Studio Equipment

All our equipment is communal and available for residents who have permanent benches and for people to use as part of our daily ‘Tool hire’ access.

  • Sand or Open Casting

    We have a dedicated soldering and casting area for sand casting. Other casting options are available in our back yard including spaghetti casting and water casting. For cuttle fish casting please bring your own cuttlefish.

    Due to Casting needing extra resources we ask for a small additional fee of £5 per session to cover your disposables.

  • Processing Scrap

    We have a rolling mill with flat, square and D wire options.

    We also have draw plates of various sizes with Durston draw grips and a winch DIY draw bench set up where you can draw round wire up to 2m long.

  • Kiln

    We have a Paragon Kiln perfect for enamelling, metal clay, lustre and filigree.

  • Dado laser welder

    DADO Laser welder

    Working on repairs or need access to a laser welder but not yet ready to make the investment?

    Join the Tool Hire community to access our laser welder on a pay as you go basis.

    Basic induction is included but if you require training please let us know as this is something we can organise.

Inventory

Workbench

Rolling Mill

Paragon Kiln

Tabletop Ring and Wire Bender

Pillar Vice for drill handpiece

Bench Vice with steel anvil

Disk Punches 

Doming Punches

Collet Punch

Bangle Mandrel

Tumbler

Sonic Cleaner

Optivisor

Magnifying lenses

Ring Stretcher and reducer

Steel blocks

Large Anvil

Small Anvil for rings and bezels

Draw plates

Durston Drawbench grips

Winch Drawbench

Dado Laser welder

Little Smith’s torch


Soldering Area

Blow torches of varying sizes

Heat proof equipment and area

Solder

Solder snips

Tweezers and 3rd hand

Pickling and rinsing pots

Flux


Extras

Rawhide mallets

Texturing hammers

Saws and blades

Long worktable with bench pegs

Files & Pliers

We are always looking to improve our offering so if there’s something you really want to use get in touch!

FAQs

Do I need to be confident with using equipment?

You need to have experience but if you are a little unsure please ask. New signups will have an induction to the equipment and to health and safety.

Can I make suggestions for new equipment?

Absolutely, members of the tool hire community can absolutely make requests for new equipment. We will aim to do at least an annual tool update to keep the studio relevant and useful.