How to Prepare Hundreds of Castings for Polishing

How I deal with the mental and physical challenge of filing and papering lots of castings one after the other.
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[@woodndrum303]

Hi its always good to break up repetitive tasks into a few at a time. How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time. Keep up the good work man.

[@totocolvin]

Use rotary file on casting sprue. Spend hours less time. Or belt sander all manufactures use one or the other .Great channel I have recommended you to a few people needing help.

[@DiamondMounter]

Thanks for recommending the videos! I like cutting off and collecting little bits of metal that can be melted together and used for something else.

[@malcolmthompson9848]

Moore's discs and 3m Unitized wheels work for me. Do you ever tumble in porcelain or plastic abrasive?

[@DiamondMounter]

Iv never tried those no

[@johnsmalldridge6356]

So just a warning about solder paste. It tends to be brittle in my experience. I would not use it for parts that will have high shear or twisting forces placed on them.

[@DiamondMounter]

Thank you im going to test it out

[@muriloziller5645]

Solder paste is great for chains like that. I've used before on a byzantine chain I made from scratch. So much easier and faster. I wear it everyday as a bracelet for about 4 years; only 2 links ever opened. Oh yeah, and it's fine silver (I had just started, no idea what I was doing 🤷)

[@DiamondMounter]

Its been very helpful working on this chain. Im nervous of the fumes though

[@chriswoolley4724]

@@DiamondMounter I've been using solder paste since I was 18 & I'm 63 & still using it on delicate stuff, so no need to worry.

[@DiamondMounter]

@@chriswoolley4724 Cool thanks. I believe the worrying about getting ill is likely a main force of actually becoming ill.

[@mysongsandvideos]

where did you learn what you know today?

[@DiamondMounter]

Apprenticeship and just years of being a jeweller

[@mysongsandvideos]

@@DiamondMounter thank you ^_^ Can I ask where you did your Apprenticeship? I am currently looking for ways to get into this career. Any advice or feedback would be appreciated. ^_^ Also,I love your videos.

[@kaspason]

just use tripoli 🤡