Cratex rubberized "grinding" wheel
I found a 3" x 3/8 thick green (coarse) Cratex wheel at the dump. I
looked up Cratex on the web and found that they are primarily finishing wheels, but I'm not sure where I would actually use it. Does anyone use these? If so, what for? They are so expensive that I've got to see why. Thanks, Bob |
Cratex rubberized "grinding" wheel
Try it on stainless, try deburring, smoothing sandcasting surfaces,
etc. Fine ones useful for brass - I use 'em to polish up my crib pegs / draw marks, chuck marks and dings... /mark Bob Engelhardt wrote: I found a 3" x 3/8 thick green (coarse) Cratex wheel at the dump. I looked up Cratex on the web and found that they are primarily finishing wheels, but I'm not sure where I would actually use it. Does anyone use these? If so, what for? They are so expensive that I've got to see why. Thanks, Bob |
Cratex rubberized "grinding" wheel
Bob Engelhardt wrote:
I found a 3" x 3/8 thick green (coarse) Cratex wheel at the dump. I looked up Cratex on the web and found that they are primarily finishing wheels, but I'm not sure where I would actually use it. Does anyone use these? If so, what for? They are so expensive that I've got to see why. Thanks, Bob I bought some cratex points for use on a dremel to assist my uncle and me polish up some parts of a .62 cal underhammer he was making for me. He always wanted to make one and I was keen to have another rifle made by my uncle. So I bought materials and he built it. Stock is cherry sawed out out a black cherry tree that used to be on grandma and grandpa's land. Anyway, polishing up the hammer that he sawed and filed from a piece of steel did go a bit faster using the things. None of the points were very agressive but they did do a nice job polishing things up. http://www.midwayusa.com/eproductpag...eitemid=832332 Wes |
Cratex rubberized "grinding" wheel
On Sep 1, 8:38 pm, Bob Engelhardt wrote:
I found a 3" x 3/8 thick green (coarse) Cratex wheel at the dump. I looked up Cratex on the web and found that they are primarily finishing wheels, but I'm not sure where I would actually use it. Does anyone use these? If so, what for? They are so expensive that I've got to see why. Thanks, Bob I use various small points and shapes for deburring and polishing, primarily where the surface is such that hand stones would take forever. Great for polishing feed ramps on 1911s and such, one of the few places I'd use a hand grinder on a gun. I just finished doing an action job on a Marlin lever action, lots of burrs there, too. I've never had a wheel as large as the one you have, might be good for polishing up the joint between hand guard and blade on knives after brazing or soldering. First time I ever saw Cratex as a brand was when I got a block for polishing up HO railroad tracks from the hobby shop. Stan |
Cratex rubberized "grinding" wheel
On Sep 1, 7:38 pm, Bob Engelhardt wrote:
I found a 3" x 3/8 thick green (coarse) Cratex wheel .... That's a small wheel. We use a 10" x 4" 3M wheel for all the stainless on boats and such. Couldn't do without it. Yes, they're expensive. The advantage is that they do metal removal, scratch removal and final polish all in one step, replacing about three different abrasive grades and their corresponding arbors and such. |
Cratex rubberized "grinding" wheel
I have 1" x 1/8". They are for small rotary tools.
Cratex has made large ones for grinders that took water flow so people could grind rock edges. Steel is softer than the rock. Martin Martin H. Eastburn @ home at Lions' Lair with our computer lionslair at consolidated dot net TSRA, Life; NRA LOH & Endowment Member, Golden Eagle, Patriot's Medal. NRA Second Amendment Task Force Charter Founder IHMSA and NRA Metallic Silhouette maker & member. http://lufkinced.com/ Bob Engelhardt wrote: I found a 3" x 3/8 thick green (coarse) Cratex wheel at the dump. I looked up Cratex on the web and found that they are primarily finishing wheels, but I'm not sure where I would actually use it. Does anyone use these? If so, what for? They are so expensive that I've got to see why. Thanks, Bob ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Unrestricted-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
Cratex rubberized "grinding" wheel
That looks like the kit I bought years ago. Nice stuff.
Martin Martin H. Eastburn @ home at Lions' Lair with our computer lionslair at consolidated dot net TSRA, Life; NRA LOH & Endowment Member, Golden Eagle, Patriot's Medal. NRA Second Amendment Task Force Charter Founder IHMSA and NRA Metallic Silhouette maker & member. http://lufkinced.com/ Wes wrote: Bob Engelhardt wrote: I found a 3" x 3/8 thick green (coarse) Cratex wheel at the dump. I looked up Cratex on the web and found that they are primarily finishing wheels, but I'm not sure where I would actually use it. Does anyone use these? If so, what for? They are so expensive that I've got to see why. Thanks, Bob I bought some cratex points for use on a dremel to assist my uncle and me polish up some parts of a .62 cal underhammer he was making for me. He always wanted to make one and I was keen to have another rifle made by my uncle. So I bought materials and he built it. Stock is cherry sawed out out a black cherry tree that used to be on grandma and grandpa's land. Anyway, polishing up the hammer that he sawed and filed from a piece of steel did go a bit faster using the things. None of the points were very agressive but they did do a nice job polishing things up. http://www.midwayusa.com/eproductpag...eitemid=832332 Wes ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Unrestricted-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
Cratex rubberized "grinding" wheel
On Sun, 02 Sep 2007 02:02:47 -0400, Wes wrote:
Bob Engelhardt wrote: I found a 3" x 3/8 thick green (coarse) Cratex wheel at the dump. I looked up Cratex on the web and found that they are primarily finishing wheels, but I'm not sure where I would actually use it. Does anyone use these? If so, what for? They are so expensive that I've got to see why. Thanks, Bob I bought some cratex points for use on a dremel to assist my uncle and me polish up some parts of a .62 cal underhammer he was making for me. He always wanted to make one and I was keen to have another rifle made by my uncle. So I bought materials and he built it. Stock is cherry sawed out out a black cherry tree that used to be on grandma and grandpa's land. Anyway, polishing up the hammer that he sawed and filed from a piece of steel did go a bit faster using the things. None of the points were very agressive but they did do a nice job polishing things up. http://www.midwayusa.com/eproductpag...eitemid=832332 Wes Cratex bobs are one of the Official Sacramental Materials of the Church of John Moses Browning. Feed ramps, mag lips, hammer sides, yada yada yada Gunner |
Cratex rubberized "grinding" wheel
"Bob Engelhardt" wrote in message ... I found a 3" x 3/8 thick green (coarse) Cratex wheel at the dump. I looked up Cratex on the web and found that they are primarily finishing wheels, but I'm not sure where I would actually use it. Does anyone use these? If so, what for? They are so expensive that I've got to see why. Thanks, Bob Bob, this one machine shop class I took, the instructor had us use a hand-held piece of Cratex in the lathe to polish our threads. On one of the steels the threads always looked like they were 'torn' instead of cut. Holding the Crates against the part, while in the lathe, made a big difference. Ivan Vegvary |
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