[Jewelry making - Article 00722] - [Orchid] PEPE Stake Set

[JZCROW]

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Hello All,

    I am looking to purchase a stake that I lost for my PEPE Planishing
    Set #265.50 and the part #265.04 Round Dome Top. If anyone has one
    or knows where I could get one, please let me know I would be most
    appreciative. 

    Now a warning I didn't think getting this replacement part would be
    a problem to replace since Santa Fe had it in their catalog, however
    they informed me that the part had been discontinued. I then tried
    Rio who were most helpful and said they would ask the buyer and get
    back to me. In the meantime, I contacted PEPE Tools directly and I
    was told that they would not sell me the piece directly, but would
    sell it to a supplier of my chose and then I could purchase it from
    them. Which I had no problem with since that is what I had planed on
    doing anyway, I just wanted to speed up the process. 

    Here comes the warning PEPE Tools then contacted me and said that
    they no longer offer any of the pieces from their sets individually,
    but only sell it by the set. The same answer I later received from
    Rio. My response to PEPE was then I must purchase a new set to
    replace the piece I had lost, a 7 dollar piece according to the
    Santa Fe catalog. The answer I received was yes. 

    I have a Dixon domed top stake, which means I really do not need the
    PEPE Stake other then to complete my set and a matter of principle
    now. However, the shank on the Dixon and all my other stakes are
    square and fit the regular stake holder's sold by everyone else with
    the square holes. The PEPE Stake Set is made with round shanks that
    only fit into their round stakeholders, which I might add have a lot
    of bounce as the set screw loosens. And you cannot fit a square peg
    into a round hole meaning that I have to keep repositioning myself
    to use the domed stake. 

    So my advise to anyone looking to purchase a stake set is to stay
    away from any PEPE Stake Set and invest your money in purchasing a
    Grobet or any other brand square shank stake or set that will fit a
    universal stake holder. Because apparently if you lose, damage
    beyond repair, or a stake gets feet and walks away there is no way
    you will be able to get a replacement other then milling it
    yourself, having someone machine it for you or buy another $275.00
    set. 

Thanks in Advance for any info,
Joe




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