Mega Workshop Kit (Used)

To order or for more information, contact Chuck Kennington through www.ncblack.com.

These kits are in mint condition, and all hammers and stakes will be freshly polished. Two of the forming hammers are from Betty’s workshops - the LH1 & LH4.5, both are no longer being manufactured. Speaking of Betty Helen Longhi, she used many portions of these kits when we spent years on the road teaching together. It’s a little bit of history. So, as you order a kit, I will polish up the hammers and stakes before we ship it.
Now the deets.

The famous NC Black Shell Forming Kits include NC Black brand tools:

3 nylon mallets: Small, Micro, and Nano.
1 Delrin sinking mallet.
7 synclastic hammers: LH1, Padre, Synclastic Annie, C, Mini C, K, and J.
5 anticlastic hammers: LH4.5, Anticlastic Annie, Angelina, Little Alice, and Reggie.
4 spiculum hammers: Bad Betty, Super Cindy, Macro, and Micro.
3 closing hammers: Large Closing, Ball End Closing, and Micro Closing.
Small Brooke forging hammer.
Small planishing hammer (sadly, this one has no name).

Wood Blocks
1 hardwood sinking block.
2 sizes of purple heart anticlastic forming blocks
3 sizes spiculum blocks: Large maple, Macro purple heart, and Micro purple heart.
2 sizes thin maple edge rolling blocks.
1 mdf folding block.
1 purple heart wedge for forming curves in fold forms.

Steel Stakes
1 micro sinusoidal stake.
1 7/16” end hook stake.
3 hatchet stakes: 1 1/2”, 1 1/8”, 1/2”.

2 sizes aluminum anticlastic block holders.
2 sizes aluminum end hook and sinusoidal stake holders.

A Green Lion Studios saw frame, metal shears, #3 ring file, 6” metal ruler, metal storage box and one bench top vise.

Two of the forming hammers are from Betty’s workshops - the LH1 & LH4.5, both are no longer being manufactured. Speaking of Betty Helen Longhi, she used many portions of these kits when we spent years on the road teaching together. It’s a little bit of history.

The Hammer Engraving Kit - for beginning engraving work and basic stone setting.
The vise is patterned after an 1800’s model we came across in 2010.
We made them for a few years and quit in 2012. It has a standard engraving vice head that will hold accessories. It comes with a ring clamp, eight pins, 2 NGraver gravers (#1&2),1 NGraver square T handle, one NC Black round T handle, NGraver scroll template, rotating table, rubber ring, and some additional accessories.

The Micro Raising Kit – used to raise miniature vessels and interpretive raising (figures).
It consists of NC Black tools: 1 raising mallet, 5/8” stake, 1/2” stake, raising stake holder, 4 basic chasing tools for surface adornment or chasing the form, 3/4” & 5/8” oak dowels for bottomed vessels, and center punch.

The Fabrication Kit – precision tools used in making miniature boxes, jewelry, and carving texture hammer faces. All in mint condition.
It consists of the following items:

7 round oak forming mandrels 3/4”, 5/8”, 1/2”, 7/16”, 3/8”, 5/16”, and 1/4”.
1 wood oval mandrel.
Onglette graver, liner graver, flat graver, stone setting tool, #3 dot punch tool, #6 beading tool, 3mm ball bur, 3mm setting bur, 2mm ball bur, 2mm setting bur, 2mm cone bur, 5mm flame tip bur, diamond bur, #35 drill bit, #49 drill bit, #51 drill bit, ruby stone.
Steel cup to hold burs.
2 piece tube rivet set
Metal shears, deckle edged Scissors.
Forming block, wood tube cutting jig.
#3 cut ½ Round, 6” File.
6“ steel ruler for scoring, brass caliper, steel divider, compass.
Steel scoring tool.
White Box for punch and beading tools, rubber scoring mat, white box for drills and burs,
Clear plastic box for setting burs.
Adjustable c clamp, scribe,
4"×3" steel square, Dremel cutoff disk and mandrel.