Grinding and Polishing - Mojave Stone and Opals
This is my JoolTool. I first saw it demonstrated at "Metal Clay by the Bay" and thought about buying it for a day. I bought it with the metal clay kit and was delighted with both the time saving and the finished product. Then several months later I bought the polymer clay package. I was equally happy with the time saving and the end product. For those of you who are not familiar with this product, it has a variety of sanding and polishing discs that easily screw on the vertical spike. The discs have slots evenly spaced and when they turn you can see what you are working on. Less mistakes and less time spent sanding and polishing. Last February I went to the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show. Since I had been to Australia I wanted to find some black opal from there. The finished pieces proved too expensive for my budget. Fortunately a friend and I found a booth with rough unfinished Black Opal. I decided to buy some (having no idea how to select the better quality