[Jewelry making - Article 00338] - Re: [Orchid] Agate carving

[dlevin]

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    Carving is such an individualized thing that I think your best bet
    is to experiment.  I would say there are many different ways of even
    defining carving.  I do many things on a Titan that many people
    would consider carving but I don't. Some prefer a fixed wheel. 
    Others like to use a handheld.  I like both. My best recommendations
    for carving are to get a flex shaft and a cabbing machine, with a
    wheel assortment, buy a few sintered diamond burs.  Get some good
    solid hardwood to make wheels and points from and get some diamond
    compounds in 180, 220, 400, 600, 1200, 3000, 8000, 14,000, 50,000
    grit and some serium oxide with leather and some mandrills and
    figure it out.  After that try anything.  That's what I did. 

Derek Levin


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