Bench Room

11 Jeweler’s Benches (10 student & 1 Instructor)

Each equipped with:

  • Foredom Flex Shaft
  • GRS mounted bench pin
  • Swing arm lamp

Soldering Area

  • 3 - Smith acetylene/air torches
  • 2 - Smith Mini oxy/acetylene torches with tips
  • Rotating annealing pans with pumice and soldering brick
  • Auto torch strikers
  • Soldering tripods with steel screens
  • Assorted tools including picks, standard and cross locking tweezers, and third hands
  • Fluxes and Pickle pots

Assorted Hand Tools

  • Chasing Tools
  • Dapping Sets and Bench Blocks
  • Disc Cutters with Center Dies
  • Various Files and Pliers
  • Hammers and Mallets
  • Shape Templates, Rulers, Calipers
  • Ring Bender and Stretcher

Technology and Electronics

  • Speedy 100 Trotec Laser
  • 50” Mounted wall TV With connections for HDMI
  • Wireless Internet Connection
  • IPEVO Document Camera
  • Any Cubic Resin Printer
  • 2 - PRUSA Filament 3D Printers
  • PC Desktop Computer
  • Laser Printer (suitable for PnP paper and ceramic water slide decals)

Click here to see complete studio inventory.

Metalsmithing Room

  • 4 - Anvils
  • 6 - Vises
  • 12” Durston Shear
  • Beverly Shear
  • Raising & Forming Stakes
  • Sandbags for Sinking and Forming
  • Pitch Pots
  • 2 - Durston Combo Rolling Mills (150mm wire & flat rolling mill)
  • 2 - 20 Ton Hydraulic Press
  • Blanking Dies, Silhouette Dies, Texture Plates
  • 1 - Ton Arbor Press

Enameling Area

  • 4 - Vcella Kilns
  • Interior Dimensions
    • 12” x 12” x 8”
    • 9” x 10” x 6.5”
    • 9” x 10” x 6.5”
    • 16” x 16” x 11”
  • 4 - Firing forks
  • Various Firing Screens, Racks, and Trivets (3 and 4 point)
  • Thompson Unleaded Enamels (Opaque & Transparent)

Casting Area

  • Grobet Burnout kiln
  • Vulcanizer & Wax Injector
  • Vacuum & Centrifuge Casting Machines
  • Oxy/Acetylene Torch
  • Electro Melt Furnaces
  • Flask and Bases

Finishing Room

  • Buffing Machine
  • Bench Grinders
  • Belt Sanders
  • Sandblaster
  • Drill Presses
  • Powder Coating equipment
  • Chemical cabinet
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Each student bench is equipped with the following tools:

  • saw frame
  • machinists square
  • center punch
  • tweezers
  • set of needle files
  • half round file
  • flat file
  • dividers
  • wire cutters
  • flat nose pliers
  • round nose pliers
  • chain nose pliers
  • rivet hammer
  • chasing hammer
  • six inch ruler
  • tin snips
  • ring clamp

If you have any questions regarding our Metals Studio or programming, please contact Eric Burris at metals@pocosinarts.org.

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