[Jewelry making - Article 00315] - Re: [Orchid] tumble finishing

[Teresa Masters]

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    John, A little late here, returned from Tucson a few days after
    partaking of the wonderful Orchid gathering, to over 1600 messages. I
    am still looking at 700 to go. 

    I noticed in your commentary on vibro polishing you mention steel
    balls. Do you also have other shaped steel in there? I have a
    combination of shapes that along with balls include pin ended, as well
    as other shapes not rounded. With my chains, I do get a burnished
    finish along with my polished surface. I have far less filing as the
    other shapes go into and through the links and smooth off the burrs. 

    I had an extended chat with Ed Smith who designed the Vibro line of
    vibrating tumblers. These work on a magnet rather than a motor and
    seem to be the tumbler of choice among the silver smiths I know. No I
    do not own one. Ed suggested to me using the particles of glass left
    from a broken windshield, wind screen in your neck of the woods. He
    suggests using this as filler rather than plastic or vermiculite. It
    is necessary to first run the tumbler with the glass and media without
    the material to tumble to round off the sharp edges. This is for
    tumble polishing stones. Ed has written a wonderful book on tumble
    polishing stones that is available through Diamond Pacific for one. He
    is a delightful man working through Muscular Dystrophy which has put
    him into a wheel chair. He demonstrates his tumblers during the length
    of the show in the Diamond Pacific booth which will close shortly.
    Teresa 
Dr. E. Aspler
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