Heavy Divider

Jewelry Discussion
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I need to buy a proper divider, (or maybe it’s a pair of dividers). I have been making due with various older drafting tools, but would like to find a heavy divider that doesn’t flex when I am scoring a line. Can someone recommend one? I would be using it for layout mainly on silver sheet and stone setting. Thanks…Rob

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My wife bought me these as a gift from Otto Frei… Although they don’t seem to have them anymore.

https://www.zakjewelrytools.com/products/alextools-divider-75mm

They work great!

Dave

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Starrett Tools are the standard of the industry, the machining industry that is. They are pricey but are exceptionally well made and will last a lifetime.
A less expensive option would be these.
https://www.gesswein.com/p-7851-3-4-6-german-dividers.aspx

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I found a set of tools that included a heavy divider at Harbor Freight a couple years ago.

Ruthanne Robertson
Bench Jeweler Team Lead
Legacy Touch, Inc.
www.legacytouch.com

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Rob

Try Murphy and Nolan in Syracuse. Sheet metal layout tools

Don

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FWIW I have the less expensive 3” pair from Gesswein and I really like them.

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I discovered a couple of very nice dividers in an old drafting set that I hadn’t looked at in year. It belonged to my father in law who used it in electrical engineering school from which he graduated in 1929. Thanks for the replies…Rob