Well you know how I said I had 'acquired' bf's bench grinder?... Well I got greedy and didn't want to share so I went and got my own. I use it with a muslin buffing wheel to buff the beads after sanding them to get them super shiny. It's a little scary though...it goes really fast and I'm waiting for it to eat my fingers.


Another tool I can't do without is my caulking gun which has been adapted to use with the clay extruder using Nan Roche's tute. Here....






http://hgtv.com/hgtv/cr_clay_jewelry/article/0,1789,HGTV_3238_1378538,00.html

I love using the extruder! I used the strands from it to make the sky in this cane...

I am still working up the courage to reduce the whole cane, something I need to get to soon.