Antique Rusty Micrometer - Precise Restoration

In this video i’m restoring an antique swiss watchmaker micrometer. I bought this micrometer on eBay for $25. When I was scrolling through the antique section of eBay and first saw this micrometer I wanted to restore it right away. I really like the unique look of those watchmaker micrometers. As a professional CNC-mechanic I’m very familiar with those measurement devices and I’m using them on a daily basis. The measurement range of this micrometer is from 0-25mm and you can measure exactly on . The micrometer was in a very bad condition, it was very rusty and it was kind of stuck. It was once re-painted to yellow, the original colour was black. That’s why I decided to paint it black again. In the front of the micrometer there was a plate with the name and the location of the previous owner mounted with two rivets. The plate was in very bad condition and as I’m the new owner of it, I decided to make a new plate with my name and my location. I choosed to create the plate with etching using ferric-chloride. I’ve never done that before, but the result came out very nice. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to remove all the spots from the rust on the two parts with the scale on it, if I would sand it more I would lose the engravings. I’m still very happy how this restoration turned out. I hope you like my work and the video. Huge thank you to all of my Patreon and PayPal supporters and specially to: Paulina Zamora sunniva thingstad SA Graver Joel Miller Joan Casanovas afreeflyingsoul acemaclace Zachary Grimes Sharath Padmanabhan Allan Mckenzie audi4444player Bastian Alexander Bloatmage Brian Boots Clément BERNARD Conor Fowler Dave Ahern Dawson Mertz Harrison Hughes Ian Hutchinson Jack Champion Jake Joel Margolis Julie Smith Kersten Rienow Llewellyn Schubert Lucy Lole Mark Anderson Martin Kunz Matthew Hendrix Matthew Ruediger Moeparker Pascal Bertossa Rybread Sasan Hezarkhani Sheepless Stephen Lemon Thibaut Hiegel Wambaquamba XxJonathXx Yitch Timestamps: 00:00 preview 00:30 disassembling 02:01 showing all the parts 02:15 cleaning the parts with the parts washer 02:28 removing the old paint with paint stripper 02:45 removing the stuck parts 03:04 removing rust with MC-51 03:37 restoring the main part 06:08 restoring the parts for bluing 07:18 bluing 07:55 the missing spring 08:10 making a new spring 09:09 restoring the engraved parts 10:56 restoring the spindle and anvil 11:57 making two new bolts on the lathe for clamping the anvil 12:43 restoring the play adjustment ring 13:08 showing the spindle which didn’t need restoration 13:16 making a new name plate 15:59 overview before reassembling 16:05 reasembling 17:12 calibration of the micrometer 17:52 mounting the new name plate with rivets 17:59 showing the finished product 18:30 measuring a part with the restored micrometer Time and costs of this restoration: I was working on this project over 2,5 weeks $25 micrometer $20 two component primer $20 two component coat (jet black RAL9005) $35 ferric-chloride $5 spring wire steel and brass foil My camera: Panasonic HC-V180 If you have any questions about the process, machines i’m using or other stuff, just ask me in the comments. I read them all and i try to reply as soon as possible. Sorry for my bad english, it’s not my language. I try my best to improve my technical english. Subscribe for more of my content. I’m uploading videos about mechanical stuff, as new creations and buildings and also restorations. Thank you for watching :-) My Patreon Page: