All Around The Wrekin

Friday 31 May 2013

Glass fibre scratch brushes are a useful tool for cleaning silver prior to soldering, or to produce a matt surface finish. They are best use...

Burnishers Burnishers are hard, smooth bladed hand tools used to manipulate metal in a variety of ways. The highly polished blades are firm...

There are two primary reasons for avoiding solder flow: If solder flows into the wrong location. Solder that flows into a moving part will c...

Small barrel polishers offer an efficient, clean method of polishing small articles for the hobbyist jeweller. Polishing by hand using tradi...

The drums used by barrel polishers are commonly made from either plastic or rubber: Plastic Plastic drum lids will be easier to push on an...

To aid with cleaning, a small amount of barrelling compound should be added to the water. This is a type of cleaner specifically designed to...

Steel shot is comprised of differently sized tiny shapes, usually a mixture of balls, pins, and rods. The pins are especially useful for pol...