Polishing ???

[rayf24]

Hi Guy's
Would like to know if any one is using an rotory air tool 1/8 shanks for polishing ie small back ground areas on the likes of hobo nickles etc the reason for this question I did my first hobo nickel and sam pointed out it should be polished back ground so how do others do it and what tools are used please any pointer we be more than welcome.
regards
ray

 

[Sam]

I do it by hand with stones. A rotary tool will certainly ruin the nickel by rounding off detail, etc. unless you have a way to control it a lot better than I can control mine.

 

[Billzach]

I only use hand push flat graver, sanding sticks and stones, then pencil blast and add black ink, but we all have different ways to get desired look.

 

[rayf24]

Thanks for those tips I will give it a go and try to improve that nickel as above use it as my test bed.

ray

 

[K Frei]

I do it by hand with stones.

What stones do you use and where can you get them? Could you post pictures of them... Especially if you make them (if they are not proprietary) please?

 

[mrthe]

for polish i use micro ceramic stones 0,5 mm wide 180 grit and 1200 you can buy it from christian DeCamillis Store

 

[Andrew Biggs]

For an excellent selection of stones you can't go past Gesswein. They have a selection of everything from the mini ceramic superstones right through to everything else plus the various holders for them.......and their search function on their web site works really well.

Cheers
Andrew

 

[mrthe]

yes Andrew you are right , but Ray live in europe like me the minimum shipping costs are for fedex and are 50$ for me execive for stones that costs 5 each and his weight is less than 0,10 gr Christian offer very cheap international shipping costs