Originally Posted by
irvsmith
While I don't want to admit it - it appears that my first round of machine polishing was too much for the tendon in my pinky and now am in a splint for 6-8 weeks. I am wondering is this relatively common for newbies or just chalk it up to bad handling on my part? Either way I am going to have to wait for a while to polish again. If it is more common and there some best practices around how to hold the DA properly I would appreciate it (i.e. hold it tightly, not tightly, obviously don't pinch your pinky/fingers on top of each other.)
I am using a GG 6". I will re-read through Mike's book and see if he makes any reference to the handling of the DA.