[Sticky] Bench Tours!

I use the same desk as I use for tying flies. Since that desk is full of fly tying stuff at the moment I will skip the pics. All of my watch tools reside in cardboard boxs on a couple of shelves on the desk when not in use. My fly tying desk has a nice adjustable arm magnifying lamp that doubles quite nicely as a watch working set up. Both uses have very similar requirements so they interchange easily and work quite well for both things. I fish with very small flies, and watch movements obviously have small parts, so they are far more similar things to do than most would think I believe. Interested in seeing how others do it.

this is my setup

Very nice,  what type of magnifier do you use?,  can you make videos with this setup?

hi Pamoh

i use a AmScope SM-3 Series Trinocular Stereo Microscope, i could make videos with this setup but i need a better camera as the one i have at the moment is not very good at adjusting to the light conditions and seems to have no dynamic range

My playground.

Posted by: pamoh

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My playground.

whats next on your list of tools

Holding right now.  I have a backlog of tasks and need to slow down and work harder on those tasks.  I typically "invest" in new tools when required to accomplish a task.  I am currently having some issues with opening up cases, both new and old watches and that is a stopping point.  That red instrument on my bench was a cheap tool that was supposed to help but it is trash as delivered.  I need to modify it before I move further.  I have a vintage omega that has a free hand.  I kinda runs but it is a front loader and I need to get at the dial side to reattach the hand and then move forward if required,