Thursday, 6 March 2025

How can a 'bent bur' move holes in metal? => 6 photos

This curved piece of steel was once a well-worn bur. But I gave it a relatively new life. 
 Where there are mini-sized holes in gold or even silver, now you don't have to fill in the gaps with umpteen grams of solder. 
 What is being done is to carefully 'the bent bur will move the surface of the metal over that hole'. How easy is that? 
 A word of simple caution: this 'moving won't fill in the deep gaps in the metal' but it will COVER THE HOLE! 
 It will move the metal over the hole and you will have enough metal to polish on your cloth wheel. 


  
  The tip of this bent bur has a flat surface. When the bur surface is rotating at a constant 'medium' speed, it is like a proverbial 'hammer hitting the metal'. But in this case, it's actually moving the metal.


  This new tool cannot be bought at any 'tool supplier'. YOU CAN MAKE IT YOURSELF. (This is not any rocket science to create it). 

 It is advisable to polish the 'hitting facet' using your Paper Polishing equipment. This is where the 'metal contact' will be.

 How would you 'bend' the metal bur initially? That is so very easy, all you should do is to heat the bur RED HOT.
This will 'soften' the bur metal and then use a pair of pliers to start the bending at a 90degree angle. When you are finished with the trimming of the flange. Then you can create this 'new tool' yourself.

 This ring had many holes all around the Pear-Shaped setting area. I ignored all of the minute defects knowing very well how I could 'fix' them. This 'new tool' moved & repaired the gaps to what it looks like now.

 

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