I want forging hammers!! I'm so tempted to just go and buy Fretz hammers so I can get started right away, but they are sooo expensive, gotta watch my spending more carefully now that I'm a full-time "starving artist"! So, I'm going to Lowes and look for cross-peen hammers that I can adapt myself, thanks to Lisa's instructions. I'll be checking out bench grinders to use for shaping the hammers. I can get a whole bench grinder for less than the price of one Fretz hammer!! (I'm definitely putting Fretz hammers on my Christmas wish list, though). Here's a closeup of Lisa's hammer that I'm hoping to re-recreate....
I LOVE tools! This looks like my riveting hammer that I bought CHEAP on Ebay. You should check them out, I've gotten some great tools at great prices. My Lindstrom flush cutters were $25 and I don't know how I lived without them!
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ReplyDeleteI just thought about this site. I bought my oval bracelet mandrel from them. They have hammers and everything else! Really reasonable!
http://www.progresstool.com/cat_hammers_jewelers.cfm
Hey Tammy, thanks!! I've not heard of Progress Tool, I'll definitely check them out. I've got reveting hammers, but the cross peen is too narrow, I've tried them quite a bit. They don't really spread the metal enough. I may look on Ebay, too - I've gotten some great stones from there every once in a while. I'm off to Asheville today, so no fun at the bench today!
ReplyDeleteHa, I apparently can't spell this morning either - riveting.....
ReplyDeleteOOOOooo more tools!!!Oh yeah..drool.
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