some of the threads going on now are somewhat uninspiring, but
thats me, so I thought I’d start a new one…favorite tips.
Here’s mine…
Some of my favorite stupid tools aRe: a pin vise with a fat
sewing needle in it which serves as wax welder, moving solder to
where its supposed to go during soldering, spreading solder,
pushing parts around during soldering and more…
a cheap sharpening stone which I use for shaping rubber and
silicone wheels, as a lathe cutter while turning parts in my
Foredom, occasional sharpening…
Florists sticky putty for holding stones during mounting…
a vitamin bottle with a hole in the lid for a cheap artist’s
atomizer for spraying Pripp’s flux on my silver work to prevent
firescale…
a fat piece of styrofoam to hold all those hundreds of rubber
wheels on mandrels, burs, brushes, tweezers etc. just jam em into
the styrofoam and instant organizer, very cheap…
a steel pie pan with charcoal for aquariums as an
annealing/soldering pan…
a steel coffee can as a plier organizer, they sit nicely on the
edges all in a circle…
a large piece of flat glass as a work space, wax working space
and flat place to lay down sandpaper while sanding pieces
flat/bezels etc…
Dave
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