Author: Barbara Forbes-Lyons

Please contact lori@lorinelson.net to purchase

Tools and Supplies

• Smith Handi Heat Acetylene/Air Outfit ($300): Torch handle/3 tips, regulator, hose, flint lighter, 50lb tank/dolly, face shield
• Bench Apron ($35)
• Bench Anvil Combo Kit ($113): Anvil, v-slot bench pin, round-bracelet/ring mandrels
• Saw ($18) German saw blades (dozen – 2/0/1/2 ($19)
• Pittsburg Metric Digital Caliper ($5)
• Narrow blade shear/scissor ($30)
• Ring-vise kit – work holder/movable pins ($9)
• Shears (ASIG) ($14)
• Rubber bench block (4x4x1”) ($8)
• Jewelers stone/ring working deluxe set: Burnishers, bezel roller, prong pushers, vise ($34)
• Sunbeam Grill soldering station w/sand ($30)
• Silquar soldering board 12×12” ($25)
• 360 rotating soldering pan (12”) w/attached 3rd hand/6.5” tweezers ($52)
• 9” tripod w/heavy duty screen ($16))
• Rotary silquar soldering board (6×6”) ($32)
• Dapping block (hardwood)/punches ($79)
• Charcoal solder block (150 mm diameter) ($20)
• Metal dapping block/metal punches ($45)
• Fritz goldsmithing hammer ($55)
• Fritz single ended insert hammer ($69)
• Brass head mallet ($27)
• Chasing hammer) ($16)
• Rawhide hammer (lead filled) ($38)
• Bench block 4” sq ($15)
• Superfine white polishing compound ($10)
• Red polishing compound ($9)
• 2 -Assorted polish paper (12) RioGrande ($15)
• 3M sandpaper (4) sheets-320 grit/x-fine ($5)
• Copper tongs –  curved tip ($7.50)
• SS tweezers ($3)
• 9” Copper tongs – heavy duty ($8)
• 7” soldering tweezers – straight tips ($6)
• Center punch Riogrande ($8)
• Small pickle Crockpot ($10)
• Silver sheet solder kit RioGrande w/clear containers ($25)
• Prips Flux (8oz) ($7)
• Ultra Flux ( silver brazing) Wolverine ($10)
• Fire Scoff (30 ml) ($9)
• Wire Iron binding (1/2lb) ($14)
• Clear Safety glasses (2) ($2)
• Wire solder copper (1lb) ($20)
• RioGrande discs (argentium/brass/copper) (email for size/gauge/price)

Books

• Soldering Demystified (Jeantte Caines) ($24)
• Mixed Metal Mania (Kim St. Jean) ($22)
• The Jewelers Studio Handbook (B. Holschuh) ($15)
• Soldering Jewelry (S. Wilson) ($10)
• Soldering Made Simple (Joe Silvera)($15)
• Simple Soldering (K. Richbourg) w/ DVD ($20)
• Encyclopedia of Jewelry Making Techniques ($30)