Tools

This set of tools will perform all the initial filing and piercing exercises.

Basic student’s toolkit

- suits part-time courses

• Saw frame & 2/0 blades

• Hand files in Cut 2, flat, half round, three square

• Dividers, 76mm

• Pin vice, and a packet of good quality steel darning needles

• 150mm thin steel rule

• Small engineer’s set square

• Buff sticks and emery paper

• Cross-peen jeweller’s hammer

• Tinsmith’s shears

• Centre punch

• Bench brush

• Lemel scoop (may be made from small plastic container)

Intermediate/Advanced students toolkit

- suits full-time courses in addition to basic toolkit

Pliers

• Flat nose

• Snipe or chain nose flats

• Round nose

• Half round

• Parallel pliers, with snipe and flats

Hammers

• Hide or plastic mallet

Needle Files

• Barrette file (donkey back)

• Equalling file (flat)

• Round file (rat tail)

• Square file (four square)

• Triangular file (three square)

• Half round file

students should have

• one Cut 0 and

• one Cut 2 grade in each shape

Others

• One set of fine engineer’s drills. (0.5mm to 1.5mm)

• File card for cleaning files

• Binding wire

• Borax brush

• Cool tongs in stainless steel

• Fine stainless steel tweezers

• Ring mandrel or triblets

• Vernier gauge in 1/10 mm