[Jewelry making - Article 00191] - Re: [Orchid] Bench grinder for polishing tips

[Bruce]

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Candy,

    I have used a bench grinder for a few months, I up-graded to a true
    dust collector and buffing wheel set-up last week, so your problems
    are fresh  in my mind. 

    First thing, get a set of arbors and tapered spindles for your
    grinder.  This will allow you some clearance between the motor and
    your buffs. You  should be able to pick them up at most supply places
    for under $20.00. You'll  find it much easier to work on your piece
    once you can use all of the areas  of the buff. Most of the bench
    grinders have guards that are very difficult  to remove and you have
    a limited area of the buff to use. 

    I would highly recommend some sort of dust collecting apparatus, 
    depending upon how handy you are there are sources for all the parts
    you need to  build one except the actual box that houses them. If you
    decide to make one,  keep this in mind, build it to a size of a
    standard A/C filter. That way your  vac or other suction device
    doesn't ingest all the dust you create. A/C  filters are cheap and
    the sizes available will cover just about anything you can fabricate.
    Check Home Depot or Lowes, decide on the filter size you want  and
    build your box to fit it. My day job is with HD and we will cut
    plywood  to size for a customer, so design your box, get HD to cut
    it, and then just assemble it. 

    The best thing I have found for polishing a ring shank is a short
    length  of dowel that slips inside the ring, easy to hold and
    manipulate the ring  and it keeps your fingers out of the way and
    cool and you can buff the whole ring at one time. 

Bruce
Try this link as a source of the parts
www.thunderbirdsupply.com

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