Thread: Dremel suggestion

OK, spent the weekend getting some blades ready for the hone meisters, and I went shopping and found some new stuff that I wanted to recommend. (At least new to me!)

I went to Woodcraft, and picked up several hand tool felt wheels and polishing wheels that I had not seen before - form a company called Proxxon - they are German I believe - They have a polishing wheel pack that is 1 inch diameter with three polishing wheels; one hard felt, one is soft leather and the other is just floppy soft cotton - I like the mandrels much better then the Dremel 1/2" felt wheel mandrels, while these felt wheels are narrow you can fit two on the mandrel, which is cool...the mandrels are much longer too, which is nice for MAAS on the blades. I also picked up a silicon carbide rubber polishing kit. Very nice, and though I am not sure what grit it is, I would have to say it seems like at least 600 or higher - the kit comes with several different thicknesses of rubber sanding disks, which are perfect for polishing between scales near the pivot pin.

I like these much better than the bulk from widget supply or the Dremel stock felts and the rubber wheels are awesome - check them out. No affiliation.

http://www.woodcraft.com/search/search.aspx?query=proxxon

K

You saved me from posting.

I was also shopping this weekend and saw those little Silicon carbide sets. I was going to ask someone if they had used them before and how they are!

Thanks for the tip.

Si

I did not find the rubber discs to be terribly abrasive, I used them on an old crap blade just to be sure - no sparks, not even close - and just a very light sanding quality - given with that the fact that the rubber will deform to just about any shape you want, and I was in business. Since the flat discs are pretty thin, I doubled them up on the mandrel and they work like a champ.

The only difficulty (if you want to call it that) that I ran into was the fact that the mandrel supplied with these things is much smaller in diameter than the stock Dremel chuck jaw, so I had to fish around for a narrow chuck to hold the mandrel, but after that it was smooth sailing. I like these alot, especially the very thin disks (they narrow to a very fine edge) - they will be much better than the wire brushes I have been using to get in between the scales at the pivot point - wires aren't hitting the scales, and the sides of these discs are not rough, just the edges ... the bullet head was nice and small too for getting into those blade supports at the back side of the grind...

I will be working with them a lot this week, and I will report back.

Anybody know anything about this Proxxon company?

K

Originally Posted by Kriton

Anybody know anything about this Proxxon company?

If it's German it will be good quality as they tend to, by nature, over-engineer almost everything, LOL.

I've never owned any of their products, but I remember them being around for the last 25 years or so... see their ads in hobby mags, Popular Mechanics, etc. I've always lusted after their hobby parts size metal lathe, LOL. I seem to recall seeing some stuff of theirs in the dentist's office, too.

Yeah they are massive over here. Every DIY store has an entire shelf dedicated to their products. They are massively over-engineered. They make low voltage as well as household voltage products. There are several types of rotary tools available, from cutters through polishers and drills - all handheld stuff.

The Dremel (actual Dremel) brand and Proxxon is pretty much all you can get here, with Proxxon having 3 times the shelf space of Dremel.

I went out and bought some of those polishing discs just to see how I get on with them. I have a blade in pieces that is being stubborn with the 1000 grit - maybe this will clear things up a bit!

Si