Whaley Studios - Jeweler's wax carving, lost wax casting, wax, tools, aprons, rotary wax carver, wax files and more.

On these pages you will find a listing of the quality jewelry-making tools we are pleased to offer you at this time. We are continually searching to find what we feel are professional quality tools that we can present to you at reasonable prices. As we locate these products, we will be adding them to our online catalogs, so be sure to check back regularly. Besides the products listed here, we also offer CASTING AND FINISHING SERVICES .

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Aprons
Cutting and Filing Tools
Layout Tools
Measuring Tools
Miscellaneous Tools
Rotary Tools
Sliced Sheet Waxes
Wax Pens
Wax Ring Tubes

Aprons

FIRE-RESISTANT JEWELER’S APRON
This apron is our original design, created especially for the working jeweler. The cotton material is permanently treated with a fire-resistant chemical. The apron is very breathable, and comfortable to wear all day. The top of the apron is wider than most, offering good protection for the neck and chest. The neck strap is easily adjustable with a plastic push-button adjuster. The apron is 36 in. long, so it protects your legs when sitting, and has a flap at the bottom of the apron to catch small dropped items and scraps. It has 2 pockets, one at the top which holds 2 pens, and a larger pocket on the lower right. The tie is long enough to tie in the front, so you won’t have to sit against the tied ends. A very durable and practical way to protect your clothes.

Item #: AP-110-01

Price: $27.00

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Cutting and Filing Tools


		6 ¼ inch Cut 00 Needle files One of the big reasons we got into this business was the difficulty in finding the right files to carve wax models. After a lengthy search, we finally found them. These are high quality German-made files, in a “double-ought” cut, perfect for carving precision wax models. They won’t load with wax, but leave a smooth surface on the wax. The handles are coated in black plastic for a comfortable feel. These are professional quality files. Sold in a set of 4. Cut 00 --- 6 ¼” Warding file w/ 1 safe edge (flat file with a taper) -- 6 ¼” Half-round file --- 6 ¼” Round (“rat-tail”) file -- 6 ¼” 3-Square( triangular) file Item #: FN-604-00 Price: $26.00

		8 inch Cut 00 Needle files It is difficult to find a quality German-made file this size in a cut 00 ! This is a hard to find and wonderful size file for carving wax models. Like the smaller 6 ¼ inch files, these are precision-made, cut wax well, won’t load, but leave a smooth surface. Black plastic coated handles provide more comfort while filing. Sold in a set of 4. ---8 “ Warding file with one safe edge (flat file with taper) -- 8 “ Half-round file ---8” 3-Square (triangular) file ---8” Square file Item #: FN-804-00 Price: $33.00

		4 Piece 4 inch needle file set Cut 0 As far as miniature files go, these are the “Crown Jewels”. These are high quality 4 inch needle files, the smallest cut 0 wax files we know of. These will seem “pricy” for files this small, but they are well worth the price, if you need very tiny files for wax carving Item #: FN-404-01 Price: $33.00

		“THE MONSTER” 10 inch ½ Round File Rough Cut This is a great big, wide rough-out file with a comfortable rubber handle. When you start your wax carving, and need to knock off a lot of wax quickly, this is the bad boy for you. It won’t load with wax, and leaves a surprisingly smooth surface. Wax Carving Tip 5 FILING FLAT SURFACES Try to use the largest flat file you can, and make long straight strokes on the wax, covering as much as the surface as you can with each stroke. Lift the file off the wax after each forward stroke (the file cuts on the “push” stroke), and observe where the file has just cut. Hold the wax you are working on in your hand, not on a hard surface, and you will “feel” the file sliding across the wax surface, creating a flat surface. Item #: FH-210-00 Price: ~~$17.00~~ On Sale for $12.00

		6 inch Flat (Pillar) File Rough Cut A quality-made straight, flat hand file with a comfortable rubber handle. The cut is coarse, for rough-out work on hard wax models. It won’t load with wax, and files quickly, leaving a relatively smooth finish. A fast way to remove large amounts of wax before using needle files and gravers for detail work. This is a good file for making large flat surfaces, too. Includes one “safe” edge for filing steps on a wax model. Item #: FH-106-00 Price: ~~$9.00~~ On Sale for $6.00

		File Cleaner Combination This well-made file cleaner has both a wire brush and a bristle brush, for cleaning files of wax, etc. Files cut better, faster when they’re clean. Item #: FC-100-01 Price: ~~$11.00~~ On Sale for $8.00

		12 Piece Wax Bur Set (small sizes) in Wooden Stand This is a well-priced set of assorted burs with wide flutes which won’t load with wax. Made of tungsten-vanadium steel with a 3/32” shank, they work great in carving wax, plastics, or wood. Indispensable for hollowing out wax models. The wood stand makes a great way to hold and organize these important wax-carving tools. Wax Carving Tip 4 HOLLOWING OUT WITH A BUR When working with a wax bur to remove wax, you will want to use a lower, rather than faster speed with the rotary tool. Too fast a speed will melt the wax onto the bur from the friction. When burring the wax, make sure you keep the bur spinning while in contact with the wax. If you let it slow down or stop in the wax while working, the bur will “walk” out of your control and can damage the surrounding areas. Item #: BU-512-01 Price: $20.00

		Adjustable Jewelers Saw Frame This is an inexpensive, yet well-made saw frame with a 3 inch throat depth and a wooden handle. Any size saw blade can be fitted into this frame, and the throat depth is adequate for most wax projects. *** Try our #8 sawblades, listed below, (SB-512-08) with this frame. Item #: SF-100-03 Price: $11.00

		Saw blades for Wax Carving These saw blades made by Hercules are known in the jewelry trade for their high quality and are very hard to find. Hercules #10 blades are perfect for cutting hard waxes accurately without loading. Unlike saw blades used for metalsmithing, saw blades for wax need to be coarse enough to cut fast and not load with wax. Spiral blades, sold for sawing hard waxes, are not easy to control, so you’ll like these #10 jeweler’s saw blades. Item #: SB-612-10 Price: $3.00

		6 piece Wax File set with wooden handles 4” cut 0 We’ve found a very nice set of assorted shape files with wooden handles, which come in a tin box. These are well made, and a good intermediary shape for most wax carving work. They’re priced well, too. Item #: FN-304-12 Price: $26.00

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Layout Tools

Wax Carving Tip 1 GUIDELINES When drawing guidelines on your wax model
		3 inch Machinist Square A vital tool for making perpendicular edges, and laying out center lines, etc. If you need to be precise, this is a must in your tool collection. Item #: SQ-100-03 Price: ~~$11.00~~ On Sale for $8.00

		3 inch Dividers with adjustable tips These German-made dividers have very sharp, adjustable, removable tips, and a quick adjustment nut for fast measurements. A heavy-duty spring in an extra-hard tool steel body means long life, and minimal deflection. An important tool for marking, measuring, and center-finding. These dividers are of great quality, at a very fair price. We have yet to find a better pair at this price. br> Wax Carving Tip 3 USING DIVIDERS TO FIND THE CENTER If you are trying to find the exact center of a model, open the dividers to estimate the ½ way point, then measure from both sides, making a small mark in the center. If you miss the exact center, just re-adjust the dividers to “split the difference” between the two marks, and try again from both sides, until the dividers hit the same spot from either side. You’ve just found the exact center, quickly and easily, without measuring. Item #: DI-100-03 Price: $13.00

		Soft-Grip Exacto Knife When you need an extremely sharp, pointed blade for slicing, marking lines, trimming patterns, or whatever, this is your tool. It has a comfortable foam handle, and the blade release knob is in the rear, away from the blade, for safety. Sold with 5 # 11 super sharp blades. *** Extra blades can be ordered below. Item #: EK-100-05 Price: $5.00

		5 pack of # 11 Exacto Knife blades Extra blades to keep your knife sharp! Item #: EB-500-11 Price: $2.00

		Needle-point Scribe A knurled- aluminum handled scribe with a very sharp tip, for marking accurate fine lines on wax models. Item #: AS-100-01 Price: $3.00

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Measuring Tools


		6 inch steel rule A handy small-sized straight edge for measuring, layout, and scribing straight lines in wax models. Inexpensive, yet indispensable. Item #: RU-100-06 Price: $3.00

		Thickness Gauge with B and S Gauge This unique tool, designed by Whaley Studios, is a combination tool that not only accurately measures the wall thickness of a wax model in tenths of a millimeter, but also measures the thickness of non-ferrous sheet metal. A handy tool. Item #: GA-100-04 Price: ~~$17.00~~ On Sale for $10.00

		Thickness Gauge This handy tool is great for measuring the wall thickness of your wax models. It’s curved jaws easily reach around wax models to ascertain the exact thinness of your wax model. An important tool for accurate wax models that will cast well, with no extra metal weight. Item #: GA-200-01 Price: $10.00

		4 inch Vernier Caliper With this precision-made instrument, you can be dead-on accurate with your model tolerances and measurements. It measures not only the outside, but inside, and depth, as well. The markings are laser-engraved, so they can't wear off, as with cheaper calipers. Divider tips can be matched to the engraved markings on the calipers to set measurements by. Accurate to 1/100 millimeter. Item #: CA-100-04 Price: $22.00

		4" Digital Caliper This precision, easy to use tool has really come down in price through the years, and is quite affordable for all it does. Instant readout in hundredths of a millimeter or inches, a zeroing button, and extremely accurate. Measures inside, outside, and depth. Extra battery included. Item #: CA-200-04 Price: ~~$39.00~~ On Sale for $30.00

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Miscellaneous Tools


		Adjustable Magnifier This is a lightweight head-mounted magnifier with a Velcro-type headband. With its built-in main lens, flip-up auxiliary lens, and a flip-down loupe, there are 4 magnification possibilities in one headset. This handy unit will let you see all the details easily, and will help protect your eyes from flying wax dust. Item #: MG-100-04 Price: ~~$17.00~~ On Sale for $12.00

		Combination Bench Pin and Anvil This tool makes it much easier to do jewelry work on a table or bench top. For sawing and filing, and carving, this wooden bench pin provides a necessary extension off your work table or bench, for a more effective work surface. This model is very heavy and sturdy, incorporating a flat anvil as well as a wooden bench pin, and can be clamped onto any flat work surface up to 2 in. thick. There are cheaper models, which aren’t this sturdy, and there are permanent models, which won’t allow you to remove it easily. If you work in a studio where you need to remove the bench pin when you’re not working, our combination bench pin and anvil is the best choice. Item #: BP-200-01 Price: $14.00

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Rotary Tools

Wax Carving Tip 2
HOLLOWING OUT YOUR WAX MODEL
All heavy areas should be hollowed out for the best casting. A 1mm thickness or slightly less is ideal

Whaley Rotary Tool
This is a well-made, lightweight, slim-profile wax carver with a variable speed from 3,000 to 30,000 rpm. It plugs into any electrical outlet, so you have consistant power, and never need to worry about charging. It also has a great “key-less chuck” feature, so you can use any size bur or drill bit up to 1/8” diameter, and don’t need to find your chuck key to use it. This is the best designed wax carving tool we’ve used, and it’s very popular with our clients.
***Our wax bur set (BU-512-01) works great with this tool.
110 volt Rotary Tool with “key-less chuck”

Item #: RT-100-01

Price: ~~$39.00~~ On Sale for $30.00

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Sliced Sheet Waxes

These are sold in assorted slices
		½ lb. Assorted Sliced Wax 1 ½” x 3 ½” Purple (medium hard) 6 pieces- 7.1 mm thick 6 pieces - 5.1 mm thick 6 pieces- 3.4 mm thick Item #: WX-481-32 Price: $15.00

		½ lb. Assorted Sliced Wax 1 ½” x 3 ½” Green (hard) 6 pieces ea. -7.1 mm thick, 5.1 mm thick ,3.4 mm thick Item #: WX-481-30 Price: $15.00

		1 lb. Square Assorted Sliced Wax Purple (medium hard) 5 pieces -22.2 mm thick , 15.9 mm thick, 9.5 mm, and 6.4 mm thick and 4.8 mm thick Item #: WX-482-20 Price: $15.95

		1 lb. Square Assorted Sliced Wax Green (hard) 5 pieces -22.2 mm thick , 15.9 mm thick, 9.5 mm, and 6.4 mm thick and 4.8 mm thick Item #: WX-482-10 Price: $15.95

		Patch-Eze Repair Wax Red-(extra soft) A very soft wax, designed to fill small holes or scratches in finished wax models before casting . Can be used at room temp. with a finger or small tool. Very handy! 1.5 oz. tin (a nearly life-time supply) Item #: WX-485-70 Price: $7.00

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Wax Pens

Electric Wax Pen
An electrically-heated wax pen is an indispensable tool for making repairs or adding wax to a wax model, joining parts, or attaching sprues for casting. Typically, these pens come in many styles, from inexpensive battery-operated models with one heat setting (hot!) to digital models costing over $ 350.
In our simple but sturdy model, you get a heat control box which can be turned on and off, set to full power, or switched to a dial for a full range of temperature settings. The wax pen itself is a heavy duty model which will not transfer heat to your hand, even at its hottest setting. It comes with 7 assorted tips which screw into the insulated handle. A tip rest is also included to set the pen on while it is hot.
The most inexpensive heat-adjustable wax pen we’ve seen on the market is over $125, but we’re selling ours for just $65, almost 1/2 price. This is a simple but reliable workhorse.

Wax pen, control box, 7 tips and tip rest

Item #: WP-101-20

Price: $70.00

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Wax Ring Tubes

Although wax ring tubes are available in many different shapes
		Small Flat-Top Ring Tube -Purple (medium hard) 28.6mm high X 25.4mm wide 15.9mm hole (1 1/8” high x 1” wide 5/8” hole) Item #: WT-483-45 Price: $6.95

		Medium Flat- Top ring Tube - Purple 28.6mm high X 28.6mm wide 15.9mm hole (1 1/8” high x 1 1/8” wide 5/8” hole) Item #: WT-483-35 Price: $6.95

		Large Flat-Top Ring Tube - Purple 33.3mm high X 30.2mm wide 15.9mm hole (1 5/16” high X 1 3/16” wide 5/8” hole) Item #: WT-483-20 Price: $6.95

		Small Flat-Top Ring Tube - Green (hard) 28.6mm high x 25.4mm wide 15.9mm hole (1 1/8” high X 1” wide 5/8” hole) Item #: WT-483-40 Price: $6.95

		Medium Flat-Top Ring Tube - Green 28.6mm high x 28.6mm wide 15.9mm hole (1 1/8” high X 1 1/8” wide 5/8” hole) Item #: WT-483-25 Price: $6.95

		Large Flat-Top ring Tube - Green 33.3mm high x 30.2mm wide 15.9mm hole (1 5/16” high x 1 3/16” wide 5/8” hole) Item #: WT-483-12 Price: $6.95

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