What is a 'Pin Vise' => 11 photos

 Of all of the necessary diamond setting tools in your bench, your 'Pin Vise' is the most important tool. Why is this? Please let me explain this fact along with photos.

  Although these tools come in various shapes and sizes, they all serve one purpose: to hold jewellery.

 The pin-vise is great, but the handle is too thin for the fingers and the palm to wrap around. I'll show you what I did! 

 I went to a hardware store and purchased a wider wooden handle. This gave me a more suitable gripping action for a long duration of stone setting.

  I can now screw the vise into the NEWER and a wider wooden handle. Isn't this a fantastic solution?

  When I received an order for 100 pairs of earring studs, I had to quickly devise a new apparatus and start my immense setting project.

 The 'vise' top can be changed at a moment's notice and modified to hold different pieces of jewellery.

 The 'side screw' can be tightened very securely and the top pins can be adjusted to hold any piece of metal.

  The top pins that are made of brass may be indented with grooves to avoid ruining any effects.

  Here are the brass pins with their cut-out grooves. These are specifically designed for intricate patterns.

  Instead of having the pins on the outside. I created the pins to grab the circular rim on the inside. There was no longer any need for shellac, as it could be difficult to hold and keep clean.