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* Small-scale metalwork: Basic tools
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** 2*Bench Peg And Anvil (these clamp on to a bench edge, to support work) (£19.98)
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[http://www.cooksongold.com/Jewellery-Tools/Bench-Peg-And-Anvil-prcode-999-082]
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** files:
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*** 6"/150mm Flat File, Cut 2 Vallorbe (£10.10)
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*** Set Of 12 Needle Files, 16cm - All Cut2
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  (one has to avoid contaminating silver with iron, so we'll want separate files for ferrous metals in addition to this)
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(£18.50)
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** saws:
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*** Grobet/vallorbe Saw Frame Adjustable (£19.00) [http://www.cooksongold.com/Jewellery-Tools/Grobetvallorbe-Saw-Frame-Adjustable-prcode-999-73B]
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*** 6" Deep Adjustable Saw Frame (£13.50) [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 (£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)
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** hammering:
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*** Flat Stake - 10cm X 10cm (£18.70)  (this is a small anvil with a machined-smooth surface on all sides)
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[http://www.cooksongold.com/Jewellery-Tools/Flat-Stake---10cm-X-10cm-prcode-999-795]
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*** Planishing Hammer Cookson Value Range (£18.25)  (a polished-surface hammer for surface finishing and work-hardening)
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[http://www.cooksongold.com/Jewellery-Tools/Planishing-Hammer-Cookson-Value-Range-prcode-997-3111];
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*** Hammer With 25mm Nylon Head (£9.50)
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*** Rawhide mallet (£18.32) [http://www.cooksongold.com/Jewellery-Tools/Rawhide-Mallet-Size-2-1-Head-Diameter-prcode-999-603]
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(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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*** 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)]
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*** small swivel vice of some kind
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** pliers:
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*** 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)
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*** Ring Bending Pliers, Cookson Value Range (£4.91)
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*** 5.5"/ 140mm Maun Flat Pliers Parallel Action (£18.65)
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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 (£18.80) [http://www.cooksongold.com/Jewellery-Tools/Workbench-Tweezer-Set-6-Pieces-prcode-999-096N]
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(brass and plastic tweezers for pickle, reverse and third-hand for soldering, fine for manipulating tiny things)
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** Straight 7"/17.5cm Shears (£10.45)  (for brutal cutting of sheet metal).  Aviation snips would be useful on a larger scale
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** soldering:
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*** Hand Torch (£20.00) [http://www.cooksongold.com/Jewellery-Tools/Hand-Torch-Please-Note-Jewellers-Torch-Is-Supplied-Without-Gas-prcode-999-955]
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(this is ok for very small things.  Much better for bigger work, and giving more control, would be a bottled-gas torch)
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***  Magnesia Soldering Block (£6.35)
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***  Soldering Sheet 300mm X 300mm X 9mm (£6.50)
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*** Picklean Safe Pickling Powder 150g (£5.41)
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*** crock pot of some kind for keeping pickle warm (30?)
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**  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)
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** marking out:
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*** 6" Ruler (£3.40);
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*** Standard Steel Scriber (£4.10);
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*** centre punch (£5.00);
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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)
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*** 3" square (£8.75)
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** 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)
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** flexible shaft drill and tools:
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*** cheap-but-decent Axminster model (£141) [http://www.axminster.co.uk/axminster-axminster-heavy-duty-flexible-drive-unit-prod20091/]
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*** Set Of 20 Drills 0.3-1.6mm (£13.30)  (consumable!)
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*** Polishing Kit No 2 (£43.45)
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** Toolmaking
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*** bench grinder (?)
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*** mapp gas torch for annealing and hardening
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Total:  around  £1000 incl vat.
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* Small-scale metalwork: possible extensions,  budget permitting
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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)
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[http://www.cooksongold.com/Jewellery-Tools/Sievert-Torch-Kit-prcode-999-AKZ1#tabs-product-description2]
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** Rolling mill (£807)
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[http://www.cooksongold.com/Jewellery-Tools/Durston-Rolling-Mill---C100-70mm-X-6mm-Sheet-Max.-prcode-999-AXX]
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(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)
 +
** 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
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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

Revision as of 15:08, 3 March 2013

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


Installed

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Proposals

  • Small-scale metalwork: Basic tools
    • 2*Bench Peg And Anvil (these clamp on to a bench edge, to support work) (£19.98)

[1]

    • files:
      • 6"/150mm Flat File, Cut 2 Vallorbe (£10.10)
      • 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)

    • saws:
      • Grobet/vallorbe Saw Frame Adjustable (£19.00) [2]
      • 6" Deep Adjustable Saw Frame (£13.50) [3];
      • 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)

[4]

      • Planishing Hammer Cookson Value Range (£18.25) (a polished-surface hammer for surface finishing and work-hardening)

[5];

      • Hammer With 25mm Nylon Head (£9.50)
      • Rawhide mallet (£18.32) [6]

(for hitting things without marking the surface);

    • 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) [7]
    • Tweezer set (£18.80) [8]

(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) [9]

(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)
      • 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) [10] (consumable) (this is great for small-scale work; for bigger things one wants strip solder and flux)
    • marking out:
      • 6" Ruler (£3.40);
      • Standard Steel Scriber (£4.10);
      • centre punch (£5.00);
      • 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) [11] (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) [12]
      • Set Of 20 Drills 0.3-1.6mm (£13.30) (consumable!)
      • Polishing Kit No 2 (£43.45)
    • Toolmaking
      • bench grinder (?)
      • mapp gas torch for annealing and hardening

Total: around £1000 incl vat.

  • Small-scale metalwork: possible extensions, budget permitting
    • 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) [13]
    • Bottled gas torch (£145 + gas)

[14]

    • Rolling mill (£807)

[15] (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
    • laser cutter that can cut metal sheet (e.g. up to 1mm)
    • PUK4 microwelder (£3195) [16]
    • air-powered hand engraving kit (£ several thousand) [17]
    • 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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