
Lathe Learnin' (DVD set)
Precision Measure A set of five DVDs that give a basic introduction to using a lathe. The videos are very informal and a bit entertaining. Not especially useful for someone interested in horology or using a small lathe. The instruction is mostly done on a massive toolroom type lathe, the smallest lathe he demonstrates is a 6 inch Atlas. However, the general principles are valid for any size machine. The video also covers tool grinding. The videos can be found on the following website. |