When I've been working with most of the mokume billets I've made, I've generally not worried about saving the lemel when patterning it. As I'm now considering going up a level on materials cost, I'm going to be quite keen on grabbing *every* little metal filing that the pendant motor throws off. I've got an idea that some sort of box arrangement would be good (and an improvement on my working in an open-fronted plastic crate - does anyone have any suggestions? Being right-handed, the filings tend to be chucked towards me; otherwise I might consider the engravers' trick of building a paper tent to catch everything.
I suppose this would be just as applicable for polishing too.
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