Brass and steel watchmaker’s hand-operated rounding-up or topping tool for reducing out-of-round gears, (re)cutting or reshaping the form. And depth of teeth of existing watch wheels. Basically, it was used for repairment of pocket watches during the time when finding an exact replacement wheel for any given repair was by no means guaranteed and an enterprising watchmaker might need to find the closest fit wheel available and then modify it to fit the movement being repaired. Another common application would have been to reshape damaged teeth or to perform a finishing operation on a repaired or replaced section of teeth in an otherwise good wheel. Special notice: wheels can only be worked on (modified) when mounted with its original axes. After installing the wheel (on the tool holder) for reshaping, its position to the cutter can be changed by a variety of adjustments. An ordinary similar tool has only 2 adjustment positions: forwards-backwards and up-down. This high quality tool can also change its direction in a left-right position for more accuracy. Although this tool cannot cut new replacement wheels from row material, its cutters fit perfectly when used for (new) wheel cutting if installed in the appropriate milling machine. This tool is presented with its original accompanying (paper covered) wooden case, containing a selection of. 19 brass assorted wheel supporting tool holders. 1 additional brass cutter holder. 1 steel key for removing installed tool holders. Which appear all to be in an excellent, directly usable condition without any rust or stains. Dimensions of the tool. Dryving wheel: 17.5 cm diameter. Wood base size: 25 x 18 cm x 2 cm high. Overall dimensions: 20 x 28 x 23 cm high. Estimated weight including packaging about 4 kg heavy package!! European countries + USA –> 34 GBP. Outside Europe –> 64 GBP. Thanks for your understanding. Please see also my other offers. The item “Antique Watchmaker’s Jeweler’s Rounding Up Tool, Gear Wheel Cutter Lathe Tool” is in sale since Thursday, February 08, 2018. This item is in the category “Jewellery & Watches\Watches, Parts & Accessories\Parts, Tools & Guides\Tools & Repair Kits”. The seller is “lucky0112010″ and is located in Diepenbeek. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Type of Tool: Lathe
- Country/Region of Manufacture: France
