Thread: What comes between flapwheel and polish

Either way, it is still a lot of work. But making wheels does take it easier on the fingers. I was halfway through stripping rust from a really pitted old razor which still had a nice edge before i realised that you could make the wheels and save the hand work. I was using a very low grit, and I still haven't managed to remove all the deep marks they left by using the wheels, but i will attack it again when I get back to the UK in June.
I wish I had only used 400 grit and above because it would probably have been finished now if the 180 grit hadn't scratched it to pieces
Nick

Guys,

I have for quite sometime been contemplating using a sander attachment called BLOWFLY,yeah you can kinda tell that it's an Aussie type thingy invention. Anyway the only thing which has held me back is being able to buy the belts required for it in much higher grits than what I have seen available commercially. I don't know if it would be possible to make your own belts and so long as the laps on the joints were glued in the correct direction etc.

Here is a review of it and more pictures and for the price, it may be worth thinking about. So what do you guys reckon yes or no?
http://www.onlinetoolreviews.com/reviews/blowfly.htm

Cheers
John

Originally Posted by FiReSTaRT

Jason is a member and his nickname is Toxik. Look up some of his past work (the link is in his sig), it's absolutely stunning. Here's the tutorial on how to make these puppies http://lordsofquake.net/~ToxIk/dsh/dsh.html

I tried Jason's method yesterday, but I use Duck tape instead of regular tape because it holds the sandpaper better.

Unfortunately my current project has a lot of pitting damage, so the wheels don't last long. Fortunately they are very cheap to make.
But they really do a good job.

Funny that you brought that up, I have tried all kinds of tape, including the ribbed box take and duct tape, and nothing has really worked well so far - however, I have had my best luck on blue painters tape - here is my thinking -

First, on of the original author's main caveats was "don't touch the tape" or it won't stick - well this painter's tape really is made to stick and then be removed, right? Second, now it comes in several different adhesions, is relatively thin and easy to wrap around my 1/2" aluminum rod (which I sanded and made absolutely smooth to accept the turning). You would think the blue tape would not be strong enough, but actually it has worked really well and the sanding drums I am making for the Dremel are excellent - the only problem that I have is fitting them on the rubber - the rod is exact, and the wrapping is tight, so - there is very little wiggle room when you go to put these things on- so I just insert the rubber drum about a half inch, leave 1/8 hanging and go to town...AND is the drum doesn't work for some reason, you can peel the strips of sanding paper off the drum and try again - try that with duct tape!

It has worked well so far, I will post some picts of the final product soon, old Henckels Twinworks, with barber's notch -

K