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Here is a tip for cleaning your space, cleaning your work while you saw, drill or cut seats -...

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Here is a tip for cleaning your space, cleaning your work while you saw, drill or cut seats - something I only started...
Here is a tip for cleaning your space, cleaning your work while you saw, drill or cut seats - something I only started using in the last year. A bench brush! I actually posted a tip about using a paintbrush to clean your bench pin in the first month after I started Metalsmith Society. Since then I obtained this little Foredom bench brush from @riogrande they are under $5 and itโ€™s retractable with a large and a small end. Itโ€™s one of those very simple tips that I donโ€™t remember how I survived before I used one (I was messier?!? ๐Ÿคท๐Ÿผโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿ˜‚). You can totally use a paint brush but my cheap one was starting to lose bristles and I found the short, smaller end of this brush really great for cleaning settings while Iโ€™m cutting seats or cleaning off whatever Iโ€™m sawing so I can see what Iโ€™m doing. Itโ€™s also helped me collect silver and gold dust easier as I brush it into my file folder in my bench drawer! I added this tool to my recent blog article listing some great tool ideas from @riogrande (and the applicable discount codes which are still active through February ๐Ÿค˜) the article is called โ€œ JEWELRY POLISHING TOOLS TO TREAT YOURSELF TO THIS HOLIDAY SEASONโ€ like we need an excuse ๐Ÿ˜† if you recently bought one of the tools we discussed tell us about it! If you have a question, ask us! If you have a topic for a tip please comment below!! #jewelrytools @foredomelectric #benchjeweler #sawing #jewelrymaking #jewelrymakingtipoftheday