[Jewelry making - Article 00001] - Re: [Orchid] Flexshaft goodies

[Michael Honeycutt]

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    Hi folks, I like the idea of steel wool and safety glasses. I have
    two ideas that work for me so far. One involves steel wool in a
    different form. My wife bought some adhesive backed steel wool
    sheets that were intended for use on a power sander (orbital type
    hand-held wonder). She used them for finish work between coats of
    polyurethane. I took one, cut it into 1 inch squares and put it on a
    chuck normally used for cutoff discs. I even left the adhesive back
    on it. It didn't last forever but it sure did work wonders on some
    hand textured copper I'd worked up for a pendant. Got into the nooks
    and crannies really well. Nothing else was doing it like I wanted.
    Another experiment that went well for similar work used a q-tip or
    half of one. I'd cut the paper shaft in half and chucked it up,
    cotton side exposed, into my Dremel Jacob's chuck. Then I stuck it
    into some paste silver polish and, using a fairly slow speed to
    avoid painting my chest with polish, I proceeded to polish some hard
    to get at details on copper. This worked really well also. Both
    ideas absolutely require the safety glasses. I too have had the
    experience of getting rust scraped off the ol' cornea and, while the
    doc was a very good looking young lady, I found it hard to maintain
    my dignity while someone is crawling around on my eyeball. I had
    been wearing safety glasses while grinding steel and still managed
    to get some in the eye. You've really got to be careful working
    around metal and/or chemicals. 'Nuff said. Peace folks! I am really
    learning a lot from these forums. Thanks for all the replies to my questions.       

Mike


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