Jewelry Tools: Difference between revisions

Browse history interactively

← Older edit

VisualWikitext

Latest revision as of 07:05, 8 May 2023

Tools and supplies we need for making jewelry.

Things we need

Fire Bricks
Loose pumice stone
Ventilation (!)

Things that would be nice to have but not necessary

Burnout furnace (full-size)
Cabbing machine
Casting machine (full-size)
Chainmaker shears
Liver of Sulfur Gel
Wet/ dry sandpaper
Some sort of glass or ceramic bin for the used pickle
Wire of various gages
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...

}

Item	Photo
Abrasive disks
Binding wire
Buffer
Misc. burrs
Drill bits
Equipment cabinet
Files
Automatic torch lighter, flux, strikers
Ring mandrels, bracelet mandrels, dapping blocks & punches, misc forming tools
Gravers
Hammers, mallets
Letter punches
Pickle, crock pot, copper tongs
Pliers, solder snips, shears, draw tongs
Polishing compounds
Polishing wheels
Ring clamps, burnishers, prong pushers, bezel rollers
Saw blades
Setting and ball burrs
Acetylene tank, regulator, and acetylene/air torch with a few different tips
Solder picks, third hand, tweezers
Solder: easy, medium & hard
Bench pins, vices

@@ Line 2: / Line 2: @@
 == 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 (!)
-* Buffer
-* Buffing wheels
+== Things that would be nice to have but not necessary ==
-* Burnisher
+* Burnout furnace (full-size)
 * Cabbing machine
-* Crock pot
+* Casting machine (full-size)
-* Dapping set
+* Chainmaker shears
-* Fire Brick
+* Liver of Sulfur Gel
-* Fluxes
+* Wet/ dry sandpaper
-* Hammers: ball-peen, riveting, texturing and chasing
-* Headband magnifier
-* Metal bench block
-* Needle files
-* Pickle (removes oxidation)
-* Polishing compounds
-* Prong pusher
-* Pumice stone
-* Ring and bracelet mandrels
-* 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
-* Vice(s)
-* Urethane pads for hydraulic press
-== 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
+* Benches
-* Solder picks
 * Draw plate
 * Soft jaws
+* Vacuum casting table (?!)
 == Things that we already have ==
-* Variety of pliers
+* 20-ton hydraulic press
-* Foredom Flex-Shaft
+* Burnout Furnace (small, dental)
-* Third Hands
+* Casting machine (small, dental)
-* Saw frames
+* Diamond saw
 * Electric hand engraver
-* Beeswax
+* Foredom Flex-Shafts
-* Steel shot polisher
+* Headband magnifiers
-* Diamond saw
 * Lapper
-* Casting machine
+* Ring Gauges
-* Burnout Furnace
+* Rolling mill
-* 20-ton hydraulic press
+* 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]]
+|-
+}
 [[Category:Equipment]]
+[[Category:Small Metals]]