Setting Up a Jewelry Studio for Under $1000

It can be daunting and expensive to outfit a beginner's jewelry studio so we've organized a list of essential tools. These tools will allow you to create jewelry using any of the techniques in Susan Lenart Kazmer's wonderfully informative book, "Making Connections: A Handbook of Cold Joins for Jewelers and Mixed-Media Artists"

• Anvil 
• Bench pin
• Center punch
• Drill bits
• Flex Shaft 
• Saw frame 
• Saw blades
• File 
• Small file set 
• Ring mandrel
• Bracelet mandrel
• Vise
• Sand paper
• Ball-peen hammer
• Burnisher
• Power snips
• Jewelry pliers
• Wooden dapping block