Toolbox: Hammering

This photo shows some of the tools you will need for hammering jewelry. From left to right: utility hammer, rawhide mallet, plastic mallet, dead blow hammer, cross peen hammer, chasing hammer, ball peen hammer, anvil and bench block.

These are the essential tools that you should have in your workshop for hammering jewelry.

Bench block or anvil
Hammers: chasing, ball peen, cross peen, dead blow, utility
Mallet: rawhide or plastic

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