[Jewelry making - Article 00031] - Re: [Orchid] Pencil or Graphite Solder Pick

[Gerald]

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    oh my gosh, a "Pencil" those are the years before Bill Gates came
    around. You can still use a pencil in the diamond setting trade,
    where? get a 4B thick leaded pencil, and rub it along the "4/0
    polishing paper" and leave no area untouched. why? 

    from this little simple method you are NOW filling up the pores of
    the paper with graphite. This graphite on the 4/0 polishing paper is
    now deemed to be a 6/0 graded paper. 

    Why buy more paper if you can transform 4/0 into a 6/0 sheet So what
    do you do with this newer paper? keep polishing the backs of your #39
    or #40 flat sticks, or the "right-sided" hand-cut angles of your #2
    onglettes that is totally used to bright-cutting. I use this method
    religiously in maintaining the high polished surface. 

    I also use a #2 emery paper for the first initial steel graver
    sanding, then a #2 emery paper, then a 2/0 polishing, then the mighty
    4/0 polishing, and now our "newer friend". 

    when you are using the fine and soft rubbing on the 'pencil' do not
    apply too much downward pressure, just a light rubbing will suffice,
    you've done all the work prior to this. 

    Always remember that a highly-polished graver surface will then be
    passed over to the gold cutting surface. So enjoy the newer uses of a
    pencil...:>) "Gerry, the cyber-setter !"  "www.gemzdiamondsetting.com"

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