A Treatise on Staff Making and Pivoting / Containing Complete Directions for Making and Fitting New Staffs from the Raw Material

A practical, illustrated manual that teaches step-by-step how to make and fit watch staffs and pivots, beginning with selection and preparation of raw steel and tool setup. It explains graver techniques, roughing, hardening and tempering, precise measurement and gauging, pivot shapes and capillarity, and methods for grinding, polishing and centering using wax and taper chucks. Instructions for forming and hardening tiny drills, drilling and fitting new pivots are given alongside tips for measurement fixtures and common troubleshooting to support hands-on repair and fabrication.