elfman Posted October 23, 2014 Report Share Posted October 23, 2014 being pedantic no you did not say watches you said push buttens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elfman Posted October 23, 2014 Report Share Posted October 23, 2014 sorry gents but that's the type of mood I have been in all day and hi mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironplanet uk900 Posted October 23, 2014 Report Share Posted October 23, 2014 I've been pesamistic today.. just sayin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Friend Posted October 23, 2014 Report Share Posted October 23, 2014 I've been bored Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Posted October 23, 2014 Report Share Posted October 23, 2014 What a topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironplanet uk900 Posted October 23, 2014 Report Share Posted October 23, 2014 I have a one way ticket to Lanzarote on Sunday... just me, my Bike and a fist full o Euro's.... stuff the pliers...... just saying! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Friend Posted October 23, 2014 Report Share Posted October 23, 2014 http://www.toolprice.com/product/8566A/ ... s-Set.html http://www.farnell.com/datasheets/1702724.pdf http://www.clockparts-uk.co.uk/contents/en-us/d102.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forest Cobbler Posted October 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2014 I stand corrected I did only say push buttons but, in my defence, I did say tiny. Hope you have a better day today elfman. V Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahamparker Posted October 24, 2014 Report Share Posted October 24, 2014 The best circlip pliers i have ever had. http://www.aldridgesecurity.co.uk/p-175 ... liers.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironplanet uk900 Posted October 24, 2014 Report Share Posted October 24, 2014 The best circlip pliers i have ever had. http://www.aldridgesecurity.co.uk/p-175 ... liers.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hibsjo(SCO) Posted October 24, 2014 Report Share Posted October 24, 2014 ive been reading this with interest especially the microscope thingy i never needed glasses or jewellers eye pieces to see anything before, im getting old cos ive really struggled the last few months seeing things, optician says i need reading glasses, i spoke to a fellow sufferer of reading glasses and he said its all down to how much light you are working in, the boys in the shop think im talking rubbish with all the fluorescent tubes ive got in the shop i must be blind? my optician says raising the level of light in the shop will help me see more clearly. now since a lot of you guys are older than me how dark are your working areas? sorry to hijack but it is sort of on topicish carry on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Posted October 24, 2014 Report Share Posted October 24, 2014 my eyes are spot on, I work with MASSIVE windows in front of the bench, light is good. But when your talking mechanical watches the increased visibility a microscope gives you is important not only for dismantling & reassembly but also diagnosis the human eye simply isn't good enough. I use my microscope daily & would certainly do a push button circlip under it. Lee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forest Cobbler Posted October 24, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2014 General fluorescent ceiling lighting, no specific bench lighting, though I'm beginning to think it might be useful. No windows in the back of the shop, which is where the watch and engraving benches are. I do a lot of bead work at home and I have daylight lamps for that, which I couldn't work without. I've worn glasses since I first worked under fluorescent lights at 16. Valerie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Posted October 24, 2014 Report Share Posted October 24, 2014 Its worth getting daylight tubes for shop use. makes the stock look much brighter & is far nicer to work under. I'm in a parade of 7 shops & in the winter the others have a dull yellow sorry look about them & Mine has a bright glow about it when you look at them all from outside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahamparker Posted October 24, 2014 Report Share Posted October 24, 2014 ive been reading this with interest especially the microscope thingyi never needed glasses or jewellers eye pieces to see anything before, im getting old cos ive really struggled the last few months seeing things, optician says i need reading glasses, i spoke to a fellow sufferer of reading glasses and he said its all down to how much light you are working in, the boys in the shop think im talking rubbish with all the fluorescent tubes ive got in the shop i must be blind? my optician says raising the level of light in the shop will help me see more clearly. now since a lot of you guys are older than me how dark are your working areas? sorry to hijack but it is sort of on topicish carry on! I am exactly the same, when repinning a euro or trying to decode a worn tibbie key i have to step outside to use daylight to see sometimes even though i have fitted daylight tubes in the front of the shop. I have considered LED tubes but they are bloody expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Friend Posted October 24, 2014 Report Share Posted October 24, 2014 I use biolux in my den and in my kitchen magic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Friend Posted October 24, 2014 Report Share Posted October 24, 2014 http://www.lightbulbs-direct.com/fluore ... trum/c331/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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