If it's steel, it's really nice if it isn't hardened - only sadists expect that. Carbide burrs work, albeit slowly. For non ferrous hardened usually gives a fractionally cleaner cut with burrs, but there's not much in it.
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If it's steel, it's really nice if it isn't hardened - only sadists expect that. Carbide burrs work, albeit slowly. For non ferrous hardened usually gives a fractionally cleaner cut with burrs, but there's not much in it.
Investigated gravers but even getting one set up is a little to much for me at the moment, but if anyone ever offers a course near me I'd be interested to check it out. Also had a look at salt etching which may also be a future possibility :) love your horse hair rings.
You can get hand gravers, Sheen although I will be the first to say its not easy to do :
http://www.cooksongold.com/Jewellery...ver&channel=uk
But I misread was you were wanting to do actually, you may find the diamond burrs useful too for creating a textured area
http://www.cooksongold.com/Jewellery...prcode-999-CCS
Thanks enigma, have added these to my shopping trolley.
But shop around. They can be found more cheaply, for instance here:https://www.amazon.co.uk/Earlywish-2...l+diamond+burs
Okay, thanks Dennis will check it out. Was going to look for some cheap diamond bits for shell/seaglass (after reading the threads about this on the forum). Sometimes it difficult to know when you can go cheap. What about normal drill bits and burrs? Can you go cheap on those too? Or is it best not to?
Yes, provided you keep an eye on the shank size, you can go cheap with diamonds and burrs. The ones offered to the jewellry trade are already among the cheapest available. Dennis.
I find the cheaper burrs wear out quicker but maybe its just me?
Im talking about ball burrs rather than diamond burrs though.
I've got some Ukrainian dental burrs (non diamond) I picked up a while back, they don't last as well as Busch. Then there's the AU carbides, which are a world apart.