Favorite Pendant Motor Accessories.

[Lucie]

Hi all.

I'm just about to order a whole bunch of pendant motor accessories - the same old abrasives and mops I always order and I was wondering ....... Does anyone have any "favorite" accessories?
ie: Things they find really useful or bits they use all the time / couldn't live without.

Just about everything I make is cast and I clean everything up from really rough to a mirror finish with my pendant motor and big old polishing motor. I'm always looking for new thing-me-bobs to make the process slightly less painful.
So, has anyone got any suggestions? Thanks. x

[Wallace]

I love those silicone abrasive wheels / buds (usually black, green and blue). Oh, and Moores sanding discs (clip on variety). I use the coarse discs on any delft casting and then go through to the finer sand. I like the texture they leave

[medusa]

the larger 3m radial disks in brown, green and yellow. fab for castings.

[Lucie]

Thanks guys - looks like my list is going to get quite a bit longer

Wallace- Are these the right Moores sanding discs? http://www.suttontools.co.uk/moore-s-plastic-discs.html

Liz - I usually use the 25mm radial discs & I've never seen brown ones. Where can I find these little treasures?

[ps_bond]

I use silicone abrasives a lot in all shapes - different range though, so the colours are different. I find I use the radial disks less than I used to, but they're still very useful.
Other than that... Cutting discs, diamond wheels (the finer, more expensive ones), diamond-impregnated rubber disks (fantastic for shaping & sharpening gravers), burrs of all sorts, sanding mandrels and so on and so on.

[Lucie]

I use a lot of drum sanders; roll sanders (despite the fact that I find them really irritating) for rough castings and radial discs for the finer finishing.

What silicone abrasives and sanding mandrels do you prefer?

[medusa]

Lucie, I got mine as a huge lot sent over from the states by a friend about three years ago. Can't recall the company now but they were about 25p each. However international shipping was only for orders over £300 and was high, hence my friend sending over. Otto Frei do them though. Can't recall price but their shipping is fast and not expensive.

Good tip on sticking with one company for abraisives. I end up going through trial and error to pick the right one.

Barrel sander users, how do you stop them flying off?

[Lucie]

Thanks Liz - I had considered Otto Frei. I don't mind international shipping per se, but have been REALLY stung a few times with import taxes. UPS turned up and insisted I hand over a rather large cheque before I could have my lovely tools

Barrel sanders have their own special mandrel arbours (either 9.5mm or 12mm) - never had a problem with one flying off yet lol.
They whip through rough castings and large amounts of metal no problem and save me soooo much time.
https://www.cousinsuk.com/catalog/to...e-bands#select

Now I have my lovely list of bits to order, I'm off to trawl through old posts to help me decide on a decent torch & saw (groan). x

[ps_bond]

Good tip on sticking with one company for abraisives. I end up going through trial and error to pick the right one.

Life's too short... I have an assortment still from all sorts, dating from reading tutorials that said you should use THIS one true brand; source the thing and find it's pretty much the same as the more readily available ones. Cratex, for example.

I should have an Otto Frei order show imminently - it was in transit for 3 days, then sat in customs for a week... Not much point paying for ultra-fast delivery when the major delay is state employees.
VAT + a small amount of duty + Parcel Farce extortion fee paid online yesterday, as soon as they deigned to notify me.

[Nick martin]

My favourites are burrs, sanding mandrels ( use small elastic band to hold in place ).. But ultimately it's got to be my wolf belt sander. Super little thing and quite a time saver too.

Nick