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Jeweler’s Screwdriver Set

working on either
electronic compo-
• Quickly squaring up electrode blanks
nents or fi ne
mechanical
mechanisms,
milling operations
you’ll come
• Holding small workpieces in the Sinker EDM
• Workpiece and electrode inspection
across some very • Holding electrode blanks for subsequent grinding or
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small, slotted
It is truly a pleasure to use such a fi nely crafted tool.
head screws that
need to be either
manipulated.
This inexpensive
jeweler’s screw-
driver set has been
a lifesaver for me
over the years.
Not only will the
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small blades
safely manipulate
even the tiniest of
but also the
free-spinning
handle head cap allows you to keep downward pressure
on the blade to keep it engaged in the slot while turning it,
all with the same hand.

Precision Toolmaker’s Vise If you need to either produce or inspect highly accurate
angled surfaces, a precision sine plate is a “must have”
for any toolmaker or EDM’er.
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My precision toolmaker’s vise, otherwise known
My fi ve inch sine plate, made by the previously mentioned
as a grinding vise, is an essential tool for many
Hermann Schmidt Company, features lapped horizontal
everyday tasks.
surfaces and is precision ground on all other surfaces.
The sine plate comes with removable back plate, side
My vise, produced by the Hermann Schmidt Company
plate and a drawbar system that will accommodate
in South Windsor, Connecticut, is made from hardened,
angles up to 45 degrees.
stabilized tool steel and precision ground to .0001” for
fl atness, parallelism and squareness on all fi xed surfaces
When paired with the aforementioned precision tool-
from a lapped base surface.
involving angled surfaces.
The design, featuring an angled draw-bolt, produces a
downward angled clamping force which prevents the maker’s vise, this sine plate makes short work of any job
Roger Kern | Principal Consultant
moveable jaw from lifting during tightening.
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