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How a bee ruined my day...
Posted: May 13th, 2018, 1:15 pm
by Petram
Hi all
I was making a watch for a fellow member here, and it was almost done...
I just needed to make about 1mm more distance between the crownguards, and it was supposed to be a simple and fast thing to do on the mill.
I did notice that a bee was flying around in the workshop, but didn't think more of it and start milling.
All of the sudden the stupid little thing stings My leg, and I get surprised and moves the handle on the cross slide to fast and too much, and this is what happens...
A bee did this....jpg
So tomorrow it is on it again with a new piece of bronze, to make a brand new case
Re: How a bee ruined my day...
Posted: May 13th, 2018, 1:20 pm
by miki360
Bad luck ..but on the other hand you are not allergic to bee sting so it is not so bad after all .Good luck wit new case.
Re: How a bee ruined my day...
Posted: May 13th, 2018, 1:24 pm
by Emilio
That sucks!
Is it some short of Seiko homage?
Re: How a bee ruined my day...
Posted: May 13th, 2018, 1:29 pm
by Petram
I know that I should "bee" happy about the little things in life, and I am, but from now on there is no bees allowed in my shop...
I've spend some days making this, and I've had fun with it, and it's not that it is insanely expensive in materials...
What Pi.... Me off, is that I'm not abeale to deliver the watch in the time that I've said I would.
Re: How a bee ruined my day...
Posted: May 13th, 2018, 1:32 pm
by Petram
Not a Seiko homage...
If anything, it would be a Kaventsmann homage...
Re: How a bee ruined my day...
Posted: May 13th, 2018, 1:35 pm
by Tanukjaju
Sorry to see all that work and material go to waste. Where I live duct tape fixes anything and everything. Perhaps there is hope.

Re: How a bee ruined my day...
Posted: May 13th, 2018, 1:36 pm
by Petram
The end result should have been something like this one...
Vesire (1).jpg
Re: How a bee ruined my day...
Posted: May 13th, 2018, 2:13 pm
by Petram
If I could just get some bronze coloured duct tape...
The regular gray just wouldn't look right...
Re: How a bee ruined my day...
Posted: May 13th, 2018, 8:45 pm
by Luminor
Tanukjaju wrote: ↑May 13th, 2018, 1:35 pm
Sorry to see all that work and material go to waste. Where I live duct tape fixes anything and everything. Perhaps there is hope.
Duck tape has been used to fix small airplanes airfoil dents. Same staff, but called "aviation tape." So, worth trying.

Re: How a bee ruined my day...
Posted: June 26th, 2018, 6:40 am
by Vesire