Christian DeCamillis
Elite Cafe Member
I Use one of my orbitals for these jobs. It makes it easy and quick to adjust especially when doing watches that have a radius surface. I made the collets from brass and included some pictures if those of you who are handy want to make some. The design of the collets makes sure that nothing gets in the way no matter what angle your at.
I used brass because it's easy to machine dense and good for eliminating vibration. You can hold a watch with thermo plastic hot glue etc... on wood or metal pieces. But the more rigid and less vibration you can achieve the easier it will be to engrave since most watches are made of a tougher stainless.
You could use an orbital fixture along with a block of wood or metal attached with some thermoplastic if making collets is an issue for you. At least the positioning of the p[piece will be easier to accomplish. When using a microscope being able to quickly and easily repositioning is essential or you will spend as much time positioning your work as you do engraving it.
The other fixture I n the other thread looks like a good design as well.
Chris
I used brass because it's easy to machine dense and good for eliminating vibration. You can hold a watch with thermo plastic hot glue etc... on wood or metal pieces. But the more rigid and less vibration you can achieve the easier it will be to engrave since most watches are made of a tougher stainless.
You could use an orbital fixture along with a block of wood or metal attached with some thermoplastic if making collets is an issue for you. At least the positioning of the p[piece will be easier to accomplish. When using a microscope being able to quickly and easily repositioning is essential or you will spend as much time positioning your work as you do engraving it.
The other fixture I n the other thread looks like a good design as well.
Chris
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