Hamilton Illinois Ball Pocket Watch Railroad Case Thread Repair Tool INFO 4 YOU

Description: I HAD TO REMOVE THE 24 PHOTOGRAPHS DUE TO E BAY POLICY ON LARGE PHOTOGRAPHS HOSTED BY AUCTIVA. SO GUESS YOU HAVE TO FIGURE IT OUT BY THE 12 REGULAR PHOTOGRAPHS. Ace Hardware supplieswill cost $4.52 nylon plugs, bolts, 4-40 tap etc. fix buggered up and cross threaded bent case threads. Dear Friends, ATTENTION --MY TREAT-- MAKE YOUR OWN TOOL. CHEERS, BILL THIS IS NOT FOR SALE THIS IS STRICTLY FOR INFORMATION SO I MADE IT EXPENSIVE ENOUGH TO GET YOUR ATTENTION TO READ THE LISTING FOR THE EXPERTS WHO DO NOT READ LISTINGS AND HAVE NO COMPREHENSION OF ENGLISH. A local guy **John Wilbur** gave me an idea and for once it worked. This is a photographic step by step course in making a set of 3 nylon spacer inserts to fit either An L G Case Opener or A Large XL Jaxa Wrench which is available off E Bay for $9.99 free shipping from e bay item number 251670152230 and several other sellers with similar pricing. The L G case wrench will open wide enough for a 16 size case back but not for the middle case body, or an 18 size case back or body. The nylon plugs for both wrenches use the same hole size. Description of video frames: 1 --Cases I have repaired threads on so far : Keystone Military base metal, not original back rethreaded to fit case, cannot tell it was done opens - closes smooth. Hamilton model 23 Chrono. The case back would not close flush closes now flush- a little tight still, this was heavily cross threaded. Burlington Bulldogs, the backs would not lock closed or close flush, closes flush now and locks. Star W C Co. crossed threaded dinged bad with soft brass threads on case middle body so rethreaded case body and back closes ok, design now lines up with pendant, still little touchy but would not close at all and jammed before rethreading body. I might have rethreaded it to many times. All Cases measured 4-40 threads. 2—3 - Two Views of Wrench in proper position on base metal case back ready to rethread and clean burrs off etc. 4—Wrench ready to use. I put tap in right hole plug and lock into thread with two sides of the tap like a pyramid. 5—6 -Two types of thread count gauges to measure with. The thread gauge in position. 7-- Ace is the place. 8—All you need: 3 ½ inch spacers- 2 stainless or steel or brass 4-40 ¾ inch bolts -1 4-40 tap- For 16 size case companies mentioned and A 6-32 tap for Fahys 18 size cases. I have not experimented or made one yet. 9-- Trim bolt head a bit on grinder to fit Jaxa case plug hole. 10--12- Completed tap plug in spacer and new tap unground yet. And tap out of the spacer and comparing a new tap. The finished ground tap ready to press in plug. 13 to 19-- Location Location Location. Finding the parts. 20—21-- Tap grinding on simple grinder, dip in water frequently to keep cool. 22—Snapping tap shank to size after grinding simple way. 23—Tool shown on Star W.C.Co. case body to rethread and cut the dings and burrs off. 24—Nice flush closing now and pattern now lines up with pendant. A 3 WEEK OLD IDEA WITH LOTS OF ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT NEEDED, SO PASS THIS ALONG. HERE ARE THE COMMENTS FROM SATISIFIED MAKERS AND USERS OF THIS NEAT TOOL.Hi, love what you are doing using eBay to pass this knowledge. I machined brass pins and then drilled and taped threads to accept the screws and tap. works great perfect fit looking forward for the next course Dougcomment from e bayer who made one, I made one of these per your info. It actually works! Amazing. It worked fine on a 16 size pocket watch back cover. However it didn't work as well on the case itself.. I am going to try a couple of changes to help that problem. One problem is that sometimes the 4-40 screws bottom before the tap. I suggest replacing them with unthreaded plastic posts. Don't know if that will help but I will try that next. Another problem. When using on the case body threads The tap and the 4-40 screws don't fit between the threads and the stem holder. I plan to grind off one of the three legs of the tap so it will fit between the case body threads and either replace the 4-40 screws with unthreaded posts or grind one side of the screws so they will pass between the case threads and the stem. I am very pleased so far, thank you for the info! Another thing is the quality of the case opener. There is a lot of slop in the bit holders. The 4-40 tap should be in the bit holder closest to the handle. That one has the least slop especially in the in/out direction. Also the 2 plates of the case opener are held apart by 4 spacers. If you shorten the spacers for a tighter fit, that will reduce the slop. If the tap leans away from the threads that will cause it to remove more material from the top threads and less from the threads near the bottom.This could be why you couldn't screw the case back all the way down. Keeping the tap more vertical will help that. Also in the past when I had a case back or bezel that was tight or felt rough I put a bit of Wenol or polishing paste on the case threads and then put the case back or bezel back on. Then as I watched TV I would screw them together and twist them back and for through the range of the fit until it felt smooth. This method removes material where there is interference

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