[TheForge] detail sanders

[Craig Schaefer]

If you have air, a die grinder with a carbide tipped bit works down corner 
beads into fillets in no time.
Something like these
http://www.ebay.com/itm/8pc-1-4-Large-Head-CARBIDE-BURR-SET-new-grind-sand-file-/360428638010?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item53eb388f3a
I'm not recommending this auction, just using them as an example of what I'm 
talking aboot.

CraigS


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Spencer" <mspencer at tallships.ca>
To: <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2012 4:23 PM
Subject: [TheForge] Re: detail sanders


>
>> can anyone suggest a good detail sander for metal? i'm tried of the
>> tiny dremel bits and have a bunch of corner welds to grind down.
>> thoughts?
>
> Bosch die grinder (dear), jeweler's flex-shaft grinder with Jacobs
> chuck (dear), Chinese-made air die grinder (cheap but you need air) or
> old-fashioned belt-drive dental drill (bother to find and odd-sized
> bit shanks, 3/32" IIRC).
>
> I lucked onto a dental drill on its way to scrap.  Junk guy wanted
> money for the motor, let me pick up all the drill parts from his
> rubbish pile for free.  Finding the belts was the hardest part.  In
> the nd, after much bother, it's proved to be great for small/tiny
> grinding and cutting (!) jobs.  And the hand pieces hold the bits
> really well.  I gave away 3 Dremel tools after I got the dental drill
> because the collet chucks on all of them would loosen in use.
>
> So call all the dentists in town to see if one of them (or h{is,er}
> retired dad) has one in the attic.
>
> Word of warning: The motors are high-torque and the belts (obviously)
> exposed.  Getting long hair into the belt might be less traumatic than
> being sucked into a lathe or drill press but not so very much less.
>
>
> - Mike
>
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> Michael Spencer                  Nova Scotia, Canada       .~.
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