[Jewelry making - Article 00379] - Re: [Orchid] tumble finishing

[John Burgess]

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>         I noticed in your commentary on vibro polishing you mention
>     steel   balls. Do you also have other shaped steel in there? 

    G'day;  No; I only use steel balls - a mixture of 1.5,  2.0 and 3.0
    mm.  We don't seem to be able to get the other shapes here.  I do find
    however, that although the insides of chain links do seem to get
    polished in my gadget, even the 1.5 mm balls can't get close enough to
    some parts of my jewellery, and leave a sort of very tiny 'tide mark'
    of unpolished silver.. I might try cutting off very small lengths of
    steel wire, but as I would need at least 300, it sounds a bit
    daunting. :-[     I tried broken up walnut shells, but they only
    pitted the job which was then rather useless. But because the smallest
    links  of my chains are made of rings made on a 2mm mandrel, they all
    come out beautifully burnished and polished. Isn't it lovely to get
    our Orchid 'fix' again!  I hope Hanuman is having a pleasant break,
    and many thanks to Dr E Aspler for taking over in the meanwhile. -- 


                /\      John Burgess
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              / /      Johnb AT ts.co.nz
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