[Jewelry making - Article 00757] - Re: [Orchid] Right-Left handed folks!

[Jay Gaelen]

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>     Perhaps being a bit dyslexic and ambidexterous is the reason this
>     question has never surfaced for me. My solutions: I have an
>     ambidexterous bench; torch on the left flexshaft on the right. 

    I notice most people hold their flexshaft palm down, thumb toward
    bit.  I hold mine in the right hand, palm up between thumb and index
    finger, the other 3 fingers out straight. I don't use clamps for
    work.  I hold the piece in the left hand between thumb and index
    finger with other 3 fingers out straight. Using straight fingers to
    brace against each other enables me to move the work instead of the
    flexshaft. This enables me to brace prongs with a finger behind. 

    When direction of rotation won't get what I want or kicks grindings
    in my face, I turn my chair toward the flexshaft and hold the
    flexshaft in the left hand, palms up. 

Jay


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