Supplies for Recycled, Reclaimed Hardware Store Jewelry Workshop

Items to bring for the workshop:
safety glasses
gardening or other thick gloves
apron
metal shears or heavy-duty scissors
scrap copper and/or brass
ear plugs
sand paper
a file that you do not use in your metalsmithing work

Items to bring if you have them laying around:
your metalsmithing hand tools-pliers, steel block, raw hide mallet
old buttons, jewelry parts, beads, etc.
interesting tin cans