In a message dated 2008/06/10, paleoartifact@......... writes:

> Your techniques is a total unknown to me.  How do you do your method/s?

Hi Meredith,

       You use a copper TUBE which fits around the Tungsten Carbide rod. You 
put diamond paste on the rod and use the copper to polish it. The diamond 
chips bed into the copper surface by the pressure of the contact and they polish 
the hard rod. You can also make a U of copper sheet bent around a drill shank 
the same diameter as the rod and use diamomd paste to polish the rod. You can 
fit the rod in a slow drill / lathe chuck to provide the rotation. I add oil to 
the diamond paste to give a thick liquid. It is not difficult.

       Regards,

       Chris   
In a me=
ssage dated 2008/06/10, paleoartifact@......... writes:



Your techniques is a total unkn=
own to me.  How do you do your method/s?




Hi Meredith,



       You use a copper TUBE which fits around=
 the Tungsten Carbide rod. You put diamond paste on the rod and use the copp=
er to polish it. The diamond chips bed into the copper surface by the pressu=
re of the contact and they polish the hard rod. You can also make a U of cop=
per sheet bent around a drill shank the same diameter as the rod and use dia=
momd paste to polish the rod. You can fit the rod in a slow drill / lathe ch=
uck to provide the rotation. I add oil to the diamond paste to give a thick=20=
liquid. It is not difficult.



       Regards,



       Chris