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<body> <h1>Full Version: <a href="https://www.engravingetc.org:443/archive/index.php?webtag=EE&msg=6249.1">Mickey Mouse Job</a></h1><a name="a6249_1"></a><p><b>From: Stunt Engraver (DGL)</b> [<a href="lmessages.php?webtag=EE&msg=6249.1">#1</a>]<br /> 5 Mar 2007<br /><b>To: ALL</b></p> <div align="center"><b>MICKEY MOUSE JOB</b><br /> by David Lavaneri</div><br /> <br /> <div align="center">Who wouldn't like this familiar, happy face staring up at them?<br /> <br /> <img src="http://engravingetc.org/DGL/MickeyOuter1.JPG" alt="MickeyOuter1.JPG" /><br /> <br /> If you're an engraver, you may not be as eager as the average person.<br /> <br /> Why is that?<br /> <br /> Occasionally, pocket watches are engraved on the outside of the case.<br /> That's ideal; although, at some point, through a<br /> customer request or due to the fact that some cases don't<br /> have ample "clean" area for engraving, you'll be faced with the<br /> task of engraving the inner side of the case.<br /> <br /> <img src="http://engravingetc.org/DGL/MickeyFace1.jpg" alt="MickeyFace1.jpg" /><br /> <br /> This photo shows, when the watch is opened, the cover<br /> of the watch doesn't open to a 90 degree angle.<br /> <br /> Why is that important?<br /> <br /> Because of the size of a pantograph's engraving spindle,<br /> the effective engraving area of the watch is limited to the<br /> travel between the spindle and the crystal of the watch.<br /> <br /> <img src="http://engravingetc.org/DGL/MickeyJig1.jpg" alt="MickeyJig1.jpg" /><br /> <br /> In this photo, I've <i>cheated</i> the angle of the cover, by placing<br /> the cover at an angle, in a standard New Hermes watch-holding jig.<br /> <br /> A piece of light-tack painter's tape, protects the crystal from<br /> incidental contact with the spindle.<br /> <br /> The slight change of angle to the engraving surface isn't so noticeable<br /> in the photo, but you'll see that the taped crystal is very upright.<br /> <br /> That increases the travel of the spindle; not by much, but enough for this job.<br /> <br /> <img src="http://engravingetc.org/DGL/TightInside1.jpg" alt="TightInside1.jpg" /><br /> <br /> All's well that ends well!<br /> <br /> <br /> </div><p class="edit_text">EDITED: 5 Mar 2007 by DGL</p> <hr /><h4><a href="lthread_list.php?webtag=EE">Back to thread list</a> | <a href="llogout.php?webtag=EE">Login</a></h4> <h6>© 2025 <a href="http://www.beehiveforum.net/" target="_blank">Project Beehive Forum</a></h6> </body>