Hey everyone, This question is probably more for the jewelry makers here but anyone with experience with these is welcome to chime in. Rachel has been getting into making jewelry on her wood lathe so we tried a local craft show to sell some. I took a few sterling, bronze and copper bracelets that I made and sold a few. Enough to encourage me to do it again.
That first batch of bracelets I cut out with a hack saw and jewelers saw. I plan to take some of the money from that first batch and buy myself a shear to make cutting out basic bracelet blanks faster.
I have found two main types of bench shear on the market. The first type is open on on end and look like it works like a heavy duty paper cutter. These tend to be a little less expensive. the other type is closed on both ends and looks like it works more like the old fashioned stomp shears.
My question is, for my purposes is one of these going to be better than the other or will they both work for cutting out my bracelet blanks?
That first batch of bracelets I cut out with a hack saw and jewelers saw. I plan to take some of the money from that first batch and buy myself a shear to make cutting out basic bracelet blanks faster.
I have found two main types of bench shear on the market. The first type is open on on end and look like it works like a heavy duty paper cutter. These tend to be a little less expensive. the other type is closed on both ends and looks like it works more like the old fashioned stomp shears.
My question is, for my purposes is one of these going to be better than the other or will they both work for cutting out my bracelet blanks?