Nickel Pendants

[Red Green]

I've used mini super-stones, they work very well for smoothing out. If you want to smooth out rough carving start with the 120 and progress through the grits if you want a high polish without losing the detail of your carving. If you just want it smooth to texture or burnish the surface you'll need to experiment. To start with Nickel sized work I'd get .5 mm stones, you can use 'Pentel' .7 mechanical pencils to hold the .5 mm stone. I get my stones from artcotools.com.

Bob

 

[Jared Eason]

Thanks Bob. Was wondering what size I should get. I plan on using them for small area smoothing.

 

[John P. Anderson]

I'm normally pointed to http://www.gesswein.com/p-10268-ceramic-super-stone-round-polishing-set.aspx

http://www.gesswein.com/c-325-gesswein-finishing-stones.aspx

Bob's recomennded site also looks good.

Looking at the prices I see why I've never ordered them. A 5 stone Gesswein set is $89 before shipping. They'll probably last a long time.

 

[Jared Eason]

John. Something you might consider if you haven't already. Newer Mexican coins or euros have a brass color center and silver color outside edge. Would make for some interesting pendants...