To achieve a high quality finished piece, time spent polishing is essential. So today we’re taking an introductory look at the Polishing Motor to explore what it is, how it works, and what it’s used for, as well as some common attachments and polishing compounds.

A pendant motor (also known as a Flex shaft in the USA) is a high-speed rotary tool that is used in jewellery making for tasks such as drilling, polishing, sanding, engraving, and setting.

In this post we look at how it works, what it’s used for, and some of the different kinds of attachments you can use to make jewellery

A Barrel polisher is a machine consisting of a rotating cylinder containing a polishing solution and stainless steel grains known as ‘shot’. Jewellery is placed inside the cylinder and tumbled on a motorised base. The resulting burnishing action of the shot on the metal produces a high shine.

In this post we look at Barrel Polishers, what they are, and when and how to use them

Sanding Sticks are wooden sticks of different shapes with emery paper or sandpaper on the top and are used as part of the polishing process in jewellery making to remove file marks or hammer marks from metals in almost every handmade project.