Equipment/Hand Tools - Revision history

MarkMellors at 16:03, 17 August 2013

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MarkMellors at 15:10, 17 August 2013

2013-08-17T15:10:20Z

MarkMellors at 21:30, 3 April 2013

2013-04-03T21:30:34Z

PeterS at 10:58, 9 March 2013

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PeterS at 15:15, 3 March 2013

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PeterS at 15:14, 3 March 2013

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PeterS at 15:14, 3 March 2013

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PeterS at 15:13, 3 March 2013

2013-03-03T15:13:15Z

PeterS: costed basic setup for small-scale metalwork

2013-03-03T15:08:30Z

costed basic setup for small-scale metalwork

MichaelT at 12:30, 3 March 2013

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 Installed equipment sorted by location
 [[File:MarkingOutTools.JPG|thumb|500px| 4 squares, inside/outside callipers and a depth gauge (with 6" vernier calliper for scale)]]
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 * reamers
 * drill sets
 * screw extractors?
 * sharpening stone?
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 * tin snips?
 * screwdrivers
-* set squares (various sizes)
+* set squares (150mm, 250mm, 300mm, 500mm)
 * metre rule
 * 300mm rule
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 * centre punch?
 * depth gauge
 * v blocks
 * lever and plunger dial test indicators
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 * pop riveter?
 * rivnut inserter?
 electronics area
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 * Temma soldering irons
 * Black Jack SolderWerks Repair Station
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 * crock pot for keeping pickle warm
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← Older revision		Revision as of 15:10, 17 August 2013
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		+	Installed equipment sorted by location
		+	[[File:MarkingOutTools.JPG\|thumb\|500px\| 4 squares, inside/outside callipers and a depth gauge (with 6" vernier calliper for scale)]]
		+	[[File:Measuringequipment.JPG\|thumb\|500px\| Lever and plunger dial test indicators, various v blocks and slip gauges, 0-1" & 1-2" micrometers and scriber]]
		+	Secure workshop
		+	* needle files?
		+	* hand files (half round, round and flat, all medium/coarse)
		+	* fret/coping saw
		+	* junior hacksaw
		+	* hacksaw
		+	* crosscut saw
		+	* mitre saw
		+	* scalpel set
		+	* stanley/boxcutter/utility knife
		+	* tap and die set (on loan from Kim?)
		+	* taps and dies
		+	* reamers
		+	* drill sets
		+	* screw extractors?
		+	* sharpening stone?
		+	* side cutters?
		+	* tin snips?
		+	* screwdrivers
		+	* set squares (various sizes)
		+	* metre rule
		+	* 300mm rule
		+	* odd leg calipers
		+	* vernier calipers
		+	* scriber?
		+	* centre punch?
		+	* depth gauge
		+	main space shelves outside secure workshop
		+	* digital calipers
		+	* stanley/boxcutter/utility knife
		+	* tape measure?
		+	* v blocks
		+	* lever and plunger dial test indicators
		+	* 0-1" and 1-2" micrometers
		+	* pliers set?
		+	* lock grip pliers (mole grips or vice grips)
		+	* tweezers set?
		+	* engineers vice
		+	* g-clamps
		+	* spring clamps?
		+	* sash clamps?
		+	* pop riveter?
		+	* rivnut inserter?
		+
		+	electronics area
		+	* side cutter
		+	* wire strippers
		+	* precision screwdrivers
		+	* needle files
		+	* Temma soldering irons
		+	* Black Jack SolderWerks Repair Station
		+
		+
		+	Fine metal working area
		+	* 2*Bench Peg And Anvil
		+	* 150mm Ruler * 3
		+	* Standard Steel Scriber
		+	* centre punch
		+	* digital calipers
		+	* 3" square
		+	* 6"/150mm Flat File
		+	* Set Of 12 Needle Files, 16cm (restricted use due to contamination risk)
		+	* Grobet/vallorbe Saw Frame Adjustable
		+	* 6" Deep Adjustable Saw Frame
		+	* Straight 7"/17.5cm Shears
		+	* clonking hammer
		+	* planishing hammer
		+	* Flat Stake
		+	* Round triblet
		+	* Rawhide mallet
		+	* 5 Piece,115mm Pliers Set (box-jointed with smooth jaws)
		+	* Ring Bending Pliers
		+	* 5.5"/ 140mm Maun Flat Pliers Parallel Action
		+	* Tweezer set
		+	* Hand gas Torch (for soldering or annealing small pieces, up to 10-20mm. We also have a larger torch with the glassworking kit)
		+	* Magnesia Soldering Block
		+	* Soldering Sheet 300mm X 300mm X 9mm
		+	* crock pot for keeping pickle warm
		+
		+	..
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−	~~Installed~~
−	~~[[File:MarkingOutTools.JPG\|thumb\|500px\| 4 squares, inside/outside callipers and a depth gauge (with 6" vernier calliper for scale)]]~~
−	~~[[File:Measuringequipment.JPG\|thumb\|500px\| Lever and plunger dial test indicators, various v blocks and slip gauges, 0-1" & 1-2" micrometers and scriber]]~~
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	Proposals		Proposals

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	Installed		Installed
		+	[[File:MarkingOutTools.JPG\|thumb\|500px\| 4 squares, inside/outside callipers and a depth gauge (with 6" vernier calliper for scale)]]
		+	[[File:Measuringequipment.JPG\|thumb\|500px\| Lever and plunger dial test indicators, various v blocks and slip gauges, 0-1" & 1-2" micrometers and scriber]]
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 ** Doming block and punches, for forming sections of spheres (£200 from Sutton tools) [http://www.suttontools.co.uk/forming/doming-sets/durston-26-piece-doming-set-70mm-cube-3-50mm-punches.html]
 ** Bottled gas torch (£145 + gas) [http://www.cooksongold.com/Jewellery-Tools/Sievert-Torch-Kit-prcode-999-AKZ1#tabs-product-description2]
-** Rolling mill (£807) [http://www.cooksongold.com/Jewellery-Tools/Durston-Rolling-Mill---C100-70mm-X-6mm-Sheet-Max.-prcode-999-AXX]
+** Rolling mill (£807) [http://www.cooksongold.com/Jewellery-Tools/Durston-Rolling-Mill---C100-70mm-X-6mm-Sheet-Max.-prcode-999-AXX] (for reducing the thickness of sheet, embossing texture and pattern (laser-cut?) on sheet surface, and making wire. Rolling mills come in between £200 and £2000; this is in the middle of the range, with just one pair of rollers but with gearing)
 (for reducing the thickness of sheet, embossing texture and pattern (laser-cut?) on sheet surface, and making wire. Rolling mills come in between £200 and £2000; this is in the middle of the range, with just one pair of rollers but with gearing)
 ** Stereo microscope (£1500 new; hopefully less second-hand or donated)
 ** Raising hammers and stakes (for making forms out of metal sheet)  (£ a few hundred)

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 * Small-scale metalwork: Basic tools (Total:  around  £1000 incl vat.)
-** 2*Bench Peg And Anvil (these clamp on to a bench edge, to support work) (£19.98)
+** 2*Bench Peg And Anvil (these clamp on to a bench edge, to support work) (£19.98) [http://www.cooksongold.com/Jewellery-Tools/Bench-Peg-And-Anvil-prcode-999-082]
 [http://www.cooksongold.com/Jewellery-Tools/Bench-Peg-And-Anvil-prcode-999-082]
 ** files

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 Proposals
-* Small-scale metalwork: Basic tools
+* Small-scale metalwork: Basic tools (Total:  around  £1000 incl vat.)
 ** 2*Bench Peg And Anvil (these clamp on to a bench edge, to support work) (£19.98)
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 *** mapp gas torch for annealing and hardening
 * Small-scale metalwork: possible extensions,  budget permitting

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 * Small-scale metalwork: Basic tools
 ** 2*Bench Peg And Anvil (these clamp on to a bench edge, to support work) (£19.98)
 [http://www.cooksongold.com/Jewellery-Tools/Bench-Peg-And-Anvil-prcode-999-082]
-** files:
 *** 6"/150mm Flat File, Cut 2 Vallorbe (£10.10)
-*** Set Of 12 Needle Files, 16cm - All Cut2
+*** Set Of 12 Needle Files, 16cm - All Cut2 (one has to avoid contaminating silver with iron, so we'll want separate files for ferrous metals in addition to this) (£18.50)
-   (one has to avoid contaminating silver with iron, so we'll want separate files for ferrous metals in addition to this)
-(£18.50)
+** saws
-** saws:
 *** Grobet/vallorbe Saw Frame Adjustable (£19.00) [http://www.cooksongold.com/Jewellery-Tools/Grobetvallorbe-Saw-Frame-Adjustable-prcode-999-73B]
 *** 6" Deep Adjustable Saw Frame (£13.50) [http://www.cooksongold.com/Jewellery-Tools/6-Deep-Adjustable-Saw-Frame-prcode-999-738];
 *** Vallorbe Saw Blades Grade 2/0, Bundle Of 12 (£2.85); Vallorbe Saw Blades Grade 2/0, Bundle Of 12 (£2.85); Vallorbe Saw Blades Grade 6/0, Bundle Of 12 (£3.70)  (those saw blades are consumables - they break easily)
-** hammering:
-*** Flat Stake - 10cm X 10cm (£18.70)  (this is a small anvil with a machined-smooth surface on all sides)
+** hammering
-[http://www.cooksongold.com/Jewellery-Tools/Flat-Stake---10cm-X-10cm-prcode-999-795]
+*** Flat Stake - 10cm X 10cm (£18.70)  (this is a small anvil with a machined-smooth surface on all sides) [http://www.cooksongold.com/Jewellery-Tools/Flat-Stake---10cm-X-10cm-prcode-999-795]
-*** Planishing Hammer Cookson Value Range (£18.25)   (a polished-surface hammer for surface finishing and work-hardening)
+*** Planishing Hammer Cookson Value Range (£18.25)   (a polished-surface hammer for surface finishing and work-hardening) [http://www.cooksongold.com/Jewellery-Tools/Planishing-Hammer-Cookson-Value-Range-prcode-997-3111];
 [http://www.cooksongold.com/Jewellery-Tools/Planishing-Hammer-Cookson-Value-Range-prcode-997-3111];
 *** Hammer With 25mm Nylon Head (£9.50)
-*** Rawhide mallet (£18.32) [http://www.cooksongold.com/Jewellery-Tools/Rawhide-Mallet-Size-2-1-Head-Diameter-prcode-999-603]
+*** Rawhide mallet (£18.32) [http://www.cooksongold.com/Jewellery-Tools/Rawhide-Mallet-Size-2-1-Head-Diameter-prcode-999-603] (for hitting things without marking the surface);
 (for hitting things without marking the surface);
 *** Generic ball-pean hammer (10?)  (a non-polished hammer for hitting punches etc.);
 *** 4" vice bolted onto a movable base (£90) [http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/product/details/040310004 (url picked at random - may not be the best)]
 *** small swivel vice of some kind
-** pliers:
 *** Cookson 5 Piece,115mm Pliers Set (£31.15)  (most cheap or kit pliers will have serrated jaws - these are the minimum quality I'd get: box-jointed with smooth jaws)
 *** Ring Bending Pliers, Cookson Value Range (£4.91)
 *** 5.5"/ 140mm Maun Flat Pliers Parallel Action (£18.65)
 *** round triblet (for forming rings and suchlike) (£21.72) [http://www.cooksongold.com/Jewellery-Tools/Round-1640cm-Steel-Triblet-prcode-999-820]
 ** Tweezer set (£18.80) [http://www.cooksongold.com/Jewellery-Tools/Workbench-Tweezer-Set-6-Pieces-prcode-999-096N]
-(brass and plastic tweezers for pickle, reverse and third-hand for soldering, fine for manipulating tiny things)
+** Tweezer set (£18.80) [http://www.cooksongold.com/Jewellery-Tools/Workbench-Tweezer-Set-6-Pieces-prcode-999-096N] (brass and plastic tweezers for pickle, reverse and third-hand for soldering, fine for manipulating tiny things)
 ** Straight 7"/17.5cm Shears (£10.45)  (for brutal cutting of sheet metal).  Aviation snips would be useful on a larger scale
 ** soldering:
-*** Hand Torch (£20.00) [http://www.cooksongold.com/Jewellery-Tools/Hand-Torch-Please-Note-Jewellers-Torch-Is-Supplied-Without-Gas-prcode-999-955]
+*** Hand Torch (£20.00) [http://www.cooksongold.com/Jewellery-Tools/Hand-Torch-Please-Note-Jewellers-Torch-Is-Supplied-Without-Gas-prcode-999-955] (this is ok for very small things.  Much better for bigger work, and giving more control, would be a bottled-gas torch)
-(this is ok for very small things.  Much better for bigger work, and giving more control, would be a bottled-gas torch)
+*** Magnesia Soldering Block (£6.35)
-***  Magnesia Soldering Block (£6.35)
+*** Soldering Sheet 300mm X 300mm X 9mm (£6.50)
-***  Soldering Sheet 300mm X 300mm X 9mm (£6.50)
 *** Picklean Safe Pickling Powder 150g (£5.41)
 *** crock pot of some kind for keeping pickle warm (30?)
-**  hard silver solder paste (£33) [http://www.cooksongold.com/Solders/Hard-Silver-Solder-Paste-30g-Syringe-prcode-PAT-075]  (consumable)  (this is great for small-scale work; for bigger things one wants strip solder and flux)
-** marking out:
+** hard silver solder paste (£33) [http://www.cooksongold.com/Solders/Hard-Silver-Solder-Paste-30g-Syringe-prcode-PAT-075]  (consumable)  (this is great for small-scale work; for bigger things one wants strip solder and flux)
 *** 6" Ruler (£3.40);
 *** Standard Steel Scriber (£4.10);
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 *** digital calipers (£30.24) (that's a fairly cheap one, which is perhaps a false economy. Basic Mitoyoyo calipers are around £60-70)
 *** 3" square (£8.75)
 ** magnification: Optivisor 2.0x No4 (£38.00); Optivisor 2.75x No7 (£38.00) [http://www.cooksongold.com/Jewellery-Tools/Optivisor-2.75x-No7-prcode-999-235] (these are invaluable for working with anything small. Even better for some things would be a stereo microscope - second-hand or donated, as otherwise very expensive)
-** flexible shaft drill and tools:
 *** cheap-but-decent Axminster model (£141) [http://www.axminster.co.uk/axminster-axminster-heavy-duty-flexible-drive-unit-prod20091/]
 *** Set Of 20 Drills 0.3-1.6mm (£13.30)  (consumable!)
 *** Polishing Kit No 2 (£43.45)
 ** Toolmaking
 *** bench grinder (?)
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 ** Bench polisher (not much)
 ** Doming block and punches, for forming sections of spheres (£200 from Sutton tools) [http://www.suttontools.co.uk/forming/doming-sets/durston-26-piece-doming-set-70mm-cube-3-50mm-punches.html]
-** Bottled gas torch (£145 + gas)
+** Bottled gas torch (£145 + gas) [http://www.cooksongold.com/Jewellery-Tools/Sievert-Torch-Kit-prcode-999-AKZ1#tabs-product-description2]
-[http://www.cooksongold.com/Jewellery-Tools/Sievert-Torch-Kit-prcode-999-AKZ1#tabs-product-description2]
+** Rolling mill (£807) [http://www.cooksongold.com/Jewellery-Tools/Durston-Rolling-Mill---C100-70mm-X-6mm-Sheet-Max.-prcode-999-AXX]
 ** Rolling mill (£807)
 [http://www.cooksongold.com/Jewellery-Tools/Durston-Rolling-Mill---C100-70mm-X-6mm-Sheet-Max.-prcode-999-AXX]
 (for reducing the thickness of sheet, embossing texture and pattern (laser-cut?) on sheet surface, and making wire. Rolling mills come in between £200 and £2000; this is in the middle of the range, with just one pair of rollers but with gearing)
 ** Stereo microscope (£1500 new; hopefully less second-hand or donated)
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 ** a wider range of flexible shaft tools: diamond burrs, stone-setting burrs, ...  (each one is not very expensive, and these are semi-consumable - perhaps best got on demand)
+* Small-scale metalwork: implausible extensions (just to give an upper-bound context)
 * Small-scale metalwork: implausible extensions
 ** laser cutter that can cut metal sheet (e.g. up to 1mm)
 ** PUK4 microwelder (£3195) [http://www.suttontools.co.uk/soldering-melting/puk-easi-welder/puk4-precision-welder.html]
 ** air-powered hand engraving kit (£ several thousand) [http://www.suttontools.co.uk/power-tools/grs-stone-setting-engraving.html]
 ** high-resolution 3D wax printer, for lost wax casting (£ lots)

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 Proposals
 * ..
 Wishlist

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 Wishlist
 Do we already have a general purpose socket and wrench set with extras like this 242 piece kit with cabinet?
-www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/product/details/cht497-242pce-tool-set-chest
+Do we already have a general purpose socket and wrench set with extras like this 242 piece kit with cabinet for £100?
 * Small tools for jewelry or fabrication are usually cheaper in kits (although Macay had good quality) Amazon for simplicity of finding links: