Basic Necessary Tools

[southwest]

I am a Noobie here. My first reason to join the forum was just to find a respected dealer to buy a watch from. After spending time in this forum, I now have the "bug" and want to try to work with watches instead of looking at them!

I have been looking for a list of basic tools that are needed for performing disassembly and basic mods. Is there a list some where that I missed? Hope this question hasn't been asked 4,000,000 times before.

Regards, Al

[blue_sphere]

A dremel

Modders best friend

[Nanuq]

My three most-used tools:

An axe

A chainsaw

And a vice to hold it all in place

[chubbchubb]

First of all, be prepared to ruin any watch you put your hands on. Like they say on WWF ..."the stuff we do, takes years to perfect..."

[Toadtorrent]

It all depends on the mods you need to do. If you are getting AR done...you might need a crystal press...for CG shaping a dremel...for luming lots of spare dials, oilers, and a lume kit, etc etc. As an example of the tools used for a movement swap, see a repost of Ajoesmith's tutorial I just put up:

[southwest]

Thanks for the information. I don't know how much I will do so I am going to start with the "good" small tools and a Dremel.

Regards, Al