[Jewelry making - Article 00098] - Re: [Orchid] 35 dollar hand winch powered draw bench

[JoJu428]

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    The use of a boat winch for the construction of a draw bench is not
    new nor original. On a trip to London back in the eighties, I visited
    The Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths and I purchased a number of
    technical pamphlets. Among these was one titled "Special Report No.
    28 Ideas from North America for Jewelers and Silversmiths" by Peter
    Gainsbury. Published April 1976. I scanned the part of this report
    which describes the use of a hand winch, and it follows: "Of interest
    perhaps more to the individual worker and small work- shops than
    larger manufacturers was the home-built wire drawing bench seen in
    the home workshop shared by Fred & John Paul Miller in Cleveland and
    in the jewellery department of the University of Kansas.  

    This, as can clearly be seen from the photograph, Figure 18 consists
    of a single ratchet winch of the type used to winch small boats on to
    car trailers, a length of stout steel cable and a 'Mole' wrench. In
    the US suitable winches were obtained from Sears-..." 

    The photo shows a winch mounted on a table used for pull wire. 

    When I returned I constructed one mounting the winch on one end of a
    6 foot length of a 2X4. On the other end I attached a small vise to
    hold a draw plate. However, instead of a cable or chain I used a
    non-stretch nylon rope to pull a vise-grip needle nose pliers
    (increased serration's for better gripping). To fashion the union of
    pliers to the rope, I soldered a steel ring to the adjusting screw
    of the pliers and attached a S-hook to the free end of the rope
    using dental floss. This "draw-bench" is portable and easily stored
    upright in a corner and has served me well (without break down) for
    almost 20 years. In drawing, before the wire comes through the plate
    I grab hold of the pliers to prevent flying up of the pliers. This
    may not be too sophisticated, but it works fine.

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