What are you working on now?

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Finishing new bench for lathe... ImageImage

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Looks like a great unit!
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Alou wrote:Looks like a great unit!
Yup, hard modified chinese 7x12 lathe, almost from scratch... Image

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Just finished ImageImageImageImageImage

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Alhig72 wrote: September 13th, 2020, 6:25 pm Just finished ImageImageImageImageImage

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I just ordered one of these from Uncle Seiko
https://www.uncleseiko.com/store/p259/U ... 20mm_.html
pretty sure it will look great on my 3592.50 and my WatchCo 300

I was thinking of moding it with this
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Omega-Modell-S ... %7Ciid%3A1

I also just got done spending my lunch money here
https://www.crownandbuckle.com/straps-b ... traps.html
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Thrasher wrote:
Alhig72 wrote: September 13th, 2020, 6:25 pm Just finished ImageImageImageImageImage

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I just ordered one of these from Uncle Seiko
https://www.uncleseiko.com/store/p259/U ... 20mm_.html
pretty sure it will look great on my 3592.50 and my WatchCo 300

I was thinking of moding it with this
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Omega-Modell-S ... %7Ciid%3A1

I also just got done spending my lunch money here
https://www.crownandbuckle.com/straps-b ... traps.html
Snap, i just got one too, they're really niceImageImage

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Alhig72 wrote: September 13th, 2020, 8:31 pm
Thrasher wrote:
Alhig72 wrote: September 13th, 2020, 6:25 pm Just finished ImageImageImageImageImage

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I just ordered one of these from Uncle Seiko
https://www.uncleseiko.com/store/p259/U ... 20mm_.html
pretty sure it will look great on my 3592.50 and my WatchCo 300

I was thinking of moding it with this
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Omega-Modell-S ... %7Ciid%3A1

I also just got done spending my lunch money here
https://www.crownandbuckle.com/straps-b ... traps.html
Snap, i just got one too, they're really niceImageImage

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HOT DOG! I bet I saw that and subconsciously went and found it.... because I forget alot :crazy:
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Al, what part number clasp did you use and did you have to cut or grind to fit?
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Mellons wrote: September 13th, 2020, 3:28 am
Emilio wrote: September 11th, 2020, 7:31 am
NortON wrote:I finished it, it was not easy)))
Thank you Mr. Mellons for the manual and big thanks to tafari ;)
https://www.rwg.bz/board/index.php?/top ... 4-reshape/

Details:
Case old school Silix 6154
Plexi Athaya T25
Crown Athaya 800
Vintage 6154 Thick Solid Caseback Athaya

now it's the case 6152 1
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it remains to choose the dial :think:
Wow! This deserves its own thread
+1 build looks great you should do a build thread
Thank you! I'll open the thread in the near future
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NortON wrote: September 14th, 2020, 2:46 am
Mellons wrote: September 13th, 2020, 3:28 am
Emilio wrote: September 11th, 2020, 7:31 am Wow! This deserves its own thread
+1 build looks great you should do a build thread
Thank you! I'll open the thread in the near future
Looking forward to reading this one.
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