Thread: Homebrew rotary tool drum sanding rolls

Originally Posted by jscott

PS. ToxIk, its important that you realize i'd woop you up in team fortress

Hehe, I don't think I've ever played the original Team Fortress. I've been playing Q3 since the tests tho. I played Q3 Fortress for a while, then it got boring. They ported Q3F to Enemy Territory, so I gave that a go. Since ET is built on the Q3 engine it was virtually identical, but my stint with ETF was short lived and I'm back to mostly playing Q3 again Of course there's probably been half a dozen other online games mixed in there over the timespan as well

if by enemy territory you mean wolfenstien:ET .. i play that almost daily to get my fill of killing in. Daveandbusters server. if thats the game, swing by say hello.
~J

if by enemy territory you mean wolfenstien:ET .. i play that almost daily to get my fill of killing in. Daveandbusters server. if thats the game, swing by say hello.
~J

I would, but I never actually play vanilla ET. I just installed it so I could try ETF. Both I've unistalled. Right now I mostly just still play q3, with some UT2k4 and BF2 mixed in.

Bumped up 'cause it's good info.

I'll update it with an improvement in the process that Jason made.
1) Get a 1/2" rod and wrap the tape around it (sticky side out). Make sure you stretch it well.
2) Cut a 2cm strip of sandpaper and wrap it diagonally around the tape (make sure you keep it stretched and align the edges as you are wrapping it.
That way you get a long drum from which you can cut short ones. Another tip is to spray the rod with WD40 or cooking oil so you can take the long drum off the rod without cussing and swearing.

Once again I'll reiterate that all of the credit goes to Jason. I just passed on this bit of knowledge.

You'll want to wrap the sandpaper downwards and to the right as well. This will make the spiral edge of the paper spin away from the surface instead of into.

When I get some time I'll post a quick tutorial on how to make the tubes.

very good and thanks for sharing ,I wont be buying the dremmel drums any more,as I think these will work better
Kind regards Peter

Just an additional note. These were a tad too big for the drum and kept slipping off. A layer of micropore around the rubber cylinder (electrical tape should work as well) fixed that.

I know this is an old post,but i just wanted to say thx ,great idea i will be giving this a try .