Tiny Tricks

Three pencil eraser hacks for small parts

By Helen I. Driggs I often use art or office supplies to solve my number one jewelry shop difficulty: how to hold tiny parts while I sand or polish them. It’s amazing how many times I’ve had a rivet, setting, or bail fly right out of my fingers and into never-never land—that dark, dusty place under the bench where it will never be found again. I recently discovered that soft erasers from the art supply store make perfect and near-instant holding fixtures for sanding small parts. Here are three quick tricks. [[slideshow id=403]]