Lead Working Tools
- Flat Dresser – required for dressing lead sheet flat both when setting the work out and when fitting it in
position.
- Bossing Stick – the original tool used for bossing lead sheet.
- Bending Stick – often used by leadworkers for bossing.
- Bossing Mallet – some bossing required the use of two tools together, which are the bossing mallet and the
bossing or bending stick.
- Setting-in Stick – used primarily struck with a mallet to set in lines of folds prior to bossing but may
also be used in finishing leadwork in position.
- Chase Wedge – also used struck with a mallet for setting-in but its main use is for finishing leadwork in
position.