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3D printed Panerai opening Tool

funkeymonkey

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Hi Folks!

I recently got my PAM005 which of course has a closed caseback.
Curious as I am, I wanted to see the movement, so I designed an opening tool and printed it using my 3D printer.

It works perfectly and the case was opened and closed back in no time :)


 
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Thatwatchguy

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I admire the effort but hey a $6 sticky ball from ali would work the same on any size…opens any case back ;)
 

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Hi Folks!

I recently got my PAM005 which of course has a closed caseback.
Curious as I am, I wanted to see the movement, so I designed an opening tool and printed it using my 3D printer.

It works perfectly and the case was opened and closed back in no time :)


Did you download the file for that or make it yourself? if download, I'd personally love to see the links posted here for others to download. I'm not very good with 3d printing, but this would be a fantastic resource if someone could create files for the various casebacks like breitling, Omega, etc.
 

funkeymonkey

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Did you download the file for that or make it yourself? if download, I'd personally love to see the links posted here for others to download. I'm not very good with 3d printing, but this would be a fantastic resource if someone could create files for the various casebacks like breitling, Omega, etc.

I did the drawing in fusion360 myself.
 

Rx4Time

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What measurements would you need to make other variations?
 

pompompurin

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amazing job! That looks very professional and I love the ingenuity. You can potentially 3D print movement rings/ dial spacers in the future!
 
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funkeymonkey

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amazing job! That looks very professional and I love the ingenuity. You can potentially 3D print movement rings/ dial spacers in the future!
Thank you! I can also CNC machine them.

I have a vintage build ongoing. Maybe I will print or machine something on its way :giggle:
 
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