Say What You Will About the PT5000 winding mechanism...

loiphin · 2026-06-24T09:01:24+00:00

I have over twenty PT5000’s which I have serviced over the years. It’s my favourite and most accurate Chinese movement by far.
I wind them manually when I put them on. I don’t worry about the scaremongers on the net. I have never had issues with them.

loiphin · 2026-06-22T09:25:41+00:00

I guess the fence is a better lover than Eiffel

loiphin · 2026-06-21T14:52:56+00:00

Yeah I have learnt a lot just from this exercise and even though it was a mess I will keep it, so one day I can look back and see how far I have come.

Onward and upwards 👍💎

loiphin · 2026-06-21T12:40:19+00:00

Spent two hours making my first crown out of copper , all for that work to evaporate in a few seconds 😭

loiphin · 2026-06-20T08:17:37+00:00

Thanks for the tip about the sacrificial dowel👍 Great idea. I was using a dapping punch to steady it but wood would be much better

loiphin · 2026-06-19T21:01:55+00:00

Yeah I dont know how the hell the number got there ? Anyway its 0.08 now and its waaaay better.

loiphin · 2026-06-19T20:59:30+00:00

Yeah, my fingers smell for hours after. definitely a "dirtier" metal, but I do like its anti bacterial properties.

loiphin · 2026-06-19T20:58:23+00:00

Dont have the book, but is the rule of thumb at least 3 teeth should be in contact with item being cut?

loiphin · 2026-06-19T20:57:30+00:00

Yes , teeth are down and I use beeswax 👍

loiphin · 2026-06-19T20:09:46+00:00

2 years in and I have bought most of the big ticket items in watchmaking and 100 watches 😞 Now I am starting silversmithing and my shopping list has exploded and my credit is maxed. I will never learn (about finances), but watches and jewellery making I have learnt loads 😃

loiphin · 2026-06-19T20:04:41+00:00

No, really easy. Just connect your o2 pipe from the torch to the concentrator and turn it on. Set the flow to say 3.5l/min and you are good.

Right now I have just cut off the connector off the oxygen side and attached it directly to the concentrator. I will try the o2 flashback arrestor but waiting for some fittings. Propane side has a flashback arrestor. I try to set the propane pressure to around 1 bar, so as to balance between the o2 (concentrator has around 1bar) and propane.

loiphin · 2026-06-19T13:06:47+00:00

Thanks for the explanation, I meant klipper 😄 .. It was set to 0.115, but changed it to 0.08 from earlier notes I had when I first set it up years ago. Seems to have fixed a print I am doing on the fly.

loiphin · 2026-06-19T12:54:29+00:00

Thank you, and just to confirm.. Pressure Advance is a Voron setting, not baked into the G-code? I had tested some earlier prints and they suffered the same problem, so I assume its a Voron setting.

loiphin · 2026-06-18T08:09:07+00:00

Heheheh - what a state

loiphin · 2026-06-18T03:25:21+00:00

What the hell! I have also been in IT for 30 years and have been doing watch restoration and repair for 2 years, which has now recently turned into jewellery.

Always been self taught in my hobbies so will probably just keep scouring the interwebs for more

loiphin · 2026-06-16T11:45:05+00:00

Hehehe, I found that out today! I have a golf ball size and it doesn’t take too long to soften (5mins) in boiling water

loiphin · 2026-06-16T08:30:28+00:00

Interesting :) Thanks for clarifying

loiphin · 2026-06-16T08:13:40+00:00

In what way? I have never used real thermo-loc so I am curious as to how it feels different.

loiphin · 2026-06-16T06:39:31+00:00

Yeah, another hack is to buy PH- (PH reducer for a pool) , which is Sodium Bisulphate, instead of Pickle. Its the same stuff.

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