Stakes are used in conjunction with hammers to form metal into various shapes. They are made of steel and machined to a bright, smooth surface. As the metal is hammered over the stake, it conforms to the shape of the stake below it. Jewelry Tools carries a full line of stakes to form metal in a variety of shapes.
Shaping the metal consists of two hammering techniques, raising and planishing. Raising is hammering and compressing the metal down to the stake without stretching it and planishing is smoothing and stretching metal against a stake by making the blows overlap.
Every set of stakes needs a set of hammers and the Tru Strike hammer set is a great choice to pair with them. Jewelry Tools has an assortment of hammers for a variety oftechniques.
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