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Another Moonswatch metal case project
- Thread starter dacodo
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Sounds good. Let's get a list going of people in the EU, and the quantity they want. For the US, I can handle on my end with USPS and will just post in M2M. Once we get a good amount in the EU I will package and you can distribute.
And here's the glamour shot pictured with an SDU-30 Distress Marker and a Luna Replicas band.
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SECONDS: NASA watchbands - MIL-SPEC Velcro Brand Fastener
WORKBENCH SECONDS: These watchbands are 100% functional and accurate, except a stitch might be slightly crooked, or the marking is light or smudged. They didn't pass our full standards but still are very useful, so we're selling them at cost. All sales final, no returns on seconds...
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anyone bought Mission to Sun?
I am wondering about the yellow sunburst dial...I want to make a full gold
I am wondering about the yellow sunburst dial...I want to make a full gold
Here's the M2M.
[FOR SALE] - Moonswatch 3d Printed Movement Holders - FREE CONUS - You Pay Shipping!
Itemized cost: Filament cost $26 USD per 1000 grams. Weight of item: 1.6 grams. Total item cost per item: $0.0416 USD Labor: Free Item Cost: Free Shipping Cost: $5 CONUS only. If you are in the EU and are interested I will be working with @Karbon74 to get a package of these shipped when we...
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One more thing to note... I added to the back of the case a nice little wire spring usually used to attach bezels. It came with the case but I didn't notice it till now and I went ahead and installed it. For sure decent at keeping the movement from binding on the caseback so when you rotate the caseback you don't snap the crown or anything crazy!
For those who asked, the watches_77 moonswatches from DHGate are the ones I'm using with this 3d printed movement ring. Available here:
I gotta try some of his. I grabbed a few true shutters off alix but they ended up being like $9 each after Black Friday coupons and discounts. Anyone know of a dsotm cheapo clone that would take the moon movement? That would look nice.
If the $9 shitters work with my movement holder, let me know. If not, would be happy to pick one up for $9 and give us some options!
they were $24 before all the discounts but work fine. This is using Your holder, just trimmed up a little because my printer isn’t very calibrated. the case was such a poor color, posted the pic next to my gen mars for laughs.
Glad to hear about the movement holder. I may need to add a chamfer to the bottom as your printer could have an elephant footing issues. That would be good for a V2 and I will make those changes! If it isn't the bottom that had issues, let me know!they were $24 before all the discounts but work fine. This is using Your holder, just trimmed up a little because my printer isn’t very calibrated. the case was such a poor color, posted the pic next to my gen mars for laughs.
It was the bottom but it wouldn’t matter. I just haven’t put any work into really tuning settings, I print “good enough“ then give things a quick cleanup
I make tons of little parts on an 8 yr old printer and have to scale prints to get them to line up with the dimensions I designed. Don’t worry about your model, I’m sure it’s fine! I just want to know what people are using for rehauts. Maybe I’ll have to just print one of those too.
So I don't think you need a rehaut, you just need to make sure that little bezel spring is in the case back. That's what actually pushes the movement and holder right up flush to the case. If you don't have one of those you could make a flat leaf spring out of a scrap aluminum, literally just a 0.5x1cm piece of aluminum, folded over once.It was the bottom but it wouldn’t matter. I just haven’t put any work into really tuning settings, I print “good enough“ then give things a quick cleanup
I just want to know what people are using for rehauts. Maybe I’ll have to just print one of those too.
I have the Pagani case, it didn’t have any spring. My stem is coming in at an angle already and I need to space the movement back off the case a tiny bit. I threw it together late the other night without measuring anything so I’ll check it out, but I saw another user say they had a trimmed repair for their pagani build.
Take a look here...
See that spring? That's the ticket right there. It works great for two reasons:
- When you screw on the caseback the movement holder will not rotate which is good because you don't want it turning and damaging the crown or anything, plus you've got the pushers which you don't want damaged
- The spring pushes up the whole movement + holder assembly to the rehaut so there is no gap and the assembly won't rattle
The movement in mine doesn’t need to be pushed forward. It needs a few mm space away from the crystal to keep the stem from being at a big angleTake a look here...
See that spring? That's the ticket right there. It works great for two reasons:
You could even make your own spring with a paperclip, although the thickness of this wire is 0.5mm, and a paperclip would be larger. I've actually ordered some spring steel wire to make custom springs for the caseback of this watch for people to ship out with the movement holders, so they don't have to solve this problem in case they choose to use the Pagani case!
- When you screw on the caseback the movement holder will not rotate which is good because you don't want it turning and damaging the crown or anything, plus you've got the pushers which you don't want damaged
- The spring pushes up the whole movement + holder assembly to the rehaut so there is no gap and the assembly won't rattle
Very interesting! So in that case you do want a rehaut piece to properly space the movement... In this case how would you feel about designing one for the pagani case? Pretty much a circle I would expect! Or if you have dimensions I am happy to provide the design. I don't have a pagani case to test on but if I did I would be all over this!
I can design it I just didn’t want to put a printed piece in there, would like to find something cleaner. I’ve got enough projects already
many of the moonswatches come with a small spacer ring themselves- check and see if one is wedged in the plastic case. hopefully it will be enough.
Which case are you using?