A list of tinsmithing tools and their uses.
Stakes: Hatchet Stake for bending tinplate at a right angle or greater, Blowhorn for making funnels, speaking trumpets and other flared articles. Beakhorn for large articles such as squared rain gutter on one side and round downspouts on the other, Square Stake for making corners of pans. Coppersmiths stake like a Square Stake but with a rounded side, Bevel Edge Stake like a Square Stake but with a horizontal extension, Creasing Stake for placing a wire edge on articles, Creasing with Horn combination, Bottom Stake for making bottoms of cups and other right angle discs, Double Seaming Stake for making the double fold on cylinders, Conductor Stake for making househeads which conduct water from horizontal to vertical, Candle Mould for making cones and tubes into which candle wax is poured, Needle Case for making tubes to store knitting needles, Bathtub stake for making rims on a foot and a sitzbath , Round Head Stake for planishing, Tea Kettle Stake for working on the inside of kettles and a Mandrel Stake and Hollow Mandrel Stake for working on long articles which leads us to mandrels
Mandrels usually of wood for shaping or bending as well as for soldering upon as they will not draw out the needed heat to melt solder.
Punches: for making holes and chisels for shapes. Also Rivet Set and Header and Hand Seamers to make the lock seam groove. Also files for edges that are sharp.
Hammers: Rivetting for hammering rivets, Setting for setting the bottom on cylinders, Planishing which forms the metal to a stake. Raising for compressing without stretching.
Machines: Turning for making the rounded bend for inserting wire into edges, Burring for make the right angle bend or greater on edges, Wiring for fully enclosing the wire that is inserted into the edge, Setting Down Machine for crimping tight the 180 degree bend on edges, Beading Machine for decorative ridges, Seaming or Grooving Machine to set a lock seam, Double Seaming for bottoms of cylinders or cones, Tucking machine for crimping, Crimping Machines for stove pipe, Elbow Edging Machine for stove pipe, Gutter Beader for making rain gutter, forming machines for making tubes and pipe or for making rims, rings, bails, handles, cleats, and bosses, Folding Machines for bending up to 180 degrees back on itself, Rotary Shear for cutting circles which leads us to shears
Shears: for cutting by hand or use of a bench to hold one arm. Also the squaring shear operated with the foot or by lever. Also Bevel Shear.
Pliers: Button pliers will cut wire as well as bend wire or tinplate
Scratch Awl: for marking to make cuts and bend lines
Soldering coppers and irons: for soldering pieces together to make seams or to make watertight.
Swedges or Swages: mostly replaced by machines for performing the tasks such as decorative beading, making pans, boxes and elbows.