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Discount for Hand Tools is automatically applied to all items ordered
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receive this discount.
The Student Tool
List recommended by the Instructors of the VCC program is detailed here.
Specifications are provided for all items, and alternatives for some items
are provided for students to consider. Quantities have been pre-set to
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VCC Instructors.
Jeweller's
Saw Frame
German Saw Frame.
Favourite of jewellers. Adjustable.
49703A Standard
Saw Frame 3" Depth. Made in Germany
$14.95
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Alternative:
49.703
Standard Saw Frame 3" Depth $11.95
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Hand
Files & Needle Files
Technical
References from Grobet Canada/USA (single page pdf
documents)
Used for filing
curved surfaces and corners. Gently tapered in width and thickness, they
are cut and useable right to the point. Thinner in width that regular half
round files. Width is 15/32", length is 6", and thickness is 9/64".
31.128 Swiss
Grobet Half-Round Ring File - Cut 0 $28.95
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31.130 Swiss
Grobet Half-Round Ring File - Cut 2 $33.95
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Flat Files - Swiss
Grobet
Flat hand file is
3/4" wide, parallel width, with one safety edge. A general purpose file
used primarily for working on flat surfaces. Tapered in thickness (5/32")
to make possible perfectly flat filing. 6" length.
31.145 Swiss
Grobet Flat Hand File - Cut 1 $17.95
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Handles for Hand
Files Comfortable wood
handles screw onto the tangs of above 6" Swiss Grobet files. They will
not fit the 8" files nor the needle files. Most clients purchase one of
these handles for each 6" hand file.
37.820
Wood File Handle $3.95
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Jeweller's Needle
File Sets Well-made and economical
Swiss needle files - chrome alloyed steel. 5-1/4" length, with the cut
portion 3". Each set is packaged in a plastic pouche and includes 6 needle
files: flat, barrette, round, half-round, square, and 3-square (triangle).
33.906 Swiss
Needle File Set - Medium Cut $29.95
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33.907 Swiss
Needle File Set - Fine Cut $32.95
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Vul-Crylic Wax
File Double-end vulcanite
file with open coarse teeth for filing plastics, waxes, and soft materials.
One end is coarser than the other. Each end is half-round tapered towards
a point.
Lightweight Metal
Snips For cutting templates
and patterns from medium hard metal sheet up to B & S #20 or soft sheet
to B & S #16. Regular scissors handles. Overall length is 7" (178 mm)
with a 1-1/2" (38 mm) length of cut. Made in Germany.
53.800
Lightweight Metal Snips $16.95
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Dividers Heavy duty hardened
and tempered steel with square legs that will not flex or bend. Sturdy
spring pivot and a centrally located adjustment screw ensures precise settings.
For measuring distances between points and scribing circles and arcs.
69116 German
Dividers 3" $11.95
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Alternatives: Starrett Dividers Highly polished
dividers made of spring steel with hardened, tempered and well balanced
3" round legs. Floating washer and thumb screw permit fast and positive
adjustment. Made in Germany.
GM239 Starrett
Dividers with Round Legs $59.95
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Dividers with
Replaceable Tips Heavy duty hardened
and tempered steel with square legs that will not flex or bend. Sturdy
spring pivot and a centrally located adjustment screw ensures precise settings.
Replaceable tips.
35080
Grobet Dividers 3" $5.95
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Precision
Gauges
Stainless Steel
Vernier Gauge Well made, precision
gauge measures in inches and millimetres. 180 mm by 0.05 mm. Comes with
leatherette pouch. Measures inside, outside and depth.
240627
Digital Caliper - Dual Mode 150mm $49.95
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Alternatives:
Stainless
Steel Gauges Gauge is accurate
to 0.02 mm. Measures 0 to 150 mm. Easy-to-read, "adjust-to-zero" dial,
and thumb roller action with lock. Measures inside, outside and depth.
Ideal for professionals who have difficulty reading a Vernier scale. Comes
with a hard plastic carrying case.
35.181
Stainless Steel Dial Gauge $54.95
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35.178
Stainless Steel Vernier Gauge $74.95
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Millimeter Spring
Gauge With adjustable
point for close tolerance work. 3/4" (19.1 mm) jaw. Graduations in 1/12
linges and 1/10 mm.
35.014
Grobet Spring Gauge $49.95
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Square Chuck Pin
Vice Has two steel chucks
with spare chuck held in end of hollow brass handle. Will not roll off
bench. Capacity: 0" to 0.079". Overall length 3-3/4". Holders for reamers,
broaches, burs, taps, drills, pins, etc.
58.250
Square Chuck Pin Vice $6.95
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Precision
Pliers - Made in Germany These precision
pliers and cutters have box joints to eliminate side play and maintain
alignment of jaws, even under stress. Premium quality. Swedish tool steel,
smooth jaws with spring action. The springs are easily removed if desired
(but cannot be re-installed).
Flat Nose Pliers For gripping and
holding flat or square objects securely and for making angular bends.
46.156
Flat Nose Pliers $21.95
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Round Nose Pliers For making bends,
loops, circles, coils from wire. Tapered circular jaws are smooth so that
they will not scratch or nick soft metals.
46.166
Round Nose Pliers $21.95
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Chain Nose Pliers Jaws taper at tips
and jaw edges are beveled to prevent marring of soft wire. Used for gripping
and manipulating wires (eg. opening and closing jump rings).
46.172
Chain Nose Pliers $21.95
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Half-Round &
Flat Pliers One smooth jaw is
half-round and the other is flat. Used for bending wire or ring blanks.
46.184
Half-Round & Flat Pliers $29.95
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Diagonal Cutters Also known as side
cutters. Regular edges for cutting soft to medium hard wire.
46.124
Diagonal Cutters $29.95
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Parallel Pliers Jaws open and close
parallel along entire length, providing a square, vise-like grip. Handles
and jaws are nickel-plated.
46.512
Parallel Pliers - Light Flat Nose Smooth Jaw $28.95
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Ring
& Bezel Mandrels
Round Ring Mandrel Graduated ring mandrel
- ring sizes are marked on the mandrel from 1 to 16 in 1/4 size increments.
USA Made.
RL16 Graduated
Round Steel Ring Mandrel, Sizes 1-16 $29.95
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Other Ring Mandrels:
Economy Graduated
Round Steel Ring Mandrel, Sizes 1-15 $19.95
RSQ Soft
Square Ring Mandrel $29.95 "A rounded
square." Unmarked. Sizes 4-16.
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STI Stirrup
Ring Mandrel $29.95 A rounded modified
square. Conforms to the natural shape of the finger. Comfortable and no
turning or twisting rings.
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Round Bezel Mandrel 11" Long x 1/2"
to 1/8" taper. Hardened with a high polish.
SR Round
Bezel Mandrel $22.95
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Other Bezel Mandrels:
SSq Square
Bezel Mandrel $22.95 11" long x 1/2"
to 1/8" Taper. Hardened and polished tool steel with a long, smooth taper.
Corners left sharp and customer may round or chamfer to adapt for cushion
cut or octagonal cut stones.
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STRI Triangle
Bezel Mandrel $22.95
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SO Oval
Bezel Mandrel $21.95
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SRT Rectangular
Bezel Mandrel $22.95
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Ring
Clamp
Economy
Wood Ring Clamp Wood clamp with
leather jaws for holding rings and jewellery pieces securely. One end of
clamp is round, the other side is square.
325 Economy
Wood Ring Clamp $5.95
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Alternative:
Mahogany
Ring Clamp Bigger and sturdier
than the economy ring clamp with thicker leather jaws. The ring clamp of
choice by most jewellers.
RI101 Hardwood
Ring Clamp $12.95
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Tweezers
Utility Tweezers For assembly, inspection,
sorting, soldering, etc. of small parts.
Utility Tweezers,
Heavy Steel $2.95
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Fiber-Grip Cross-Locking
Tweezers - Solder (Fire) Tweezers Heat-resistant fiber
grips and permanent tension, self-locking jaws are ideal for soldering
operations or for holding parts. With long, tapered, serrated, blunt jaws.
Overall length 6-1/2" (165 mm).
57.761
Fiber Tweezer - Cross-Lock - Curved $2.95
Master Quality
Ball Pein Hammer General use hammer
with one flat end and one round end. High carbon steel provides extra strength
for driving chisels, punches, etc. 2-3/4" head length, 4 oz. Made
in Germany.
37.1141
Master Quality Ball Pein Hammer $39.95
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Alternative:
37.124
US Made Ball Pein Hammer $22.95
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Riveting Hammer General use riveting
hammer, with one end flat and the other chisel-shaped for spreading rivet
heads. Forged head is mounted on hardwood handle. 2-3/4" head length.
37.244
Swiss-Style Riveting Hammer $5.95
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Master Quality
Chaser's Hammer Forged steel heads
are mounted on pistol-type hardwood handles. The flat head is used to flatten,
shape, and form objects, and to strike chasing tools. The round head is
for forming decorative patterns and designs. Made in Germany.
37.184
Master Quality Chaser's Hammer - 1" Diameter Head
$41.95
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Alternative:
388
Econo Chasing Hammer - 1" Diameter Head $14.95
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Rawhide Mallet For metalworking
where work cannot be marked or injured. Heads are made of the finest quality
rawhide, embedded in shellac. Used for shaping rings and bezels on steel
mandrels.
37.702
Rawhide Mallet - Style #2 $23.95 Face diameter 1-1/2"
(38 mm), head length 3" (76 mm), head weight 6 oz (170 g)
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Forming
Tools
Horn Anvil For flattening and
shaping. Has polished round and flat horns and hole in top for riveting.
Measures 4-1/2" (114 mm) from tip to tip across horns and is 1-5/8" (41
mm) high.
12.305
Horn Anvil $19.95
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Steel Burnisher Oval-shaped tool
steel burnisher for smoothing of bezels around stones and smoothing other
parts of soft metals. Polished blades are firmly set in wood handles.
18.052
Curved Steel Burnisher - 2" Blade $9.95
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High-Speed Steel
Twist Drill Set Shank is same diameter
as drill size. Made in Germany.
28.503
High Speed Twist Drill Assortment - Set of 12 $17.95
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Alternative:
29MB01
HSS Twist Drill Set #61-80 $29.95 Comes in a convienent
grey plastic case which dispenses one drill at a time.
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High-Speed
Steel Burs Grobet HSS burs
of made of high-speed steel for longer wear and exceptional cutting efficiency.
Available in a wide variety of shapes and sizes for cutting most metals.
All have 3/32" (2.35mm) shanks.
High-Speed Steel
(HSS) Cylinder Burs - Inside Ring Burs 19.565
HSS Cylinder Inside Ring Bur #5 - 1.70 mm $5.95
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19.579 HSS
Cylinder Inside Ring Bur #19 - 4.70 mm $7.95
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19.594 HSS
Cylinder Inside Ring Bur #34 - 11.00 mm $11.95
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Chuck Keys for
Flexible Shaft Machine This plastic handle
won't roll around the bench. You get a better grip, making changing tools
quicker and easier.
28.212
Chuck Key with Handle $5.95
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Alternative:
72
Chuck Key for #30 Handpiece $6.95
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Torch Lighter Makes spark to light
gas without open flame. Comes with one flint.
14.205
Hand Torch Lighter $2.95
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Silver
Solder Cadmium-free, 5
gram sheet.
79001 Silver
Solder - Easy - 5 grams $8.95
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79002 Silver
Solder - Medium - 5 grams $8.95
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79003 Silver
Solder - Hard - 5 grams $8.95
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Metal Ruler 492 Metal
Ruller, 6" - Inches and Millimeters $1.95