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SHORT PHOTOGRAPHIC COURSE

 IN DENT REMOVAL- FOR YOUR

 INFORMATION ONLY- USING

IRON STAKES --BUT-- SAME

 RESULTS CAN BE HAD WITH

WOODEN DOWELS WITH

 ROUNDED OFF ENDS AND

SANDED SMOOTH, JUST DID

NOT WANT TO MAKE THE

 DOWELS. Assortment of tools

 that are used to repair pocket

 watch cases: LOW BUDGET

 INSTEAD- most of what you

 need to do to remove dents

 can be done with wooden

 dowel rods from Home Depot

 cut TO SIZE with the ends

 rounded off- A formica counter

 top- A handkerchief- A used

plastic crystal- A small brass

hammer. Also in thrift stores

are many small wooden bowls

 and wood things that make

good punches and some are

shown in the picture I have

found that work on certain jobs

- like rerounding a case back

opening or pendant tube.
Tools in first 2nd picture are

 the Traditional Standards:

 Heavy steel case stakes,

bow pliers, wood blocks, 3

special inside middle of case

 dent removal burnishers, 1

special inside case file with

scraper- the two headed small

 tool in the line up, several

regular burnishers, hunting case

spring pliers, Bronze wool- a

 secret of the TRADE instead

of steel wool etc. you need

FINE not Medium like HOme

depot sells- but fine, Ruby

inpregnated paper from craft

store- for the finest finish

possible, Pink Dish detergent,

Not Green- Not Yellow Only

 Pink from Sams Club or

 Industrial Suppliers.
Formica has some give or

bounce to it so the hammer

 blow is not to stretch the

metal but to spring it back in

 place, Pink dish detergent is

to use with water and the

 bronze wool to remove most

 of the signs of the hammering

 from inside case back after

work is done. Handkerchief is

 for cushioning. Some use a

 piece of very hard ¼ inch

 leather. Plastic watch crystal

is placed between case dent

 and punch- Now punch does

 not leave marks- The crystal

 will break away as time goes

 on- but works very nicely leaving

 no marks.
Dents are being removed from

 a nickel silver 16 size back

with small round deep dents

and general all over ripples,

and a crease in an 18 size nickel

 case back. Doing a Gold-filled

Case is the same operation but

 some gold filled is hardened

 and works just like nickel and

 some is soft and stretches

and makes a bump instead of

 springing back so for each

hit you get a new bump if you

 hit to hard, like later 992b s

tar watch cases. Silver is

 similar: Some silver cases are

 soft and thick and some are

brittle and can crack if hit to

often, hitting silver hardens it

also and makes it brittle.
The 16 size case back is full

 of ripples and deep dents and

 took a lot of hits all over and

over and came out pretty good

 but I had to use emery paper

to smooth it off and a buffer

with rouge and wax for a

 lubricant to smooth it out and

then the fine ruby impregnated

 paper to take the swirl marks

 out by making finer marks but

 in a straight line not swirls or

 what is called a butler back f

inish. You have to want a case

 to take this much time to do

this- say an hour.
The 18 size back with the

 ripple took 4 hits with the

small iron stake, plastic crystal

 in between it and back and

 plastic crystal broke a few

small pieces off but crease

came out nicely, then rub with

 bronze wool inside case back

 and remove marks and looks

 pretty good. Took say 10

 minutes. Chrome cases are

 harder: as you cannot buff or

 grind out the signs of hitting

dents but can clean the inside

 case back up nicely, so be

careful on chrome cases, hit

 to hard and it stays that way

 unless your thumbs can press

 it back a little in place.
Practice makes nice work

 and you feel good