Watch Display Shelves
As can be infered from the title, this is a shelving unit. It's designed to hold my watch collection, with each of the three plates acting as an individual shelf. This is also the reason why the plates themselves look like those of a real wristwatch movement.
The movement in question is this, the ZiM 2602 from the Maslennikov Watch Factory in Samara, Russia. It is a simple, well-engineered 15 jewel mechanical movement that served as the "people's watch" of the USSR from 1950 all the way until 2006. The example in the video above is an earlier one (roughly 1960s) with Geneva striping and better balancing on the glycodur balance. It is really the movement that made me care about vintage watches in the first place and inspired me to become a hobbyist watchmaker, of which I have greatly enjoyed thus far.
This other example in one of my own watches, however, is a later one from the 1980s. Note the much cruder finish, although the Breguet hairspring and glycodur balance are still present. No shockproofing though, but we can't have everything!
Fusion 360 sketches and renderings. The plates of the "movement" are made out of 0.2 inch thick sheet steel whereas the triangular base was made out of 0.5 inch MDF (Medium-Density Fibreboard) wood.
Interactive Fusion 360 models. Unfortunately, the chamfers present in the base had to go, as the bit on the Crawlbot wasn't small enough to do them accurately.
The manufacturing process of the three plates, from foamcore prototype to sheet steel. Note the threaded rods at the last picture. These are what connects the shevles to the wooden base, held together with stick welds, hot glue, and nuts.
The plasma cutter doing its thing with my Fusion 360 toolpath for my three shelves or plates. I had to make four different versions of this cut before I got one that was of an acceptable standard.
The final product, with even the base being finished in an entire can of Rust-o-leum's off-white. Note the top-down view as seen in the last picture. It looks like a connected or complete movement, no?
