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Installed equipment sorted by location
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[[File:MarkingOutTools.JPG|thumb|500px| 4 squares, inside/outside callipers and a depth gauge (with 6" vernier calliper for scale)]]
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[[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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Secure workshop
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* needle files?
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* hand files (half round, round and flat, all medium/coarse)
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* fret/coping saw
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* junior hacksaw
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* hacksaw
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* crosscut saw
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* mitre saw
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* scalpel set
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* stanley/boxcutter/utility knife
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* tap and die set (on loan from Kim?)
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* taps and dies
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* reamers
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* drill sets
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* centre drills
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* screw extractors?
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* sharpening stone?
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* side cutters?
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* tin snips?
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* screwdrivers
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* set squares (150mm, 250mm, 300mm, 500mm)
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* metre rule
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* 300mm rule
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* odd leg calipers
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* vernier calipers
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* scriber?
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* centre punch?
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* depth gauge
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* v blocks
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* lever and plunger dial test indicators
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* 0-1" and 1-2" micrometers
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* pliers set?
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* lock grip pliers (mole grips or vice grips)
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* tweezers set?
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* engineers vice
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* g-clamps
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* spring clamps?
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* sash clamps?
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* pop riveter?
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* rivnut inserter?
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* socket set? metric?
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* spanner set? metric?
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* heat gun?
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* dust [an and brush
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* broom
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* black and decker workmate
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main space shelves outside secure workshop
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* digital calipers
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* stanley/boxcutter/utility knife
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* tape measure?
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* glue gun?
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* label printer?
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* screwdrivers
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* scissors?
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* stapler
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* laminator?
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* guillotine?
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Main space near 3d printers and vinyl cutter
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* 2 x metal scrapers?
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electronics area
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* side cutter
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* wire strippers
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* precision screwdrivers
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* needle files
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* Temma soldering irons
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* Black Jack SolderWerks Repair Station
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* helping hand * 2
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Fine metal working area
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* 2*Bench Peg And Anvil
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* 150mm Ruler * 3
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* Standard Steel Scriber
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* centre punch
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* digital calipers
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* 3" square
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* 6"/150mm Flat File
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* Set Of 12 Needle Files, 16cm (restricted use due to contamination risk)
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* Grobet/vallorbe Saw Frame Adjustable
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* 6" Deep Adjustable Saw Frame
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* Straight 7"/17.5cm Shears
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* clonking hammer
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* planishing hammer
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* Flat Stake
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* Round triblet
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* Rawhide mallet
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* 5 Piece,115mm Pliers Set (box-jointed with smooth jaws)
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* Ring Bending Pliers
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* 5.5"/ 140mm Maun Flat Pliers Parallel Action
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* Tweezer set
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* Hand gas Torch (for soldering or annealing small pieces, up to 10-20mm. We also have a larger torch with the glassworking kit)
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* Magnesia Soldering Block
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* Soldering Sheet 300mm X 300mm X 9mm
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* crock pot for keeping pickle warm
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Glass working, in the corner of the main workshop nearest the stairs up to the cafe
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* HotHead gas (propane) torch
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* mandrels for bead working
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* wedge shaped graphite marver
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* cutting tools for art glass and strip-work
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* slump mould for making very small (9x9cm) glass plates
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..
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cafe area
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* mindstorms lego?
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* meccano?
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* knex?
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classroom/meeting room
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* sewing machine
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other stuff in main space
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* airbrush kit?
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'''Actions/activities and tools'''
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{| class="wikitable"
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!Action/activity
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!Tools
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!Purchase options
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!Rough price
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!Comments
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|-
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|Cutting threads
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|Taps, Dies, Alignment jig
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|[http://www.arceurotrade.co.uk/Catalogue/Cutting-Tools/Tap-Die-Sets Arceurotrade sets] - the "HSS Metric Tap & Die Set - 32pc - M3-M12" looks good.
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|£50
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|Quality here is ''definitely'' worthwhile. Well made HSS taps and dies make a world of difference
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|-
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|Deburring
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|Deburring tools
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|[http://www.arceurotrade.co.uk/Catalogue/Cutting-Tools/Deburring Arceurotrade]
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|£20 for a set
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|
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|-
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|Precise holes
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|Reamers
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|[http://www.arceurotrade.co.uk/Catalogue/Cutting-Tools/HSS-Reamers Reamers and sets]
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|£80 for a set
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|
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|}
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Proposals
 
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* Small-scale metalwork: Basic tools (Total:  around  £780.11 incl vat., plus shipping and some storage)
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** workholding  (total: 19.98)
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*** 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]
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** files and saws (total 116.45)
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*** 6"/150mm Flat File, Cut 2 Vallorbe (£12.12)
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*** 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) (£19.98)
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*** Grobet/vallorbe Saw Frame Adjustable (£22.80) [http://www.cooksongold.com/Jewellery-Tools/Grobetvallorbe-Saw-Frame-Adjustable-prcode-999-73B]
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*** 6" Deep Adjustable Saw Frame (£14.58) [http://www.cooksongold.com/Jewellery-Tools/6-Deep-Adjustable-Saw-Frame-prcode-999-738];
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*** Vallorbe Saw Blades Grade 2/0, Bundle Of 12*12 (£30.82); Vallorbe Saw Blades Grade 6/0, Bundle Of 12 (£3.70)  (those saw blades are consumables - they break easily)
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*** Straight 7"/17.5cm Shears (£12.54)  (for brutal cutting of sheet metal).  Aviation snips would be useful on a larger scale
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** hammering  (total 73.01)
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*** Flat Stake - 10cm X 10cm (£22.44)  (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]
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*** Planishing Hammer Cookson Value Range (£23.99)  (a polished-surface hammer for surface finishing and work-hardening) [http://www.cooksongold.com/Jewellery-Tools/Planishing-Hammer-Cookson-Value-Range-prcode-997-3111];
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*** Rawhide mallet (£16.58) [http://www.cooksongold.com/Jewellery-Tools/Rawhide-Mallet-Size-2-1-Head-Diameter-prcode-999-603] (for hitting things without marking the surface);
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*** Generic ball-pean hammer (10?)  (a non-polished hammer for hitting punches etc.);
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** pliers and tweezers (total 110.99)
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*** Cookson 5 Piece,115mm Pliers Set (£37.38)  (most cheap or kit pliers will have serrated jaws - these are the minimum quality I'd get: box-jointed with smooth jaws)
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*** Ring Bending Pliers, Cookson Value Range (£6.54)
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*** 5.5"/ 140mm Maun Flat Pliers Parallel Action (£22.79) [http://www.cooksongold.com/Jewellery-Tools/5.5-140mm-Maun-Flat-Pliers-Parallel-Action-prcode-999-644]
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*** round triblet (for forming rings and suchlike) (£21.72) [http://www.cooksongold.com/Jewellery-Tools/Round-1640cm-Steel-Triblet-prcode-999-820]
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*** Tweezer set (£22.56) [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)
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** soldering:  (total 106.63)
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*** Hand Torch (£18.00) [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. The glass torch will do for now)
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*** Magnesia Soldering Block (£7.62) [http://www.cooksongold.com/Jewellery-Tools/Magnesia-Soldering-Block-prcode-999-974]
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*** Soldering Sheet 300mm X 300mm X 9mm (£7.91) [http://www.cooksongold.com/Jewellery-Tools/Soldering-Sheet-300mm-X-300mm-X-9mm-Asbestos--Substitute-prcode-999-969]
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*** Picklean Safe Pickling Powder 150g (£6.49) [http://www.cooksongold.com/Precious-Metal-Clay/Picklean-Safe-Pickling-Powder-150g-prcode-855-1060]
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*** crock pot of some kind for keeping pickle warm (33?)
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*** hard silver solder paste (£33.61) [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)
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** marking out (total 86.35)
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*** 150mm Ruler * 3 (£4.83); [http://www.axminster.co.uk/axminster-axminster-metric-stainless-rule-prod22753/]
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*** Standard Steel Scriber (£1.07); [http://www.axminster.co.uk/axminster-axminster-basic-scriber-prod22757/]
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*** centre punch (£1.69);  [http://www.axminster.co.uk/axminster-axminster-centre-punch-square-head-prod23024/]
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*** digital calipers (£22.66) [http://www.axminster.co.uk/axminster-axminster-digital-electronic-calipers-prod20296/] (that's a fairly cheap one, which is perhaps a false economy. Basic Mitoyoyo calipers are around £60-70)
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*** 3" square (£10.50) [http://www.cooksongold.com/Jewellery-Tools/3-Steel-Square-prcode-999-583&p=gs?gclid=CJKfvby477UCFcLHtAodMHIAyg]
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*** magnification: Optivisor 2.0x No5 (£45.60)
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** flexible shaft drill and tools  (total 266.70)
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*** cheap-but-decent Axminster model (190W) with 4mm keyed chuck and collet handpieces and hanger (£104.95+32.40+29.45+25.15) [http://www.axminster.co.uk/axminster-axminster-heavy-duty-flexible-drive-unit-prod20091/].  Others have suggested a (more expensive) Dremel model.  Whichever we get has to have a foot control, reasonable power, and both chuck and collet handpieces.
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*** Polishing Kit No 2 (£53.99) [http://www.cooksongold.com/Jewellery-Tools/Polishing-Kit-No-2-prcode-999-096E]
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*** Set Of 20 Drills 0.3-1.6mm (£15.96)  (consumable!) [http://www.cooksongold.com/Jewellery-Tools/Set-Of-20-Drills-0.3-1.6mm-prcode-999-CH5]
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*** diamond burrs (set of 30) (4.80) (consumable) [http://www.axminster.co.uk/axminster-diamond-30-piece-burr-set-prod21887/?searchfor=diamond%20burrs]
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** Toolmaking - presume we have elsewhere
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*** bench grinder
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*** mapp gas torch for annealing and hardening
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*** 4" engineers vice
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** Stock
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** Tool Storage
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Either in the wall-mounted bins or in a cheap thin-drawer metal filing cabinet (72 from Rymans) [http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bisley-Desktop-Cabinet-Drawer-H590xW279xD380mm/dp/B0033W3N2E/ref=sr_1_4?s=officeproduct&ie=UTF8&qid=1362826588&sr=1-4]. 
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* Small-scale metalwork: possible extensions,  budget permitting
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** Hammer With 25mm Nylon Head (£9.50)
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** small swivel vice of some kind
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** Lighting - some good desk task lighting (probably this should be included in the above)
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** Bench polisher (not much)
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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]
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** Bottled gas torch (£145 + gas) [http://www.cooksongold.com/Jewellery-Tools/Sievert-Torch-Kit-prcode-999-AKZ1#tabs-product-description2]
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** 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)
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** Stereo microscope (£1500 new; hopefully less second-hand or donated)
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** Raising hammers and stakes (for making forms out of metal sheet)  (£ a few hundred)
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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)
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* Small-scale metalwork: implausible extensions (just to give an upper-bound context)
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** laser cutter that can cut metal sheet (e.g. up to 1mm)
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** PUK4 microwelder (£3195) [http://www.suttontools.co.uk/soldering-melting/puk-easi-welder/puk4-precision-welder.html]
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** air-powered hand engraving kit (£ several thousand) [http://www.suttontools.co.uk/power-tools/grs-stone-setting-engraving.html]
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** high-resolution 3D wax printer, for lost wax casting (£ lots)
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Wishlist
 
Wishlist
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Do we already have a general purpose socket and wrench set with extras like this 242 piece kit with cabinet for £100?
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www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/product/details/cht497-242pce-tool-set-chest. We could use another when we have more users.
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* Small tools for jewelry or fabrication are usually cheaper in kits (although Macay had good quality) Amazon for simplicity of finding links:
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* 16-piece tool set: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Draper-48958-16-Piece-Precision-Screwdriver/dp/B002BZE9OA/ref=sr_1_27?ie=UTF8&qid=1362310078&sr=8-27
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* Polishers: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Grinder-Polisher-Pro-Max-Jewellery-Polishing/dp/B009ZWSCAO/ref=sr_1_40?ie=UTF8&qid=1362310187&sr=8-40
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* Micro torch: http://www.amazon.co.uk/GoSystem-Micro-Tech-Pen-Torch/dp/B007M65C0I/ref=sr_1_41?ie=UTF8&qid=1362310338&sr=8-41
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* Craft tools: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Beginners-Jewellery-Craft-Tool-Kit/dp/B009GE2TQE/ref=sr_1_46?ie=UTF8&qid=1362310373&sr=8-46
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* Eight-plier set for £6: http://www.pandahall.com/wholesale/Jewelry-Tools/9687.html
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* Metal punch and chisel set: http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/product/details/et138-16-piece-punch-chisel-set
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* Riveter, from £15 to 150: http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/product/details/040219902
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* Aviation shears straight: http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/product/details/facom-985-st-aviation-shears-straight-cut
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* Ten inch snips: http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/product/details/spear-and-jackson-10-inch-general-purpose-snip or * Three piece set for £7 http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/product/details/cht127-3-pce-aviation-snip-set
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* Three lock grip pliers: http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/product/details/cht116-3-pce-lock-grip-pliers-set
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* Forceps such as: http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/product/details/forceps-2
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* Panel beating kit (for jewelry fabrication?): http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/product/details/cpb7c-7pce-panel-beating-set

Latest revision as of 16:03, 17 August 2013

Installed equipment sorted by location

4 squares, inside/outside callipers and a depth gauge (with 6" vernier calliper for scale)
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
  • centre drills
  • screw extractors?
  • sharpening stone?
  • side cutters?
  • tin snips?
  • screwdrivers
  • set squares (150mm, 250mm, 300mm, 500mm)
  • metre rule
  • 300mm rule
  • odd leg calipers
  • vernier calipers
  • scriber?
  • centre punch?
  • depth gauge
  • 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?
  • socket set? metric?
  • spanner set? metric?
  • heat gun?
  • dust [an and brush
  • broom
  • black and decker workmate

main space shelves outside secure workshop

  • digital calipers
  • stanley/boxcutter/utility knife
  • tape measure?
  • glue gun?
  • label printer?
  • screwdrivers
  • scissors?
  • stapler
  • laminator?
  • guillotine?


Main space near 3d printers and vinyl cutter

  • 2 x metal scrapers?


electronics area

  • side cutter
  • wire strippers
  • precision screwdrivers
  • needle files
  • Temma soldering irons
  • Black Jack SolderWerks Repair Station
  • helping hand * 2


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

Glass working, in the corner of the main workshop nearest the stairs up to the cafe

  • HotHead gas (propane) torch
  • mandrels for bead working
  • wedge shaped graphite marver
  • cutting tools for art glass and strip-work
  • slump mould for making very small (9x9cm) glass plates

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cafe area

  • mindstorms lego?
  • meccano?
  • knex?

classroom/meeting room

  • sewing machine

other stuff in main space

  • airbrush kit?


Actions/activities and tools

Action/activity Tools Purchase options Rough price Comments
Cutting threads Taps, Dies, Alignment jig Arceurotrade sets - the "HSS Metric Tap & Die Set - 32pc - M3-M12" looks good. £50 Quality here is definitely worthwhile. Well made HSS taps and dies make a world of difference
Deburring Deburring tools Arceurotrade £20 for a set
Precise holes Reamers Reamers and sets £80 for a set

Hand tools


Proposals


  • Small-scale metalwork: Basic tools (Total: around £780.11 incl vat., plus shipping and some storage)
    • workholding (total: 19.98)
      • 2*Bench Peg And Anvil (these clamp on to a bench edge, to support work) (£19.98) [1]
    • files and saws (total 116.45)
      • 6"/150mm Flat File, Cut 2 Vallorbe (£12.12)
      • 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) (£19.98)
      • Grobet/vallorbe Saw Frame Adjustable (£22.80) [2]
      • 6" Deep Adjustable Saw Frame (£14.58) [3];
      • Vallorbe Saw Blades Grade 2/0, Bundle Of 12*12 (£30.82); Vallorbe Saw Blades Grade 6/0, Bundle Of 12 (£3.70) (those saw blades are consumables - they break easily)
      • Straight 7"/17.5cm Shears (£12.54) (for brutal cutting of sheet metal). Aviation snips would be useful on a larger scale
    • hammering (total 73.01)
      • Flat Stake - 10cm X 10cm (£22.44) (this is a small anvil with a machined-smooth surface on all sides) [4]
      • Planishing Hammer Cookson Value Range (£23.99) (a polished-surface hammer for surface finishing and work-hardening) [5];
      • Rawhide mallet (£16.58) [6] (for hitting things without marking the surface);
      • Generic ball-pean hammer (10?) (a non-polished hammer for hitting punches etc.);
    • pliers and tweezers (total 110.99)
      • Cookson 5 Piece,115mm Pliers Set (£37.38) (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 (£6.54)
      • 5.5"/ 140mm Maun Flat Pliers Parallel Action (£22.79) [7]
      • round triblet (for forming rings and suchlike) (£21.72) [8]
      • Tweezer set (£22.56) [9] (brass and plastic tweezers for pickle, reverse and third-hand for soldering, fine for manipulating tiny things)
    • soldering: (total 106.63)
      • Hand Torch (£18.00) [10] (this is ok for very small things. Much better for bigger work, and giving more control, would be a bottled-gas torch. The glass torch will do for now)
      • Magnesia Soldering Block (£7.62) [11]
      • Soldering Sheet 300mm X 300mm X 9mm (£7.91) [12]
      • Picklean Safe Pickling Powder 150g (£6.49) [13]
      • crock pot of some kind for keeping pickle warm (33?)
      • hard silver solder paste (£33.61) [14] (consumable) (this is great for small-scale work; for bigger things one wants strip solder and flux)
    • marking out (total 86.35)
      • 150mm Ruler * 3 (£4.83); [15]
      • Standard Steel Scriber (£1.07); [16]
      • centre punch (£1.69); [17]
      • digital calipers (£22.66) [18] (that's a fairly cheap one, which is perhaps a false economy. Basic Mitoyoyo calipers are around £60-70)
      • 3" square (£10.50) [19]
      • magnification: Optivisor 2.0x No5 (£45.60)
    • flexible shaft drill and tools (total 266.70)
      • cheap-but-decent Axminster model (190W) with 4mm keyed chuck and collet handpieces and hanger (£104.95+32.40+29.45+25.15) [20]. Others have suggested a (more expensive) Dremel model. Whichever we get has to have a foot control, reasonable power, and both chuck and collet handpieces.
      • Polishing Kit No 2 (£53.99) [21]
      • Set Of 20 Drills 0.3-1.6mm (£15.96) (consumable!) [22]
      • diamond burrs (set of 30) (4.80) (consumable) [23]
    • Toolmaking - presume we have elsewhere
      • bench grinder
      • mapp gas torch for annealing and hardening
      • 4" engineers vice
    • Stock


    • Tool Storage

Either in the wall-mounted bins or in a cheap thin-drawer metal filing cabinet (72 from Rymans) [24].



  • Small-scale metalwork: possible extensions, budget permitting
    • Hammer With 25mm Nylon Head (£9.50)
    • small swivel vice of some kind
    • Lighting - some good desk task lighting (probably this should be included in the above)
    • Bench polisher (not much)
    • Doming block and punches, for forming sections of spheres (£200 from Sutton tools) [25]
    • Bottled gas torch (£145 + gas) [26]
    • Rolling mill (£807) [27] (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)
    • 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)
    • laser cutter that can cut metal sheet (e.g. up to 1mm)
    • PUK4 microwelder (£3195) [28]
    • air-powered hand engraving kit (£ several thousand) [29]
    • high-resolution 3D wax printer, for lost wax casting (£ lots)


Wishlist

Do we already have a general purpose socket and wrench set with extras like this 242 piece kit with cabinet for £100? www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/product/details/cht497-242pce-tool-set-chest. We could use another when we have more users.

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