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I suppose you might see that these photos are strange-looking items from another planet, but you are so-so wrong!

These photos were taken at my bench and none were plagiarized from other sources.

I took these photos with a microscope at 100x up to 150x powered viewing apparatus.

What do you suppose this is? You use this every day on your bench. It's 3/4 of an inch in diameter and it's of a "Medium" grit. It's called a "Separating Disk", really!

This is an Oil-Stone that has been used to show the markings of many graver sharpening processes.

This is a CAD-designed Pave Setting. This was a gents ring with 196, 0.0015 mm diamonds, the larger stone was 0.08 points in size.

This is a Pillar file of #4 grit.

This photo shows my Digital Microscope at 125x power magnification.

This is my other Pillar file of #2 grit.

This is the larger of two Pillar files of #4 grit, it's laden with metal shavings and a tad amount of rust.

This photo is a wire-wheel, Rotary Brush, in a series of views you can see what the human eye misses on a daily basis.

This is the same wire wheel but shown with a stronger view.

This is the same wheel again but with 150x power viewing.

This is my popular "77B" Cup bur, but now you can see the very sharp cutting teeth. These teeth will now fit only the top of the claws.

Any ideas on this photo? How about a "wire-laden brush" that removes the wax from the wax-removing file?

Just another side-view of the same brush.

Would you believe that this is a rotary wax-removing, round bur? You can still see granular residue that is still remaining.

This is a clean-looking rotary bur that also removed wax from the inside of the wax-ring

This photo is a strange-looking item, it's only a "Rotary Activated, Wax-Removing bur" Those little spots are the residue of multi-coloured waxes from previous work encounters. This is at 100x magnification, a mind-boggling photo, isn't it?

This is a saw blade that only cuts waxes, this is not the commonly used style of the metal cutting saw blade. You can see that the teeth are wrapped all around the cutting blade. Please be careful as those teeth are so very sharp!

Here is a wax form that I use in setting stones in wax. The size of these stones is only 0.015 mm.

You can see the extra wax on some of the stones, how did this happen? The stone was heated too hot and the stone literally lowered itself into the wax pendant.

This is a graver point taken with a 75x power magnification.

This is a 45x power magnification of a metal-claw, pushing tool. You can see the serrated indentations to grab the claw.

What is this flat-shaped tool? Would you believe that this is the underside of a Flat Graver?

If you are still using Half-Pearls, you might wonder how to keep them in the metal, well here is your answer.

The Pearl-drill will cut a round seat for the Cabochon-shaped pearl, all you do is do use adhesive material then place that loose pearl into it's new Pearl opening.

That little "spike" will act as a guide for the rotating bur to make a seat for the drill. The "cutting tooth" is angled to cut a hole as its rotating, these drills come in different sizes.

This is a view of the Polishing Paper of #180 grit paper.

This is also the #400 polishing paper, the 'white spots' is residue from previous uses.

Would you believe that this is a "Snap-On, 'Medium grit', Emery Paper" disk?

Oh, this is too easy for you, this is a basic watch movement

This is a larger view of the "Pre-Cutting of a Pave Setting". This was a flat plate, in the beginning, waiting for me to do my "Pre-Cutting".

Consider that this is a "Rotary Cutting, Emery Grinding Wheel" showing the hollowed-out center of the 'grinding wheel'.

These are a grouping of 0.015-point diamonds

Imagine a hammer, hitting the surface, well you are correct! Now you can see the defects in the steel surface, after a few days of a continual hitting motion. No "10x power loupe" can get to see this up so very close viewing.

This is an aggressive-grit Rotary Emery Wheel, those white spots are Corundum particles that have been embedded into the wheel made for the manufacturing process.

This is a side view of the #77B Cup bur, it shows when the modification that hasn't taken place yet.

This is a very up-close view of a rotating grinding bur that is used to clean roughcasting.

This bur shows in great detail all of the unwanted wax residue, as it's being used to remove any wax.

This is the rough texture of a rotating wheel that is used for making a smooth finish to the metal.

What you are now looking at is the top of a "Cluster-top" of a multi-stone pendant.

This is a very common "Bud-Shaped' bur. I never avoid using this at my setting bench.

The next three photos are from my apprenticeship days, circa 1960. The metal is Brass, I had to gain experience in graver cutting, this was 65+ years ago!