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| [995] Customize Your Tools - Curved Tip Melee Tweezers |
These tweezers are great for gripping melee when straight tips don´t give you enough clearance. They allow you to slide melee down the channel without loosing your grip.... (2012)
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| [795] Customize Your Tools - Insulated Short Tweezers |
Customize a standard insulated tweezers to easily hold small objects much tighter... (2006)
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| [1004] How to Modify a Goldsmith Hammer |
Jewelers and metalsmiths have had to make their own tools throughout the ages to accomplish different tasks at the jeweler´s bench. One tool a jeweler can´t do without is a hammer. Today, many styles of hammers, made in a variety of shapes and materials, are available to the jeweler. The hammer used here as an example of how to make modifications is used for riveting, shaping, forming and working on rings for sizing. The hammer has one round/slightly contoured end (called the pean) one chisel-shaped end and a hardwood handle.... (2012)
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| [23] Making a pair of prong notching pliers |
These pliers notch round prongs easily to a given depth and replace a bur for the job. They are made to suit a specific size prong and one makes similar pliers for different prong shapes, but all based on this idea. One obtains a pair of chain nose pliers either new or from a flea market and converts them into prong notching pliers.... (1994)
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| [984] Making a Riffle File |
Every now and then when you are fabricating a piece or polishing a casting, a hole or hollow will pop up that needs to be filed and smoothed. You can usually get at it using a bur and abrasive tools in your flex-shaft. But when you just can´t reach the hole, an old-fashioned tool called a riffle file comes in handy. Featuring various bent and curved shapes, these files fit into odd internal surface profiles. They were used extensively in the past for working on carved and chased steel dies intended for stamping out jewelry and other metal shapes. Years ago you could find dozens of curves and shapes, but today the tools are difficult to come by, so your best bet is to make your own.... (2011)
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