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| Stilldrillin:
@ philf. I fixed one of the 6mm long bushes, inside a 3mm dia piece of brass. Fixed inside a newly minted jet block...... The flames were only 1/2" high...... :( Guess, it's the 6mm length, of the .12mm bore. But, they have plenty of larger sizes in stock! :thumbup: David. |
| philf:
--- Quote from: Stilldrillin on December 06, 2015, 03:55:30 PM ---@ philf. I fixed one of the 6mm long bushes, inside a 3mm dia piece of brass. Fixed inside a newly minted jet block...... The flames were only 1/2" high...... :( Guess, it's the 6mm length, of the .12mm bore. But, they have plenty of larger sizes in stock! :thumbup: David. --- End quote --- Hi David, PM me your address - I'll send you an assortment. I had a look at them yesterday and, as you said, to my surprise the hole runs right through. I managed to get a 0.12mm wire through one which came out of the 0.14 bore section of the box. Unfortunately, when I first opened the box a lot of them fell out so they're mixed up. I think the small end is tapered to match a broach. If I remember correctly you broached out a pivot hole, pressed in the small end, and snapped it off leaving the small end in the watch or clock plate. I'm only guessing they make them by a drawing process. I can't imagine drilling a 0.12mm hole through 6mm of brass. I inherited these amongst a pile of junk a mate dumped on me whilst he was helping a lady clear her house prior to moving. Her late husband had been a clock repairer. (I am perhaps being a little unkind when I say a pile of junk because there was a lot of good stuff amongst the rubbish. There was some incomplete diamond drilling equipment which he used for making diamond wire drawing dies in a previous occupation. I'm afraid that, after removing any useful screws and useable small lumps of cast iron, they went to the tip. I kept some rough diamonds to use in dressing tools.) Cheers. Phil |
| SwarfnStuff:
Bloomin marvelous :clap: as usual David. It just goes to prove that you actually drill the holes in just the right place rather than sometimes. John B |
| Stilldrillin:
--- Quote from: philf on December 06, 2015, 04:36:54 PM ---PM me your address - I'll send you an assortment. Cheers. Phil --- End quote --- Phil. You're a gem. PM, on it's way....... David. |
| Stilldrillin:
--- Quote from: SwarfnStuff on December 07, 2015, 01:06:46 AM --- It just goes to prove that you actually drill the holes in just the right place rather than sometimes. John B --- End quote --- John. With all the practice I've had, over so many years. I'm bound to get it right, occasionally...... :thumbup: David. |
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