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Every jewelry bench worker or small shop owner sooner or later encounters a situation where s/he needs a particular flat shape - either one or possibly a production run of several - stamped out of metal, wood, paper or plastic. Developed by a British goldsmith named Roger Taylor, the RT Blanking Tool technique allows any person with a jeweler's saw to make the punches and dies necessary to cut through virtually any material. In this same tutorial, you'll also find instructions to make Gerald Wykoff's 2-piece variation of the single-cut blanking tool. It doesn't take a lot of mechanical skills to produce and use a Blanking Tool. Your biggest demand is merely sawing along the design shape you draw or scratch on the tool material. After that, you merely insert a sheet of metal, wood, plastic or paper between the punch and the die elements and apply force i.e., some kind of press or even a sharp hammer blow. With a blanking tool, your workshop will be able to produce all kinds flat shapes including pendants, ear rings - even boxes and frames. Because of its design flexibility, a blanking tool can pretty much keep up with your imagination yet the costs will be a dollar or two per blanking tool. A tool and die maker usually starts counting at $500 and up for a tool. (please look at our rules and privacy policy) |
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