Suppliers of Tools
3M United Kingdom PLC 3M House, PO Box 1, Market Place, Bracknell, Berkshire RG12 1JU
They are Respirator Mask specialists but also sell other H&S products. They supply two dust/mist respirator models suitable for glass engraving: the 3M8810P2 and the more substantial 3M8822P2. 3M supply fact sheets and offer a Respiratory Protection Helpline and
a Customer Service Helpline.
Acerdent Ltd., 137 Brent Street, London NW4 4DJ
They supply bulk dental burrs of good quality. I cannot get their website to work! Maybe they do not exist any more?
Axminster Power Tool Centre, Chard Street, Axminster, Devon EX13 5DZ
They supply compressors, dust filters, desktop dust filtering booths, drills and much much more!
B&H Services, PO Box 54, Cardiff CF11 7YQ
Tel/Fax: 02920-214252
email Toby Wilkins at: bandhservices@hotmail.co.uk
He has over 800 tools, diamond burs, carborundum stone burs, mops, grits, polishing points and drills. He has EVERYTHING but is sometimes hard to contact. Keep trying!
Bohle Ltd., Fifth Avenue, Tameside Park, Dukinfield, Cheshire SK16 4PP
Specialist equipment supplier to the flat glass industry. 172-page glossy catalogue available. They supply clear UV glue to stick glass together (kit includes UV lamp).
Bracon Ltd., Unit C, Swife Business Park, Burwash Road, Broad Oak, Heathfield, East Sussex TN19 7AL
They are dental suppliers who also stock drills, sandblast cabinets etc.
Brimarc Associates, Unit 10 Weycroft Avenue, Axminster, Devon EX13 5PH
Bri-Marc supply a range of drills, polishing wheels, stones and diamond burrs at very reasonable prices; these complement the B&H range. They also supply Proxxon, carbide bits and woodworking equipment.
Dentech Dental, 60 Northfield Avenue, Ealing, London W13 9RR
They supply Borit, Synit and Heico burrs. Their sintered ultra-fine diamond burrs are really good and cheap.
Ebor Equipment Ltd., Gorrels Way, Trans-Pennine Trading Estate, Rochdale OL11 2PX
Supplier of equipment for handling flat glass, diamond impregnated pads, files etc. You can only find them by the link above. They do not have their own website.
Eternal Tools, Union Square, Oxfordshire Ox20 1DU
Contact: Greg and Lucy Brookes
They stock an extensive range of diamond cold-working tools, including diamond sintered and electroplated burrs and drills, diamond polishers, diamond abrasive sheets, cloths and paste. “Arkansas” and other stone burrs, rubber & silicone polishers, Micromotors, dental accessories, magnifiers, and lots, lots more.
Gianfranco Falorni S.r.L., Viale IV Novembre, 1550053 Empoli (FI), Italy
This is for glass blowers only!
MICROGLASS from 10 up to 30 Kgs of workable glass. MINIGLASS from 75 up to 350 Kgs of workable glass. DAY TANK from 500 up to 3300 Kgs of workable glass. MINIGLASS POT from 80 up to 600 Kgs of workable glass. Closed pot furnaces from 150 up to 700 Kgs of workable glass.
Heico, Kurt Hubschmid, Werftstrasse 3, CH-9323 Steinach, Switzerland
Ultra-fine diamond burrs a speciality!
Kurt Merker GmbH, Elsterstrasse 6, 93309 Kelheim, GERMANY.
All sorts of tools for glass blowing, shaping, engraving and polishing (especially lathe work). Member of the Guild of Glass engravers.
Milnes Bros (Ian Frampton), Unit 9, Enterprise Close, Factory Lane, Croydont, Surrey CRO 3RZ
They supply Model HM12B F5 pendant motors which they recommend for engravers. They also sell spares for Renda motors. They supply sandblasters and pencil blasters. Deliveries within 24 hours.
POLPUR, Spol. s r.o. Glass Processing Tools, Kudrnacova 1287, CZ-511 01 Turnov, Czech Republic
They specialise in polishing wheels etc for lathes.
Qudent (was Quayle), Derotor House, 6 Farncombe Road, Worthing, West Sussex BN11 2BE
Drills, burrs and a repair service. Catalogue available.
Shesto Ltd, Unit 2, Sapcote Trading Centre, 374 High Road, Willesdent, London NW10 2DH
Agents for Foredom Power Tools supplying pendant motors & flexible drives and accessories plus bench grinders and polishers. The have 2 versions of micromotors and sell minicraft drills and transformers.
Standard Machinery Ltd., (Brian Sperryn), 10 Garrard Way, Telford Way South Kettering, Northants, NN16 8TD
Manufacturer and supplier of the Pro-Etch Sand Blasting Cabinet from Standard (was Maglass).
Tilgear, Bridge House, 69 Station Road, Cuffley, Herts EN6 4TG
General tools, including a bendy light useful for Graal.
Wright Cottrell & Co., Kingsway West, Dundee, Scotland DD2 3QD
Dental equipment supplier (Now called Wright Dental) plus a range of burrs specifically for glass engraving. They also stock a range of Nakanishi variable speed handheld micromotors. They service and repair drills!