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* Burnout Furnace

Revision as of 04:54, 17 December 2015

Tools and supplies we need for making jewelry.

Things we need

  • Acetylene tank, regulator, and acetylene/air torch with a few different tips
  • Bench pin, V-slot
  • Bezel roller
  • Buffer
  • Buffing wheels
  • Burnisher
  • Cabbing machine
  • Crock pot
  • Dapping set
  • Fire Brick
  • Fluxes
  • Hammers: ball-peen, riveting, texturing and chasing
  • Metal bench block
  • Needle files
  • Pickle (removes oxidation)
  • Polishing compounds
  • Prong pusher
  • Pumice stone
  • Ring and bracelet mandrel
  • Ring-clamp
  • Rolling mill
  • Rubber mallet
  • Sandpaper
  • Saw blades (8 to 8/0)
  • Solder: hard, medium, and easy
  • Solder snips/shears
  • Some sort of glass or ceramic bin for the used pickle
  • Tongs (copper or stainless)
  • Ventilation
  • Wire of various gages
  • Yellow Ochre

Things that would be nice to have but not necessary

  • Letter/number stamp sets
  • Chainmaker Shears
  • Ring Gauges
  • Liver of Sulfur Gel
  • Automatic torch lighter
  • Draw tongs

Things we could easily make

  • Bench
  • Solder picks
  • Draw plate
  • Soft jaws

Things that we already have

  • Variety of pliers
  • Foredom Flex-Shaft
  • Third Hands
  • Saw frames
  • Electric hand engraver
  • Beeswax
  • Steel shot polisher
  • Diamond saw
  • Lapper
  • Casting machine
  • Burnout Furnace