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2. Mallet - Wikipedia

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   Rawhide mallets, which may employ rawhide covering a steel head, or simply consist of rolled-up rawhide, are used for leatherwork, jewellery, and assembling electric motors and delicate machinery. Plastic mallets , made of nylon , polycarbonate , or polystyrene are used especially in leatherwork and jewellery.

3. Soft-faced hammer - Wikipedia

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   Soft faced hammer or mallet with plastic faces. A soft-faced hammer or mallet is a hammer designed to offer driving force without damaging surfaces. They also reduce the force transmitted back to the arm or hand of the user, by temporarily deforming more than a metal hammer would.

4. Jewelry wire - Wikipedia

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   Jewelry wire is wire, usually copper, brass, nickel, aluminium, silver, or gold, used in jewelry making. Wire is defined today as a single, usually cylindrical, elongated strand of drawn metal. However, when wire was first invented over 2,000 years BC, it was made from gold nuggets pounded into flat sheets, which were then cut into strips. The ...

5. Repoussé and chasing - Wikipedia

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   The bowl can be placed over a sand bag or leather ring, and tilted to whatever angle is most convenient. A heat gun or blow torch to soften the pitch in order to fix the plate, or to release it. A set of "punches", that is, chisels with smooth tips that are used to push the metal: A "liner" has a flattened tip with a slightly curved blunt edge.

6. Rawhide (material) - Wikipedia

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   Rawhide is a hide or animal skin that has not been exposed to tanning. It is similar to parchment, much lighter in color than leather made by traditional vegetable tanning. Rawhide is more susceptible to water than leather, and it quickly softens and stretches if left wet unless well waterproofed.

7. Foldforming - Wikipedia

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   Jewelry, such as earrings or necklaces, can be made with foldforming. For some artists or students trying to become artists, like Ball State University graduate student Rachael Jobst, using this technique can be helpful when making leaves or flowers for an art piece. [6] There are other applications to foldforming.