Here is a quick video demonstrating FLUSH SETTING from Instructor Jeff Georgantes here he explains how he makes his flush setting tool - “To make the flush setting burnisher. In my home studio I use old burs, but I started teaching flush setting workshops so often, that I couldn’t generate enough old burs. So now when I teach a class I make the flush set burnishers from 3/32” drill rod. That’s what burs are made of made of anyway. 3 feet is under $3.00, so it's super cheap. I buy annealed 3/32” drill rod, (usually from McMaster Carr), so you can cut it and shape it with a jewelers saw and a file. I cut the rod to the length of bur, about 2ish inches. I’ll put the drill rod into a flex shaft. It has to spin reverse, so if you have a flex shaft with forward or reverse, you’re set. If not, then you have to turn the handpiece somehow so it turns backwards. Then I rest the spinning drill rod on a bench pin and push an old file onto it until I get the desired taper. Then I repeat the process with a sanding stick. After getting the sides sanded I use the sanding stick to also round the end to a fine ball shape. After that I polish the burnisher with a Tripoli (or similar grit) buffing wheel. To mount the burnisher, you can use a straight metal pin vise, but a pin vise with wooden handle is much more comfortable and easier to control. You can find those at Otto Frei, Rio Grande, etc. Truthfully at home, because I use the GRS engraving system, I personally use the GRS graver handle to hold my tools. Those clamp with a hex nut set screw. That works really well too, but that’s a more expensive option.” Thanks for this Jeff! Really appreciate you sharing and we hope you will join Instagram one day so I can tag you 😂
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