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=== Hand Tools === | === Hand Tools === | ||
In addition to the hand tools listed in the Basic Tools section, most professional and serious amateur pipe makers will want to acquire the following: | |||
=== Tools for stamping or marking === | |||
Custom made stamp with name and/or logo: | |||
Most US pipe makers are using Paul at A&M steel stamps. He has made something of a specialty out of supplying pipe makers. The angles of the steel he uses is designed for wood will cut cleaner than generic stamps. | |||
A & M Steel Stamps | |||
55 Windsor Ave, | |||
Mineola, N.Y. 11501 | |||
Phone: 516-741-6223 | |||
E-mail: mailto:amsteelstamps@yahoo.com | |||
A set of generic 1/16" to 1/8" letter and number stamps is also helpful. 3/32" may be the ideal size, but is more difficult to find, and more expensive. Harbor freight sometimes has the 1/16" set and almost always has the [http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=800 1/8" stamp set] stamps. [http://www.brownells.com/aspx/NS/store/ProductDetail.aspx?p=16655&title=STEEL+LETTERS+%26+FIGURES Brownells] has 1/16", 3/32", and interesting looking [http://www.brownells.com/aspx/ns/store/productdetail.aspx?p=1772 stamp guide]. | |||
=== Drills and Bits === | === Drills and Bits === | ||