Best Shears For Silver Sheet Metal Jewelry

Use the straight blade shears to cut fine straight lines from medium hard metal sheet up to b s no.

Best shears for silver sheet metal jewelry.

Metal shears may resemble scissors or they may look more like small gardening shears. They re german made of the finest european steel. 20 or soft sheet to b s no. Use shears to cut a small piece of silver from a larger sheet for cutting with a jeweler s saw for cutting templates from a thin sheet of metal or for chain cutting.

For less precise cuts metal shears cut sterling silver quickly. Sterling silver sheet metal is excellent for making special handcrafted jewelry pieces. 4 1 2 inches overall 12 5mm cutting area. I use a 1 wide strip of silver metal sheet instead of larger square sheets of metal.

Rio grande offers competitive pricing excellent service ordering convenience and fast product delivery. 38 to 20 gauge. 18 gauge and smaller. 6 inches overall 1 13 16 inch cutting area.

Cutting wire or metal is all about the right tool for the job most wire used for jewelry making is soft relatively made of silver copper gold filled brass or bronze. For cutting large pieces of sheet metal a bench shear is more appropriate. The shape of the shears the grips and 1 1 2 straight blades allow for precise control. Curved blade shears with scissor handles metal sheet template pattern cutting jewelry making tool 53 802 jewelrytooling 5 out of 5 stars 1 681 29 95 free shipping favorite.

24 gauge and thinner sheet is very useful for metal stamping and embossing. 999 fine silver plain bezel wire 28 gauge 1 4 inch x 12 inches with jewelry making tip sheet by eam jewelry design and supply 4 2 out of 5 stars 35 17 92 17. Choose from 16 gauge thick to 28 gauge thin silver sheet for piercing and sawing into custom shapes dapping doming soldering forming into bracelet cuffs and other fine craft applications. Rio grande jewelry making supplies for the best in jewelry findings and gemstones tools jewelry supplies and equipment and the packaging and display items essential to the success of your jewellery business since 1944.

Choose from lindstrom and eurotool hand shears to cut 20 gauge and thinner soft metals. I later turn those bits into decorative silver balls using every bit of the metal in one design. Cutting sheet metal is a whole different animal use a jewelers saw or a shear. These shears can be used to cut both soft wires and sheet metal.

Tronex small 50 degree angulated cutter. Also great for cutting small solder pieces. You ll also find a eurotool bench top shear with 6 inch blade for cutting 18 gauge and thinner soft metal sheet. Metal shears are basic and handy sheet metal tools and are great supplies for making custom metal stamping blanks from sheet.