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From: Len and Judy Bjorkman
Date: Thu Jun 05 21:10:34 2008
 
     
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>     I want to STRONGLY second James Binnion's advice - DO NOT WEAR
>     GLOVES around polishing wheels or anything else that spins rapidly,
>     nor finger cots, nor anything else on your fingers. 

    Let me repeat what I wrote on this topic a few years ago -- I always
    wear leather gloves when using my bench grinder for polishing. They
    are very heavy leather -- they will stand up on end by themselves --
    and are not a tight fit. Obviously, very heavy leather gloves would
    not work well for holding/polishing tiny pieces of jewelry. But
    they're great for the larger pieces I make -- no problems with heat
    or with chronically dirty fingers. In 30 years, my gloves have never
    been "grabbed" by the wheel. (Some of my jewelry has, which is why I
    wear a plastic face shield,etc.) 

    But I love tumble-polishing the most! 

Judy Bjorkman
Owego, NY USA
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