[Jewelry making - Article 00122] - Re: [Orchid] Is lapidary hard on the hands?

[AStick7910]

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>     The most important two were putting a new top on my lapidary bench
>     so that I could move the machinery to a more comfortable position,
>     and buying an adjustable height drafting chair. Between these two
>     I was able to find the right body position to, as another poster
>     noted, take the strain off my wrists and forearms. 

    Apparently, I am not alone in my carpal tunnel woes!  I have
    purchased a kind of gloves called Hand eze, that were recommended in
    the Orchid archives- I have been wearing them while doing my silver
    work. This seems to help somewhat.  They would get pretty nasty while
    doing lapidary, but possibly you could put thin plastic gloves over? 
    The theraputic benefit seems to be from the pressure on the wrist
    band- perhaps you could improvise just that part.  I have also been
    sleeping in wrist braces that I purchased at the grocery store, which
    helps- and they are oh, so sexy- LOL. The computer mouse, the
    keyboard, and the repetitive motion of making glass beads seems to be
    what did me in. Anne


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