Sales price at auction: $307.22
This is a K&D Inverto 18-R Deluxe Staking Tool Set and Accessories.
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Extended Staking Tools
- Frame Complete with Die Plate, Micrometer Stop and Lever and handle 43-118-01
- 100 Customer Selected Punches and 20 Stumps
- Balance Staff Removers 43-355, 43-360
- Two adjustable Roller Remover Stumps 43-305, 305B
- 10 Sub-punches and holder 43-316
Jeweling Tools
- 7 Jewel Pushers and holder 43-321
- 18 Jeweling Reamers & holder 43-322B
- 6 Friction Jeweling Stumps 43-324
- Cone Miller 43 401- 130
Container
- Hardwood Box 43-118-03 – In used condition.
- The user manual K&D Staking Tools and How to Use Them for the Inverto 18R Deluxe and 18R (23 pages)
This set is complete as configured by K&D for the original buyer. It includes all the items listed in the description above which matches the description of the 43-119 18-R Deluxe Staking Tool Set in the K&D catalog. K&D made over 150 different punches and over 75 unique stumps, not including those made before 1948. You will not find every punch, for example, listed in the K&D manual in this set as they didn’t offer 18R sets with over 100 stakes and 20 stumps at once. K&D made sets with 30, 60, 80 and 100 punches accompanied by either 10 or 20 stumps. Specifically, the pallet arbor punches are not shipped with the standard 18R. Also, some stakes such as numbers 57 and 87 were discontinued by K&D sometime during the 1940 war years.
The punches are made of hardened, tempered steel with satin finish – easy to maintain. The stumps are made of both hardened and soft steel to accommodate the tools you will need. Each tool is in its original slot as configured by Kendrick and Davis for the buyer. I examined each tool. I recondition some punches by rising with a non-toxic solution, hand buffing and lightly oiling the punch or stump. If a punch, stump or accessory looks like it has rust or is soiled in the photos, it’s only a reflection.
The hardwood box is in good condition – structurally sound and made of hardwood. It’s not damaged or dried out.
About K&D Inverto frames.
The Inverto principle allows a stake to slide into the the arm of the tool upside down into the die plate so that only the tip of the stake protrudes above the die plate. Each stake can be used as a stump. With 100 stakes, the Inverto offers 10,000 stake-stump combinations. Photo number 4 illustrates the use of the Inverto capability. Watch makes use this capability when restaffing or repairing balances.
Shipping weight is 12.5 pounds. Punches are packaged out of their holders, so they won’t spill during delivery. They’re separated by row number and side. No international delivery – Untied States only.