Cheap and Easy

took me a few times to read your post without the periods...

now if only I could find a jeweler's supply shop. I don't think there is such a thing. I looked in the phone book for local woodworker supply shops, and there were none.

Hey, guys.......
There's sure to be a store that sells jewellery in your area..........
They MUST have an idea where jewelerry can be repaired, and THEY can tell you where to get jewellery supplies.
The thing that sailordave is talking about is kinda like a hinged clothes peg - but it has a little wedge in the back side that forces the frontside closed (onto the item to be clamped).
Easy.

Try lapidary also for your search, it may help.

Try a fishing supply shop....ask about fly tying clamps....very good

AJ

you mean this?

http://www.ares-server.com/Ares/Ares.asp?MerchantID=RET01229&Action=Catalog&Type=Product&ID=81011

You can also try this site www.toolsgs.com. They specialize in jemelry making tools and supplies and have a lot of stuff useful to modellers.

QUOTE: Originally posted by IronBrigade took me a few times to read your post without the periods...

This is what happens when you drop out of school.

Ring clamps - wood or plastic - $4.97 each.

http://www.widgetsupply.com/page/WS/CTGY/ring-tool-jeweler

These vises can be found in the Micro-Mark catalog, too. But I make mine from split wooden dowels and rubber bands.