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Göran Nordkvist
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Hi, can anyone identify this tool? I Don't know at all what it can be. It is 16 cm (like 6-7 inches)long and material is brass.

/Göran

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Posts: 50 | Location: Sweden | Registered: April 14, 2008
Tom Brown
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Hi

I have never used one, but it is a pivot lathe or also known as a Jacot tool, there are normally a few more parts that go with it.

Tom
 
Posts: 5107 | Location: New Mexico in the USA | Registered: January 27, 2007
Tom Brown
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From the "Watch Makers Repair Manual" by H. Fried it states; "The tool is known to English-speaking watchmakers as the "Jacot" tool. This tool undoubtedly offers one the very best methods of reducing or polishing pivots to size & shape."
 
Posts: 5107 | Location: New Mexico in the USA | Registered: January 27, 2007
Göran Nordkvist
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Tom, thanks for your help! Now, with the name of the tool, it's easy to find information on the net. Even a movie:
www.tp178.com/jd/watch-school/3/MOV00017.mpg

Göran
 
Posts: 50 | Location: Sweden | Registered: April 14, 2008
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