[Jewelry making - Article 00271] - Re: [Orchid] Foredom to Repair Stones

[John Donivan]

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    I sold my lapidary equipment, but I kept my carving box for this very
    reason. You might find a few diamonds burs helpful for if you need
    something really aggressive now and then. The Chinese carved all that
    jade with bamboo tools. I use wood instead, but it works perfectly.
    It has a just-hard-enough-just-soft-enough surface, and the pores 
hold
    the compound. I use dowels or toothpicks for long tools, and make
    wheels out of thin wood or masonite - wood is better than masonite,
    though masonite does work. Much, much more so than metal polishing,
    you MUST have a wheel for each grit. I usually go 600, 1200, and then
    Linde A or 10,000 - it's not a whole stone, just a scratch... 

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