How can I polish a chain?
Q.think to practice soldering I will make a chain. The book I have suggests using steel shot to debur teh links before soldering and using a tumbler with the same shot to polish the finished chain. I've got enough to buy without the expense of a tumbler, so I'd like to hear about alternative methods. I assume I can debur the liks with a needle file, but how do I polish a fished chain?
A.If you try it on a buff, wrap the chain several turns around a somewhat larger diameter dowel (maybe about an inch and a half or two inches), and be sure you're holding the chain securely and tightly to the dowel, so that when buffing, nothing loose or flapping can reach the buff. And this way, your fingers are not pinching the chain, but pressing it to the dowel only, and chain is not wrapped around your fingers. So anything that pulls away does not have to pull your hand into the buff to do it. For a beginner, though, it's much simpler to hand polish the chain without a motor. extend the chain it's full length, hooking one end over a nail or something to hold it, and holding the other end, so you can hold it out, not quite taut. Now take a soft piece of flannel, rub it briskly with some white diamond or brown tripoli, and fold that section over the chain, and rub briskly back and forth. Repeat with rouge. alternatively, do this with very fine steel wool, for a bright but matte sheen. The steel wool will reach further into the structure of the chain than will the cloth. Neither will get all the way into the insides of the chain links, but neither will a machine buff either.
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