Something kinda neat

[WarnerConstCo.]

I was responsible for the woodworking machines. Met lots of people way smarter than I am, learned a lot, had a lot of fun.  Glad I got to take my oldest to help deliver and set up the equipment.
https://plumier.org/

Have a look around, lots of awesome pictures of everything there.

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[danrush]

Very cool. Nice work Darcy.

If your up to the challenge, can you give me a bid to fix up my old work horse?[emoji16]

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[Scott in San Diego]

Darcy, 

Stand proud, you are an amazing craftsman.  The machine restorations look to be better than new.  That working functional museum is awesome and the owners seemed to think very highly of your work.  What a treat it must have been to share that with your daughter.  Thanks for sharing the link with us.

Scott

 

[WarnerConstCo.]

Very cool. Nice work Darcy.

If your up to the challenge, can you give me a bid to fix up my old work horse?[emoji16]

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It might come back heavier an older though. [emoji38]

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[WarnerConstCo.]

Darcy, 

Stand proud, you are an amazing craftsman.  The machine restorations look to be better than new.  That working functional museum is awesome and the owners seemed to think very highly of your work.  What a treat it must have been to share that with your daughter.  Thanks for sharing the link with us.

Scott

I was told better than new, make sure they have all their accessories, etc. (Which was a lot of work tracking some parts down)  it took almost 3 years to track everything down, rebuild it and deliver it.

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[Michael Kellough]

I caught just a glimpse before the webpage crashed. Another attempt made Safari crash on my iPad. I’ll try again later.

 

[rvieceli]

Outstanding work as always Darcy. Congratulations on a job well done.

Ton

 

[dlu]

Kinda neat indeed! Thank you very much for sharing this. Now, I'm suspicious about how some of our old furniture was made – and very curious about how it works. Wish I was still on the east coast...

 

[Cheese]

Very, very interesting...thanks for posting Darcy. [big grin]

FWIW...as anachronistic and old as the rose engine lathes are, they are still used for making watch dials on some of the more premier brand watches.

Here's a group of hand operated rose engine lathes at Breguet and the resulting watch dial.

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Audemars Piguet also uses rose engine lathes to produce watch dials, however because of their larger output, their old rose engine lathes are all computer controlled. Here's one of their dials.

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Here's the AP "petit patisserie" dial at 15X magnification. Notice that while the squares on the dial above appear to be square, they are actually made up of curved engraved lines that have to be precisely started & stopped to give the square appearance. The large hole in the middle of the dial is for the hands to poke through.

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[mike_aa]

Here's one of many videos on
Guilloche Watch Dials.  Google that term on YouTube for more if you are interested.

Darcy, Thank you for posting!  I always learn new things every time I see your stuff.  Although I especially like the in progress photos, it is really great to see the finished machines and the outcome of your hard work.  Thanks for saving a part of history.

Mike A.