I got a huge Dremel set for Christmas, and I want to use it for polishing my pieces (a lot of my Bali is getting pretty dingy). I also want to use it for polishing polymer clay beads. I tried it tonight, on a large flat Bali bead, and have decided that I will need some sort of vice, to hold pieces. I'm not sure what kind of vice to get, though. Is there anything that will not harm the bead/piece, but will hold it sufficiently for polishing?
TIA!!
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Snap! I too got a Dremel set for Christmas. It shows in the book to use a clamp for holding when drilling using a drill stand. so maybe that would suffice for polishing as well. Shirley
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This link may help you, me and al lot of others. :) It is the project finder for Dremel.
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Is that a bit, or the long tubular piece that attaches to the Dremel on one end, and the bit on the other? I have the long tube thing.
I think she's referring to that "Flex-shaft" you got.
Tina
yes it is a flex shaft.
If you get a plain old small bench vise, you can glue pieces of rubber... the shop I worked at used pieces of inner tube... to the jaws of the vise to keep them from damaging the items we were working on. It was cheap and worked very well! You can just clamp it to your craft table.
I use a wooden version of the clamp second from the bottom of this catalogue page for holding round objects when I'm polishing. I've not bought from this company before, I'm showing you this link because it's the only site I could find with a suitable picture:
vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from "Marisa Cappetta" : ]I use a wooden version of the clamp second from the bottom of this catalogue ]page for holding round objects when I'm polishing. I've not bought from ]this company before, I'm showing you this link because it's the only site I ]could find with a suitable picture: ]
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In UK we call it a dopping tool, you can roll it between the hand when polishing stones. I have never used one but some did in my jewellery class many, many moons ago. I cannot remember what the glue thing was. Shirley
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The "dowel" thing is called a dop stick. I don't know offhand what they use to attach the stone to it, but I'm sure the Rio Grande Tools & Equipment Catalog would have both. If they don't, check any good lapidary equipment catalog.
Celine
vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from snipped-for-privacy@mindCHEMISEspring.com (Lee S. Billings) :
]The "dowel" thing is called a dop stick. I don't know offhand what they use to ]attach the stone to it, but I'm sure the Rio Grande Tools & Equipment Catalog ]would have both. If they don't, check any good lapidary equipment catalog.
ah - two answers that agree [you, and Shirley]
i was wondering if the "goop" would be harmful to beads, silver, etc. and whether or not it would be an alternative to clamps for polishing, grinding, etc.
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vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from "roxan" :
]The dop stick is not glued but hot doping wax is applied. This is a very ]simple thing to do but you have to use doping wax which hardens and doesn't ]hurt any thing it is attached to.
thank you! that's what i was trying to figure out. i've got my dremel set up in a stand, so i don't have to hold it, and will be having some things i want to polish. since i don't trust my fingers as much anymore, that may be exactly what i need!
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I'm answering this without looking at any other answers, so forgive me if I'm repeating anything. I use a ring holder to hold whatever object I'm polishing (or anything else I need to hold it for). It's inexpensive ($6-10 depending on design from Rio Grande). It's kind of like a large clothespin, with leather-lined jaws, and you fit a wooden wedge in the opposite side to "lock" the work in place. You can either hand-hold the clamp or mount it in a bench vise, then have at it with your Dremel (using the flexible shaft is extra nice).
vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from "Marisa Cappetta" :
]No, the setter's wax is not harmful. Although the dopping stick/tool and ]clamps that have been suggested are quite good, I found I still had some ]special requirements and in the end I designed my own jig for holding small ]and spherical objects. If I ever get my camera back (a casualty of the trip, ]we left it in the hire car back in Perth, the company still has it but my ]sister keeps forgetting to pick it up) I'll up a pic on my web page. The ]jig was relatively easy to make, I used my jeweller's saw for most of the ]cutting out and glued the tool together (it's made of wood).
thanks, Marisa! i'd love to see it. "SEEING" things always gives me ideas . . . **grin**
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