What will diamond burnishing tools do?
Diamond burnishing tools will do it all! Bruce Diamond’s standard burnishing tools are available with tip sizes of: .003″, .005″, .010″, .015″, .020″, .025″, .030″, .040″, .and 050″. Custom tools are also available for unique applications. For those wishing to give diamond burnishing a try, a .015″ or .020″ tool would be recommended as an excellent starting point. (Note: Your diamond burnishers also double as glass engraving tools!) [back to top] 5. Tips for diamond burnishing. Light pressure is the key to successfull burnishing. Remember, you are only removing a surface coating and polishing the base material. It is advisable to use a “Feather Weight” spring-loaded cutter knob to replace the standard brass knob. This attachment will allow the constant light touch that burnishing requires and allows the tool to glide over any slight imperfections in the surface, especially when engraving glass. The surface of glass is always somewhat wavy. Without a spring system, the tool will cut too
