[Jewelry making - Article 00491] - Re: [Orchid] Polishing on the Flexshaft

[Silverspotstudio]

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>        This set-up comes from the LEFT side which makes the rotation
>     down-and-back rather than in-your-face and allows for safely
>     holding the work with two hands.

    Pam, we may be on to something here...I'm LEFT-handed! 

    Maybe that's why Gerry's post left me wondering why he was so
    concerned. I hope that using the flex-shaft as I described won't be
    dangerous for right-handers, although I can see how it would be
    messier. All of my detritus flies toward the wall behind the bench
    (or into a cardboard box I set up on the bench), and I rarely - if
    ever - have a problem with the buffing wheel grabbing the workpiece.
    Just lucky, I guess? 

    For right-handers who still want to polish with the flex-shaft, Rio
    sells a handpiece holder that clamps into a bench vise - it's just a
    chunk of machined HDPE (or similar dense plastic) that sells for ten
    bucks.  This could be used to keep the handpiece stationary on the
    workbench (on the left side, as you described) and both hands could
    be used to hold the workpiece. Hmmm... I may have to try this myself!
    Cheers, and sincerest apologies to any rouge-splattered righties, 

Jessee Smith
www.silverspotstudio.com

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