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?

[LydiaNiz]

roll sanders and the pointy silicone abrasives in all grades for getting into nooks and crannies.

[caroleallen]

I love my roll sanders and have recently discovered these purple abrasive drums which are great for removing a lot of metal like sprues etc. http://www.woodworkscraftsupplies.co...ath=94_101_148

[ps_bond]

What silicone abrasives and sanding mandrels do you prefer?

It's the Eve range of unmounted ones I use - I got so fed up of trying to remember which colour was which grade from which manufacturer that I decided to stick with one brand. I use a coarse diamond sharpener (a cheap one) to reshape them as needed.

Sanding mandrels - the bog-standard parallel ones, but I tend to cut the shanks down so they sit close to the chuck; I've had cheaper ones fail due to unbalanced rotation, whereupon they turn into propellers...

Oh, one other wheel I use is a Hitzlos or Mizzy wheel - aggressive little things, the Mizzy are touted as "heatless"; they're not, but they cut quickly so don't build up as much heat.

I keep meaning to get some pin polishers and a carbide burnisher, but haven't quite got around to it.

[Lucie]

Carole - That's exactly what I use my drum sanders for. Fabulous for removing sprues. Although I've been getting mine here:
https://www.cousinsuk.com/catalog/to...e-bands#select

Peter - Thanks for the heads up on the silicone abrasives - have been getting a little baffled by the different colours.
Sanding mandrels - That's exactly why they bug me

I'll take a look at the Mizzy wheels & pin polishers.

This lot should keep me busy for a while. Thanks everyone