[Jewelry making - Article 00599] - [Orchid] Your cool tools

[Refined Designs]

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    If you like hearing about tools/equipment that makes one's life
    easier, this might interest you... Several months ago I ordered from
    Gesswein a small soldering pad gizmo called a "Heetrix". It's a
    replaceable 4 inch solderite disc (with granules underneath you can
    also use) in a collar with a short arm, which connects to your bench
    with a stout vertical pin which is placed into a hole you drill in
    the top of your bench (...it's starting to sound like "The House
    that Jack Built"). Anyway, since I'm shorter,  I screwed a small
    chunk of wood into the front of my bench that I drilled the hole
    down into. It swings in and out of the way with a flick of the
    wrist, with the bench pin below. It can also be removed entirely
    very easily). If your work is like mine and you need to go from
    bench pin to solder and back a lot, this makes it a breeze.
    (Sometimes you just can't do all your soldering in a group!)  Don't
    know if the way I wrote this makes sense, but there's a photo of it
    in the latest Stuller tools flyer, AND it's on sale for a lot less
    than I paid for it: $33. Thought you other tool junkies would like
    to know... 

Cindy Crounse
Refined Designs Original Fine Jewelry
38 So. Main St.
Voorheesville, NY  12186

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