[Jewelry making - Article 00882] - Re: [Orchid] Holding metal while finishing

[Helen Hill]

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>     It does a great job of removing scratches but the piece gets very
>     hot. 

    This seems to be an occupational hazard. I was using a ring clamp to
    hold pieces while polishing with the flexshaft, but I found that
    there were only certain pieces that it would hold effectively and in
    the end, to polish the last part of something, I needed to remove it
    and hold it in my hand anyway. Also I found that my ring clamp is now
    contaminated with my first cut polish such that I can do the first
    half of, for example, a ring, turn it round to do the other half,
    but the first half is then dulled by the polish contamination. And
    obviously I can't use it to do my final polishing for that reason. 

    You could have a different ring clamp for use with different
    polishing media I guess. But at the end of the day, for some pieces
    you just have to hold them. Your fingers get used to taking more
    heat. Burned, chopped up fingers are definitely an occupational
    hazard that people seem to put up with. 

    I think it was RER who mentioned that you can use things called
    finger cots(?). They're like gloves but just for the individual
    fingers. They might be worth a try if you can't get used to the heat. 


Helen
UK
http://www.hillsgems.co.uk
http://www.helensgems.etsy.com

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