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I am going out on a limb, but if Archie Perkins had a hand in it: The first thing is what is a Staking Tool? A staking tool in watchmaking is an anvil base with a table that rotates drilled with an assortment of holes. The upper portion has a tube support where the punches or drivers are inserted to preform a variety of tasks. Driving out parts, installing a new balance staff, removing broken jewels & installing new jewels, install hands... It is an American invention out of Waltham Massachusetts, I believe. Before this device the watchmaker used a die held in the jaws of a vice & punched the…

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  • Other · English · 1987
    Whitman Press · 91 pages · 9780961821807
Clock and watch makingEquipment and suppliesHorologySkills & TradesToolsWatchmaking