As well as dials some hands are manufactured by hand at KUDOKE too. The typical wavelike hand of KUDOKE for example has been created manually. The process of manufacturing hands is illustrated in the following.
Manufacturing hands
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Design and sketch the hand After the shape of the hands has been outlined on a sheet of paper this design is copied with a scriber on the actual material, the hand will consist of later.
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Sawing out the hand Afterwards the hand is sawed out according to the marked sketch on the material with a small saw.
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Filing the hand Now the hand is filed until the patterns of sawing at the outside of the hand disappears and an even surface develops.
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Surface treatment To get an even and shiny surface, the hand is filed, grinded and polished subsequently.
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Blue the hand Finally the hand is heated up to a specific temperature by use of a naked flame. As a result it changes its color right up to an even blue shade.
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