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| + | Tools and supplies we need for making jewelry. |
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| == Things we need == | | == Things we need == |
− | * Acetylene tank, regulator, and acetylene/air torch with a few different tips
| + | * Fire Bricks |
− | * Bench pin, V-slot
| + | * Loose pumice stone |
− | * Bezel roller
| + | * Ventilation (!) |
− | * Buffing wheels
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− | * Burnisher
| + | == Things that would be nice to have but not necessary == |
− | * Crock pot
| + | * Burnout furnace (full-size) |
− | * Dapping set
| + | * Cabbing machine |
− | * Fire Brick | + | * Casting machine (full-size) |
− | * Fluxes | + | * Chainmaker shears |
− | * Hammers: ball-peen, riveting, texturing and chasing | + | * Liver of Sulfur Gel |
− | * Metal bench block
| + | * Wet/ dry sandpaper |
− | * Needle files
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− | * Pickle (removes oxidation) | |
− | * Polishing compounds | |
− | * Prong pusher | |
− | * Pumice stone
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− | * Ring and bracelet mandrel
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− | * Ring-clamp
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− | * Rolling mill | |
− | * Rubber mallet
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− | * Sandpaper | |
− | * Saw blades (8 to 8/0) | |
− | * Solder: hard, medium, and easy
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− | * Solder snips/shears
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| * Some sort of glass or ceramic bin for the used pickle | | * Some sort of glass or ceramic bin for the used pickle |
− | * Tongs (copper or stainless)
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| * Wire of various gages | | * Wire of various gages |
| * Yellow Ochre | | * Yellow Ochre |
| + | |
| + | == Things we could easily make == |
| + | * Benches |
| + | * Draw plate |
| + | * Soft jaws |
| + | * Vacuum casting table (?!) |
| + | |
| + | == Things that we already have == |
| + | * 20-ton hydraulic press |
| + | * Burnout Furnace (small, dental) |
| + | * Casting machine (small, dental) |
| + | * Diamond saw |
| + | * Electric hand engraver |
| + | * Foredom Flex-Shafts |
| + | * Headband magnifiers |
| + | * Lapper |
| + | * Ring Gauges |
| + | * Rolling mill |
| + | * Saw frames |
| + | * Urethane pads for hydraulic press |
| + | * Vibratory tumbler |
| + | * Also... |
| + | |
| + | {| class="wikitable" |
| + | |- |
| + | ! Item |
| + | ! Photo |
| + | |- |
| + | |Abrasive disks |
| + | | [[File: abrasives.jpg|300px]] |
| + | |- |
| + | |Binding wire |
| + | |[[File: binding_wire.jpg|300px]] |
| + | |- |
| + | |Buffer |
| + | |[[File: buffer.jpg|300px]] |
| + | |- |
| + | |Misc. burrs |
| + | |[[File: burrs.jpg|300px]] |
| + | |- |
| + | |Drill bits |
| + | |[[File: drill_bits.jpg|300px]] |
| + | |- |
| + | |Equipment cabinet |
| + | |[[File: equipment_cabinet.jpg|300px]] |
| + | |- |
| + | |Files |
| + | |[[File: files.jpg|300px]] |
| + | |- |
| + | |Automatic torch lighter, flux, strikers |
| + | |[[File: flux_strikers.jpg|300px]] |
| + | |- |
| + | |Ring mandrels, bracelet mandrels, dapping blocks & punches, misc forming tools |
| + | |[[File: forming_tools.jpg|300px]] |
| + | |- |
| + | |Gravers |
| + | |[[File: gravers.jpg|300px]] |
| + | |- |
| + | |Hammers, mallets |
| + | |[[File: hammers.jpg|300px]] |
| + | |- |
| + | |Letter punches |
| + | |[[File: letter_punches.jpg|300px]] |
| + | |- |
| + | |Pickle, crock pot, copper tongs |
| + | |[[File: pickle_tongs.jpg|300px]] |
| + | |- |
| + | |Pliers, solder snips, shears, draw tongs |
| + | |[[File: pliers_cutters.jpg|300px]] |
| + | |- |
| + | |Polishing compounds |
| + | |[[File: polishing_compounds.jpg|300px]] |
| + | |- |
| + | |Polishing wheels |
| + | |[[File: polishing_wheels.jpg|300px]] |
| + | |- |
| + | |Ring clamps, burnishers, prong pushers, bezel rollers |
| + | |[[File: ring_clamps_misc.jpg|300px]] |
| + | |- |
| + | |Saw blades |
| + | |[[File: saw_blades.jpg|300px]] |
| + | |- |
| + | |Setting and ball burrs |
| + | |[[File: setting_burrs.jpg|300px]] |
| + | |- |
| + | | Acetylene tank, regulator, and acetylene/air torch with a few different tips |
| + | |[[File: smith_torch.jpg|300px]] |
| + | |- |
| + | |Solder picks, third hand, tweezers |
| + | |[[File: solder_picks_tweezers.jpg|300px]] |
| + | |- |
| + | |Solder: easy, medium & hard |
| + | |[[File: solder.jpg|300px]] |
| + | |- |
| + | |Bench pins, vices |
| + | |[[File: vices.jpg|300px]] |
| + | |- |
| + | } |
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| + | [[Category:Equipment]] |
| + | [[Category:Small Metals]] |