[Jewelry making - Article 00133] - Re: [Orchid] Holding metal while finishing

[Alberic]

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Hi all:

    Just two comments, well three actually about 'how to hold it'... 

    Apropos of the 'ugly hands' thread, one of my early silversmithing
    teachers once posed a question. 

    Q: "How do you spot an old silversmith?"
    A: "The scars on their hands."

    Looking down at the keyboard...yup. it's amazing the many little
    dings and scratches add up over time. 

    I joke with my students about being careful about anything I might
    hand them, as the heat sensors in my hands are burned out. You never
    know how hot it might be... (I do fine engraving, so the touch
    sensors are just fine, but I can't feel low-to-medium heat any more.)
    ("Hummmm....this feels slick...oh-oh...") My theory is that lots of
    hot buffing and other abuse did them in. (Could also be calluses.) 

    Regarding gloves: 

    No. Not ever. I don't even like the finger cots. Use a pinch of soft
    leather instead. (I use some scrap deerskin that I had laying
    around.) 

    I've personally seen one person who lost a finger to a gear-head
    drill press due to gloves, and heard (on the radio) the tale of
    another truly horrifying accident with a lathe that involved loosing
    an arm. (Detroit is such a fun city...) 

Cheers-
Brian.
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