This afternoon, I was in the crafts store Michaels and browsed the section
for metal jewelery making. They actually have a very nice selection of
various kinds of fine pliers, including needle and round nose, and various
cutters. For things needing 'a bit of adjustment' they also had a fairly
good collection of small hammers.
Prices were not cheap ($10 - $20) but today, there are few places where
you can get a good look at tools before buying. Certainly, they have a far
better selection than Sears or most chain hardware stores.
They also had some nice, small, thin metal sheets.
YMMV,
-John
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