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  • Hot Glue Gun for Steel

    Jon’s got a movie credit, Chris is moving clutter, and Omega’s cluttering up the SIHH signal.

    • Design Canada The documentary Design Canada is now out
    • Off Hours Episode 20 We first talked about Design Canada back in Episode 20
    • Off Hours Episode 21 Correction to some follow-up in Episode 21, at the time we said that Jon had no connection to Design Canada, a bit has changed since then & he now has a credit in the film for some post-production work (full disclosure: neither Jon or Chris are receiving any money or other tangible compensation for sales of Design Canada)
    • The Original Omega In addition to re-releasing Omega caliber 321, Omega announced shortly after SIHH that they will also be re-introducing their namesake, 19 ligne pocket watch caliber this year in limited production, alongside a manually wound Omega De Ville 125th Anniversary Edition
    • Omega Seamaster 300 A fresh take on the Seamaster in black ceramic and titanium
    • ETA 6497
    • Vitsœ 606 A universal shelving system designed by Dieter Rams
    • TIG Welder
    • MIG Welder
    • Tungsten Electrodes Chris is going to need a few of these
    • Julie Lake Instagram feed of artist, welder, & jeweler, Julie Lake
    • MESA Safe A solidly constructed steel safe with a combination lock
    • Digital Safe An entry-level safe with digital lock
    • Analog to Digital Lock Conversion Kit
    • Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!
    • Cricut Maker A machine Jon finds handy for automating tedious cutting tasks in a variety of flat materials
    • Silhouette Cameo Another vector cutting machine, similar to the Cricut
    • Knew Concepts Saw Chris cut the aperture for the moonphase display on his watch out by hand using his trusty jewellers’ saw

      • A mock-up of the dial Chris is making for his moonphase watch

      • Silver Hand Studios Examples of some of the pens Chris has crafted
      • “Reverse Loupe” A biconcave lens for making objects appear farther away, a particularly handy aid for artists & typesetters
      • Vantablack
      • Black 3.0 An incredibly black paint that Chris has backed the kickstarter for
      • Stuart Semple The artist & entrepreneur behind Black 3.0
      • H. Moser Endeavour Perpetual Moon Vantablack H. Moser & Cie’s take on a Vantablack watch dial
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      • SIHH 2019

        Chris and Jon discuss a resurrected watch caliber, the watches of SIHH, and a secret way to displace metal.

        • Omega 321 Omega announced they would be putting their chronograph caliber 321 back into production days before the start of SIHH 2019
        • Omega 861 / 1861 A deconstruction of Omega caliber 1861
        • Column Wheel vs. Cam An overview of column wheel versus cam operated chronographs
        • Audemars Piguet CODE 11.59
        • Bremont’s Trip-Tick Case
        • Linde Werdelin Spidolite

          • Audemars Piguet Code 11.59 Supersonnerie

        • Moser Swiss alp
        • Apple Watch Retrofit An Apple Watch retrofitted with a mechanical movement, crafted by Till Lotterman
        • Till Lotterman Official website of Till Lotterman
        • Naissance d’une Montre 2
        • Oscillon Prototype
        • An Interview with Michel Boulanger and Philippe Dufour
        • Martin Frei & Felix Baumgartner
        • Urwerk AMC A mechanical watch regulated by an atomic clock
        • Urwerk EMC A mechanical watch with its own timing machine built right in
        • Ferdinand Berthoud The CEO of Ferdinand Berthoud announced at SIHH 2019 that they will be underwriting Naissance d’une Montre 3
        • BHI The British Horological Institute
        • AHS The Antiquarian Horological Society has an extensive archive of the BHI’s Horological Journal
        • Walter Lange Watchmaking Excellence Award Otto Peltola a student at the Finnish School of Watchmaking won this year’s Walter Lange Watchmaking Excellence Award

          • The musical timepiece that won this year’s Walter Lange Watchmaking Excellence Award, submitted by Otto Peltola

        • F.P. Journe Young Talent Competition Tyler John Davies from Birmingham City University won this year’s Young Talent Competition

          • The Equilibrium Clock by Tyler John Davies, winner of this year’s F.P. Journe Young Talent Competition

        • Horizon Clock Crafted by 2016 F.P. Journe Young Talent Competition winner and fellow BCU alumni, Anna Rose Kirk, the Horizon Clock is now on display at the Science Museum in London
        • New Kids on the Watchmaking Block Last year’s winner of the Young Talent Competition, Rémy Cools, was recently featured in the New York Times alongside Rexhep Rexhepi & others
        • F.P. Journe Tourbillon Souverain Vertical

          • A close-up of the milgrain pattern on an F.P. Journe crown

        • Different takes on engraving a watch movement

        • Jaeger-LeCoultre Master Ultra Thin Moon Enamel
        • Cartier Santos Squelette Noctambule One of Chris’ favourites from last year, updated with a DLC case
        • Hermès Arceau L’Heure De La Lune An intriguing new take on a moonphase display
        • Hermès Moonphase in Action A demonstration of how the time & displays circumnavigate the dial of the watch when using the moonphase corrector
        • Vacheron Twin Beat The first ever mechanical perpetual calendar that can… hibernate?
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        • My Chaos is Self-imposed

          Chris and Jon look back on 2018 and set course for the year ahead.

          • Off Hours Episode 23
          • The Perfectionists
          • Joseph Whitworth
          • British Standard Whitworth
          • Hexagonal Cannon Smarter Every Day on How to Measure to a millionth of an Inch
          • U.S. Space & Rocket Center Space Museum in Huntsville, Alabama, a.k.a. Space Town USA
          • Veritasium on Relativity Derek Mueller takes advantage of an orbital quirk to demonstrate the theory of relativity
          • A Teenager Explains Relativity
            • Young Hillary Andales breaks down the theory of relativity in a competition winning video

            • Off Hours Episode 10 Jon & Chris discuss their yearly themes for 2018
            • Santa Fe Symposium
            • Chris’ YouTube Channel Chris relaunched his YouTube channel in 2018
            • Graceland Chris will be visiting Elvis Presley’s home as a part of this year’s speaker tour at the Sante Fe Symposium
            • Goldsmiths Company Jewellery Materials Congress 2019
            • Chris’ Hand Drawn Watch Dial
            • Teca-Print
              • Makers of industrial pad printing machines
            • Hajime Pad Printer Hajime Asaoka demonstrating the pad printing machine he built

              • Pad printer designed & built by Hajime Asaoka

            • Off Hours Episode 28
              • No Longer Mangling Watches
            • BHI Short Courses Short watch & clock making courses offered by the British Horological Institute
            • Rams A documentary by Gary Hustwit that Chris & Jon were fortunate to catch an early screening of in 2018
            • Cortex Myke & Grey discuss their yearly themes for 2019
            • Pierson Workholding
            • Lean Manufacturing A look at how Pierson employs lean manufacturing techniques in their production
            • Rexhep Rexhepi An interview with the talented young watchmaker, Rexhep Rexhepi, from SJX
            • Chris Ploof A specialist in producing Mokume-gane & Damascus
            • Taig Lathe
            • Haas
            • Matsuura
            • Akrivia
            • Kari Voutilainen

              • Apple Watch Series 4 Chris picked up a new watch over the holidays
              • Link Bracelet
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              • No Tree is the Same

                Jon‘s brother Josh joins us to discuss his career as a fine wood worker.

                • Robb Report Ultimate Home 2016 Josh worked on a number of the interior architectural components in the house that won Robb Report’s Ultimate Home of 2016
                • Star Caliber 2000 The watch that drew Jon to the craft of watchmaking after seeing a breakdown of its movement in an issue of Robb Report around the turn of the millennium
                • Off Hours Episode 2 More on the Star Caliber 2000 & Jon’s backstory
                • Make It Metal A metal veneer Josh has employed to brass coat wood
                • Charles & Ray Eames
                • Inside Passage The woodworking school Josh attended in British Columbia
                • Rosewood Studio Another place to pick up some fine woodworking skills in Canada
                • Robert van Norman Josh’s teacher at the Inside Passage
                • George Daniels A masterful watchmaker
                • Grant Chambers A friend of Jon’s who is adept at creatively steering what others might see as an unfortunate mishap into a beautifully crafted final product
                • Lie Nielsen Makers of solid, maple benches for wood working
                • Wood Boy Folding Saws The Dozuki is currently one of Josh’s favourite Japanese style wood saws
                • Rubio Monocoat
                • Osmo
                • French Polish
                • Tung Oil
                • Card Scrape
                • James Krenov
                • A Cabinet Maker’s Notebook A solid introduction to the Krenovian philosophy & methodology of fine wood working
                • Jasmine Album A jazz album Josh particularly enjoys, by Keith Jarrett & Charlie Haden

                  • A reproduction of a cutlery chest made by James Krenov that Josh crafted while at Inside Passage

                  The one-armed chair, for playing guitar, that Josh crafted. Inspired by the work of Vidar Malmsten.

                • Vidar Malmsten Chair The chair that Josh based the design of his one-armed guitar playing chair off of
                • Carl Malmsten Renowned, Swedish furniture designer & father of Vidar Malmsten
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                • A Puddle in Your Pocket

                  Jon and Chris follow a thread that weaves horology, magic, and movies together.

                  • Rexhep’s Chronomètre Contemporain
                  • Episode 14 Jon & Chris first discussed Rexhep Rexhepi’s Chronomètre Contemporain in Episode 14 of Off Hours
                  • Voutilainen Observatoire The movement of the Voutilainen Observatoire is based on the Peseux 260
                  • McGonigle Repeater Peter Speake-Marin deconstructs one of the McGonigle Brothers’ minute repeaters
                  • Christophe Claret
                  • The Naked Watchmaker Peter Speake-Marin deconstructs world-class timepieces
                  • Cartier’s Mystery Clocks An article on Quill & Pad
                  • Robert Houdin
                  • Quinting Watches Quartz powered mystery wrist watches
                  • Triple Mystery Clock The pinnacle of Houdin’s mystery clocks

                  • Tiffany Oracle A pocket watch with a mystery tourbillon

                  • Cartier’s Astromystérieux Cartier takes the concept of a mystery tourbillon to another level

                  • Vincent Calabrese Official website of independent watchmaker, Vincent Calabrese
                  • Bridging Art & Mechanics A book by Elizabeth Doerr that explores the history of Corum’s Golden Bridge watch, first conceived by Vincent Calabrese
                  • History of Corum’s Golden Bridge
                  • The Illusionist
                  • Houdin’s Orange Tree
                  • Houdin’s Cup & Balls Automaton
                  • Ricky Jay’s Automaton Act
                  • Vaucanson’s Digesting Duck
                  • Episode 29 Chris & Jon discussed Vaucanson & his work in Episode 29 of Off Hours
                  • Protean Deck A demonstration of Houdin’s Protean Deck
                  • Svengali Deck A pared down version of the Protean Deck, the Svengali is a magic deck of cards Jon has several of
                  • George Melies A watchmaker, magician, & film pioneer who was inspired by the work of Robert Houdin
                  • A Trip to the Moon A silent film by George Melies
                  • Hugo A modern film, based around the life & work of George Melies
                  • Houdini One of the most renowned magicians of all time
                  • Max Malini A contemporary of Houdini’s
                  • Dry Ice Blocks
                  • Cards as Weapons A book by Ricky Jay
                  • Learned Pigs & Fireproof Women Another book by Ricky Jay that provides some rare insight into the life of Malini
                  • Genii Magazine A journal for magicians & conjurers
                  • Deceptive Practice A documentary about Ricky Jay & his mentors
                  • The Prestige
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                  • Inherently Honest

                    Chris and Jon talk about the late Ricky Jay, sleight of hand, and graveyards full of secrets.

                    • Ricky Jay Obituary
                    • Deadwood Ricky Jay played the character, Eddie Sawyer, in the first season of HBO’s Deadwood
                    • Ricky Jay on IMDB
                    • Cards as Weapons A book by Ricky Jay
                    • David Blaine
                    • The Illusionist
                    • The Prestige
                    • Dai Vernon A Canadian born magician who mentored many younger magicians in sleight of hand work, including Ricky Jay
                    • Slydini
                    • David Copperfield
                    • It Might Get Loud A history of the electric guitar, with an impressive scene by Jack White of The White Stripes
                    • Graveyards Full of Secrets Philippe Dufour laments the loss of know-how & technique that vanishes every time a craftsperson passes away or retires without passing on their skill
                    • Deceptive Practice A documentary about Ricky Jay & his mentors
                    • Ricky Jay’s Magical Secrets New Yorker article from 1993
                    • The Expert at the Card Table Otherwise known as Artifice, Ruse, and Subterfuge at the Card Table
                    • Tracking Cards Ricky Jay demonstrates his ability to keep a deck of cards organized in his mind while shuffling them
                    • Ricky Jay & His 52 Assistants
                    • Penn & Teller
                    • Eric Mead
                    • Eric Mead Fools Penn & Teller
                    • Four Queens Ricky Jay performs Four Queens, three ways
                    • Ricky Jay Plays Poker
                    • Hustlers, Hoaxsters, Pranksters, Jokesters & Ricky Jay
                    • Dealt A documentary about a blind card handler
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                    • Hazy Blue Halo

                      Le Grande K is out of a job. Chris has lathe problems, Jon has lens problems, and the iPad Pro still has a pro app problem.

                      This episode of Off Hours was made possible in part
                      thanks to the Santa Fe Symposium

                      Learn more at www.santafesymposium.org

                      • CanUX A conference Jon attended between the recording of last episode & this episode
                      • Raven Telemetry Creators of Raven Sense, a system to improve the uptime of automated machinery
                      • Kevin Deveey One of the key designers behind Raven Sense & a speaker at CanUX 2018

                      • Richard Mille RMS 05 Fountain Pen A $105,000 mechanical fountain pen

                      • Kari Voutilainen A great interview with independent watchmaker, Kari Voutilainen

                        • An employee at Voutilainen’s dial manufacture, Comblémine, working on what appears to be a Neuweiler Straight Line Engine, photo by Xavier Markl via Monochrome

                        • Peter Speake-Marin The latest project from independent watchmaker, Peter Speake-Marin

                        • GPHG The Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève
                        • Rexhep Rexhepi Chronomètre Contemporain GPHG Men’s Watch Prize Winner
                        • Van Cleef Lady Arpels Planétarium GPHG Ladies’ Complication Watch Prize Winner
                        • Nomos Tangente Neomatik 41 Update GPHG Challenge Watch Prize Winner
                        • Greubel Forsey Grande Sonnerie GPHG Mechanical Exception Watch Prize Winner
                        • Konstantin Chaykin Clown Watch GPHG Audacity Prize Winner
                        • OneHourWatch Lee Yuen-Rapati, the artist behind OneHourWatch deserves an honourable mention for the Audacity Prize at GPHG 2018

                        • Bench Myths A paper presented by Ann Cahoon at the Santa Fe Symposium 2014
                        • Bench Myths Revisited A paper presented by Ann Cahoon at the Santa Fe Symposium 2018

                        • Cromwell Lathe Chris’ Cromwell lathe is currently down for the count
                        • Ward Leonard Drive System The style of drive system powering Chris’ Cromwell lathe
                        • NRC Labs Chris’ Cromwell was originally used by Canada’s National Research Council
                        • Moving Sidewalks at the World’s Fair Moving sidewalks at the World’s Fair in Paris in 1900 were also powered by a Ward Leonard Drive System
                        • 3 Phase Motor The new motor Chris is installing in his Cromwell
                        • Digital VFD The digital VFD, plus keypad, that Chris is using with his Cromwell
                        • VFD Remote
                        • Cable for VFD Remote
                        • “I Keep Buying Lathes” Episode 21 of Off Hours

                        • The Kilogram is Dead, Long Live the Kilogram The definition of a kilogram is officially changing
                        • The Perfectionists

                        • Nikon D810 The camera Chris takes his product shots with
                        • Nikon 60mm Macro Lens
                        • Nikon 105mm Lens
                        • Focus Stacking A technique that can be used to merge multiple macro shots into a single image that is entirely in focus
                        • Loupe System A high end loupe used by watchmakers & watch collectors
                        • Affinity Photo A powerful photo editing app that dramatically simplifies the process of focus stacking
                        • Chromatic Aberration
                        • 50mm Lens The 50mm lens Jon has (couldn’t find a link for the old macro lens that was causing the chromatic aberration)
                        • Macro Extension Tube Set These tubes can be used to seat a lens further from the camera housing, to turn it into a macro lens
                        • Lens Twist Trick How to lock a camera lens at a particular aperture
                        • Auto Focus Macro Extension Tube Set A set of extension tubes with electronic pass through for auto focus (what Jon should be using instead)
                        • Microscope The microscope Chris uses, which can also accommodate his camera to record as he works
                        • Inside the Studio Chris recently relaunched his YouTube channel
                        • Niello for the Modern Jeweler The paper Chris presented at the 2018 Santa Fe Symposium
                        • Canon EOS 5D Mark II
                        • Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K The camera Chris will be using to record his upcoming YouTube videos in 4K
                        • Nikon D850 Chris was considering updating his Nikon to the D850 to film in 4K
                        • Glif iPhone Mount A quick release tripod mount that Chris uses to hold his iPhone when recording video
                        • Manfrotto Variable Friction Magic Arm The camera arm Chris uses
                        • Manfrotto Super Clamp The mount that Chris uses in conjunction with the arm above
                        • DJI Osmo Mobile 2 Gimbal A gimbal Chris picked up this year for capturing stabilized video with his phone
                        • Filmic Pro A video recording & editing app for iOS
                        • DJI ActiveTrack An overview of DJI’s ActiveTrack feature for automatically keeping a subject in the frame of a shot
                        • DJI Ronin Gimbal A more advanced gimbal Chris is considering
                        • iPhone XS Chris recently upgraded to the iPhone XS & is incredibly pleased with its HDR video recording capabilities

                        • iPad Pro Apple recently introduced a new form factor for the iPad Pro
                        • Photoshop for iPad A preview of Photoshop running on an iPad, demoed at Adobe MAX 2018
                        • Magnets in the iPad Pro A video showing off the magnet configuration in the new iPad Pro, from MKBHD
                        • Apple Smart Keyboard Folio
                        • Brydge iPad Keyboard
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                        • Industrial Vending Machine

                          While Chris was away traveling the world, Jon got a tour behind the scenes at Veritas, a tool making company based in Canada’s Capital. From the first all metal lathe ever made to building CNC machines at home, this episode is all about tools.

                          This episode of Off Hours was made possible in part
                          thanks to the Santa Fe Symposium

                          Learn more at www.santafesymposium.org

                          • Control Plane We mentioned the macOS app, Control Plane, in the last episode, unfortunately it is no longer under active development
                          • Cycloid Drawing Machine An advanced take on the Spirograph, by Joe Freedman
                          • Making It Podcast A trio of makers talk about creativity, design, & making things with your hands
                          • Jacques de Vaucanson
                          • Vaucanson’s Metal Lathe A nearly 300 year-old machine that “made everything”
                          • James Watt Micrometer What is thought to be the world’s oldest surviving micrometer, reputedly crafted by James Watt
                          • The Perfectionists A book we talked about back in episode 23, that shares some parallels with the Vaucanson video above
                          • Lee Valley A much loved Canadian company, founded in 1978 by Leonard Lee, Lee Valley came up in our very first episode of Off Hours
                          • Veritas Tools Founded by Leonard Lee to craft products for Lee Valley, Jon recently got a tour around the manufacturing facilities of Veritas Tools in Ottawa
                          • Beamer Lasers Veritas employs a Beamer FXL22 to inscribe their tools
                          • Mitutoyo Precision measuring tools
                          • Mitutoyo Surftest A tool to objectively evaluate surface finish
                          • Surface Plate
                          • CMMs A look at an automated Coordinate Measuring Machine in action
                          • Maudslay’s Lord Chancellor A bench micrometer crafted by English Industrialist, Henry Maudslay
                          • Autocrib Small scale, automated inventory management employed by Veritas to help manage CNC bits & other small equipment
                          • Remstar A vertical carousel system for inventory management, particularly handy for small parts like those used in watchmaking
                          • WALL-E’s Wall A clip of WALL-E’s vertical carousel system in the Pixar film, WALL-E
                          • “Guns. Lots of guns.” The “inventory” scene from The Matrix
                          • Rolex 904L Stainless Steel This short video, now over a decade old, offers a brief glimpse into a small fraction of Rolex’s inventory system
                          • TE-CO Tour A a look behind the scenes at TE-CO with NYC CNC
                          • Terry Fox
                          • Tapmatic Deceptively simple, but effective tools that make quick work of tapping threads in a manufacturing environment
                          • Flexarm Maker of pneumatic tapping arms, like the ones Chris mentioned
                          • Busy Bee Tools
                          • Walther-Trowal Makers of industrial scale tumbling polishers
                          • Haas
                          • Fanuc
                          • Matsuura
                          • Hurco
                          • Göckel
                          • Makerspace North Chris gave a talk, alongside Rich Loen, on how to make your own CNC machine recently at Makerspace North
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                          • Travel with Your Pens Full

                            Backpacks—an unsolvable problem. Chris has an unexpected run-in with some surrealist art, followed by a discussion of dealing with the realities of travel.

                            • Masters of Contemporary Watchmaking An additional book highlighting the work of independent watchmakers, that we ought to have mentioned in Episode 27
                            • Watchmakers The Masters of Art Horology A book Chris picked up recently that catalogues the work of modern independent watchmakers
                            • 12 Faces of Time The 12 Faces of Time details the lives and works of a dozen of the foremost independent watchmakers of our era
                            • Engine Turning Chris demonstrating the art of engine turning
                            • Geometric Chuck A paper about geometric chucks which are simplified versions of the full engines used in security printing.
                            • Matthews Documentary A trailer for the engine turning documentary featuring Martin Matthews
                            • MoMA SF Official website of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
                            • René Magritte Chris caught a temporary exhibit of the work of surrealist artist, René Magritte, while on layover recently in San Francisco
                            • Steven Strang Local artist & friend of the show whose work is similar in genre to Magritte’s
                            • Magritte’s The Human Condition
                            • Magritte’s The Promenades of Euclid
                            • Thomas Crown Affair A film that prominently features Magritte’s Son of Man
                            • Banksy Shredded Art Video of a Banksy painting being shredded the moment after the hammer came down for the winning bid at auction
                            • Gerhard Richter Another of the artists on display at MoMA SF
                            • XKCD A perfect encapsulation of the woes of shopping for a backpack

                              • Osprey Bags One of Jon’s favourite backpack brands over the years
                              • Mountain Hardwear Frequent Flyer 30 Jon’s most recent everyday backpack
                              • How to Knock Off a Saddleback Leather Bag
                              • Flight Bag The bag Chris uses most
                              • Peak Design Everyday Backpack 30L Chris’ current backpack of choice
                              • Packing Cubes A handy way to keep things organized when packing for travel
                              • Superior Labor Leather Pen Roll The roll Chris uses to hold pens & a watch when travelling
                              • Lightning to SD Card Reader A useful adaptor for transferring photos from an SD card to an iOS device
                              • High Watt USB-C Charger While still far from being a perfect universal spec, one nice thing about USB-C is being able to carry a single, high-watt charger rather than multiple, different chargers when travelling
                              • USB-C to Lightning A cable that allows an iPhone or iPad to be charged using the same charger that now ships with Apple’s MacBooks
                              • Anker PowerCore Jon & Chris both use Anker’s battery packs to keep devices topped up when travelling
                              • Control Plane Mac utility A utility Chris uses to manage network traffic on his MacBook, unfortunately, it is no longer under active development
                              • Luna Display An app & adaptor that together turn an iPad into an external display for a macOS
                              • Bose QuietComfort 35 Chris’ go to headphones when travelling
                              • Nexus Card
                              • HS-NY Lectures Video lectures from the Horological Society of New York
                              • Clickspring YouTube Channel
                              • Reconstructing The Antikythera Mechanism A preview of the Antikythera project by Clickspring on YouTube
                              • The Perfectionists A book about humankind’s relentless pursuit of perfection & the compounding effects it has had on society
                              • Creative Selection
                                • Written by a former Apple software engineer, Creative Selection provides a rare glimpse into what the design process was like at Apple when Steve Jobs was alive
                              • Why We Sleep A book Jon’s been reading recently about the science & benefits of sleep
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                              • Smoking Bellows

                                Chris has just returned from a conference on ornamental turning. He and Jon discuss the difference between ornamental turning and engine turning, along with some of the other things Chris got up to while out on the West Coast.

                                • OTI Symposium Chris just got back from the 2018 Ornamental Turners International Symposium in Seattle, Washington
                                • Guilloché on Off Hours We touched on guilloché work & engine turning quite a bit right off the bat, in Episode 1 of Off Hours
                                • History of Ornamental Turning

                                  • Examples of some ornamentally turned boxes Chris has acquired over the years

                                  • Guilloché & Bank Notes An addendum to Wired Magazine’s ‘Future of Money’
                                  • Excentro A Mac app for designing guilloché patterns
                                  • Ornamental Mill Although they are no longer in production, these are the types of ornamental mills Chris alluded to when discussing large, ornamental wood pillars
                                  • John Harrison’s Wooden Clocks A video about John Harrison’s wood clocks (part 2)

                                    • Example of some self-lubricating, wooden bushings made from lignum vitae, by American clockmaker, Rick Hale

                                    • Mopane Wood
                                    • African Blackwood
                                    • Lignum Vitae
                                    • English Boxwood

                                      • A cup by Brian Jackson, turned on an ornamental lathe in lignum vitae

                                      • Singapore Balls Singapore Balls crafted by Wes Pilley
                                      • Brian Jackson’s Ornamental Boxes
                                      • Nested 3D Prints Some examples of nested 3D prints by George W. Hart, with .stl source files
                                      • Double-Sided Bracelet David Fletcher’s paper for the 2018 Sante Fe Symposium details a fused bracelet 3D printed in 2 metals by Cooksongold

                                        • A fused, dual-metal bracelet, 3D printed by Cooksongold

                                        • Fringe Element Chris described the fused metal bracelet created by Cooksongold in greater detail back in Episode 18
                                        • Mixed Metals Jon & Chris discussed Bob Kramer’s use of Damascus steel in Episode 7 of Off Hours
                                        • Chris Ploof Friend of the show, Chris Ploof, specializes in working with Damascus
                                        • James Binnion Friend of the show, Jim Binnion, specializes in mokume-gane
                                        • Bob Kramer Maker of fine knives, hand crafted from Damascus steel
                                        • LMT Patterned Metals Producers of Damascus and mokume-gane, operated by Chris Ploof & James Binnion
                                        • Brittany Nicole Cox Official website of antiquarian horologist, Brittany Nicole Cox
                                        • Smoking Bellows in Automata Brittany Nicole Cox’s talk for the Horological Society of New York, on horological conservation & materials for bellows in smoking automata
                                        • Conservation vs. Restoration An overview of conservation versus restoration
                                        • Ted Crom Books Chris picked up a copy of Crom’s Horological and Other Shop Tools while in Seattle
                                        • Speake-Marin on WatchesTV A look at a collection of antique watchmakers’ tools with Peter Speake-Marin
                                        • Watchmakers The Masters of Art Horology Another book Chris picked up recently that catalogues the work of modern independent watchmakers
                                        • 12 Faces of Time Similar subject matter to the Masters of Art Horology, 12 Faces of Time details the lives and works of a dozen of the foremost independent watchmakers of our era
                                        • CNC presentation Chris will be giving a presentation on October 23rd alongside friend of the show, Rich Loen, outlining everything you need to know to build your own CNC machine
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