jmarin.72 Posted April 6, 2013 Report Share Posted April 6, 2013 Hi guys, I wanted to share with the community something that i came across while searching for some cool watchmaking tutorials It is a series of old school (50's-70's)watchmaking tutorials converted to pdf files, and covers most of the issues we really need to know as bases to our hobby.This iso cd contains all 35 original scanned tutorials for the "Chicago School of Watchmaking". This school has not existed for a number of years and you can no longer obtain the hard-copies. Lesson Index – Chicago School of Watchmaking Lesson 1 Fundamental Principles, Equipment, Casing Lesson 2 Crowns, Stems, Sleeves, and Bows Lesson 3 Fitting Watch Crystals and Watch Attachments for Practice and Profit Lesson 4 Nomenclature and Sizes of Watches Lesson 5 Mainspring in Watches Lesson 6 Motor & Jeweled Barrels Lesson 7 Selecting the Mainspring Lesson 8 Assembling Watches Lesson 9 Winding and Setting Mechanisms Lesson 10 Cleaning Watches Lesson 11 Timing, Rating and regulation Lesson 12 Factory Set Train Jewels Lesson 13 Factory Balance Hole Jewels and Roller Jewels Lesson 14 Friction Jeweling Lesson 15 Replacing factory Balance Staffs Lesson 16 Truing Balance Wheels Lesson 17 Poising Balance Wheels Lesson 18 Truing Hairsprings Lesson 19 Colleting Hairsprings Lesson 20 The Overcoil Hairspring Lesson 21 Principles of the Lever Escapement Lesson 22 Principles of the Lever Escapement (con’t) Lesson 23 Types of Escapements Lesson 24 Drawing the Lever Escapement Lesson 25 Drawing the Lever Escapement (con’t) Lesson 26 Matching the Escapement Lesson 27 Tools – Hardening & Tempering Lesson 28 The Lathe Lesson 29 Lathe Work Lesson 30 Lathe Work (con’t) Lesson 31 Lathe Work (con’t) Lesson 32 - Part 1 Fitting Hairsprings to Watches Lesson 32 - Part 2 Modern Shop Methods Lesson 33 Electronic Timing Machines – Watch Master Lesson 34 Electronic Timing Machines – Time-O-Graph Lesson 35 Problems and Solutions Tools and Materials of the Trade Hope you find this interesting enough, you can download it here http://www.mediafire.com/?c868g98kneaq4b8 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deckard1979 Posted April 6, 2013 Report Share Posted April 6, 2013 That is a great find mate! Good for noob like me:)Thanks:DSent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSTEEL Posted April 6, 2013 Report Share Posted April 6, 2013 Thanks, downloading, worth a look Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trevsdad Posted April 6, 2013 Report Share Posted April 6, 2013 thanks!...I've been looking for this. The guy who sells this on ebay claims to have the copyright on it but the school went south years ago and this is in public domain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jkay Posted April 7, 2013 Report Share Posted April 7, 2013 If you are serious about hosting this in perpetuity, don't use a shady host. Share it on Google Docs. Like I have done with this handbook of clock and watch repair. .... https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B1j2lHMALa7DNjRhOTE4ZWQtMWJiMy00ZGMxLTgwMWQtYzc0OWUzNmI1OTM1/edit?usp=sharing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmarin.72 Posted April 7, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2013 If you are serious about hosting this in perpetuity, don't use a shady host. Share it on Google Docs.Like I have done with this handbook of clock and watch repair. .... https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B1j2lHMALa7DNjRhOTE4ZWQtMWJiMy00ZGMxLTgwMWQtYzc0OWUzNmI1OTM1/edit?usp=sharingThanks J, will do that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B3nj4min3 Posted July 25, 2013 Report Share Posted July 25, 2013 If you are serious about hosting this in perpetuity, don't use a shady host. Share it on Google Docs. Like I have done with this handbook of clock and watch repair. .... https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B1j2lHMALa7DNjRhOTE4ZWQtMWJiMy00ZGMxLTgwMWQtYzc0OWUzNmI1OTM1/edit?usp=sharing Thank you Jkay for sharing this. This will be no-doubt prove to be invaluable over the coming weeks, months and possibly years. Hi guys, I wanted to share with the community something that i came across while searching for some cool watchmaking tutorials It is a series of old school (50's-70's)watchmaking tutorials converted to pdf files, and covers most of the issues we really need to know as bases to our hobby.This iso cd contains all 35 original scanned tutorials for the "Chicago School of Watchmaking". This school has not existed for a number of years and you can no longer obtain the hard-copies. Hope you find this interesting enough, you can download it here http://www.mediafire.com/?c868g98kneaq4b8 Thank you also jmarin for sharing this. I will attempt to read it all and absorb as much of the knowledge contained within as I can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jkay Posted July 25, 2013 Report Share Posted July 25, 2013 You're more than welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markmelheim Posted July 26, 2013 Report Share Posted July 26, 2013 Super Kind of you to share with us THANK YOU !!! Hi guys, I wanted to share with the community something that i came across while searching for some cool watchmaking tutorials It is a series of old school (50's-70's)watchmaking tutorials converted to pdf files, and covers most of the issues we really need to know as bases to our hobby.This iso cd contains all 35 original scanned tutorials for the "Chicago School of Watchmaking". This school has not existed for a number of years and you can no longer obtain the hard-copies. Lesson Index – Chicago School of Watchmaking Lesson 1 Fundamental Principles, Equipment, Casing Lesson 2 Crowns, Stems, Sleeves, and Bows Lesson 3 Fitting Watch Crystals and Watch Attachments for Practice and Profit Lesson 4 Nomenclature and Sizes of Watches Lesson 5 Mainspring in Watches Lesson 6 Motor & Jeweled Barrels Lesson 7 Selecting the Mainspring Lesson 8 Assembling Watches Lesson 9 Winding and Setting Mechanisms Lesson 10 Cleaning Watches Lesson 11 Timing, Rating and regulation Lesson 12 Factory Set Train Jewels Lesson 13 Factory Balance Hole Jewels and Roller Jewels Lesson 14 Friction Jeweling Lesson 15 Replacing factory Balance Staffs Lesson 16 Truing Balance Wheels Lesson 17 Poising Balance Wheels Lesson 18 Truing Hairsprings Lesson 19 Colleting Hairsprings Lesson 20 The Overcoil Hairspring Lesson 21 Principles of the Lever Escapement Lesson 22 Principles of the Lever Escapement (con’t) Lesson 23 Types of Escapements Lesson 24 Drawing the Lever Escapement Lesson 25 Drawing the Lever Escapement (con’t) Lesson 26 Matching the Escapement Lesson 27 Tools – Hardening & Tempering Lesson 28 The Lathe Lesson 29 Lathe Work Lesson 30 Lathe Work (con’t) Lesson 31 Lathe Work (con’t) Lesson 32 - Part 1 Fitting Hairsprings to Watches Lesson 32 - Part 2 Modern Shop Methods Lesson 33 Electronic Timing Machines – Watch Master Lesson 34 Electronic Timing Machines – Time-O-Graph Lesson 35 Problems and Solutions Tools and Materials of the Trade Hope you find this interesting enough, you can download it here http://www.mediafire.com/?c868g98kneaq4b8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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