Trusted by makers for 35 years! Since 1991

  • Make your own Tool Steel Dies

    Maximum detail, quality and superior finish. Learn how to make steel dies!

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  • Bonny Doon Class

    Watch the first part in a series of videos teaching you all about hydraulic forming and how to work with the press!

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  • Instructions

    Click here to download lots of Bonny Doon resources from tool instructions to in-depth papers teaching you about die making.

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  • What Press Should I Buy?!?

    Check out our online guide at Rio Grande

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  • Metal pen nibs held by a hand with a workshop background

    "The one thing that impressed me was, everyone else I contacted told me no, Peter told me yes and he was willing to create the custom tooling I desperately needed. This tooling does not commercially exist."  

    -Tim Cullen

  • "These tools are now an essential part of my business. I have been able to make things I thought were not possible before!"

    - Belle Brooke Designs

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  • "Buying the Bonny Doon Mark III was the best thing I ever did for my business - made making my own mokume gane so much easier, and I made back the investment in just a few months. "

    - Anne Wolf

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  • I bought a used unit about 3 months into my career because I knew I wanted to work with heavy gauge silver. Starting out at an older age, I knew that I would need the hydraulic assistance in forming. Work with heavy gauge material with less effort.

    -JJ Otero

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Tool Catalog

Browse all of our tools in one easy to read PDF!

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Technical Support

All Technical support is handled by Peter Gilroy. The absolute best tech support, direct from the owner and hydraulic press expert himself!