W.R.Buchanan
02-10-2012, 02:57 PM
I moved this from the general category as nobody appeared to be interested.
The Fuzz Wheel is something we make in my machine shop for deburring intricate parts. It is very simple to make and takes about 10 minutes.
It consists or 3 or 4 6x9" Scotch-Brite Pads. Available at any paint store or Big Box in boxes of ten. The red ones work the best. Diferent colored pads are different grits.
The pads are folded at 45* diagonally to form a square and then the left over 3x6 piece is cut off with scissors. This forms a square. You can use the cutoffs for whatever needs finishing.(stock work?)
Then the square is folded diagonally twice and the very tip of the resulting triangle is snipped off. Not too much just enough to form a 1/2-3/4" hole in the center of the pad.
These pads are then threaded onto your grinder spindle and staggered so the tips don't line up. This is a pic of a new wheel that has only been used for a few minutes.
When the grinder is turned on the whole mess rotates and blows everywhere, and you must be judicious in using the new wheel until all the corners get knocked off and the wheel is made round.
It WILL take things away from you and deposit them in unknown places, so hold on tight.
This type of wheel is very good for deburring intricate parts with lots of nooks and crannys. It works very well for deburrring threads, slots in collets, and fine finishing anything that you can't get a regular wheel into. You will be surprised how well the fuzz gets into slots, threads, and nooks and crannys.
I buffed my entire Mauser bolt to remove any exterior scratches from years of use in seconds. It leaves a nice matt finish similar to bead blasting but smoother. It will remove scratches and fair in dents and burrs.
Someone was complaining about using a Collet style bullet puller and having the collet messing up the bullets because of the undeburred edges. Also a Lee collet style FCD leaving gouges in the case due to the collet not being deburred. This simple to make wheel fixes all that in a matter of seconds. It does exceedingly well smoothing out investment cast parts that have little dingle balls stuck to them.
Here's pics of making the wheel and some parts I have deburred with one. Some are my machine shop parts and some are gun parts. I got $55 ea for those little collets, and they had to look like they were worth $55 when I got done. Spinning them on a mandrel got inside all the slots and polished the threads perfectly. It also left a very consistant finish the full length of the part. It took about 15 seconds to completely deburr each one. I made 112 of those collets on the first order. They were alternatives to Levin "D" size collets that are $110 ea from Levin! Good job!
This is a simple thing to do. Try it and I gaurantee you'll love it.
Randy
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The Fuzz Wheel is something we make in my machine shop for deburring intricate parts. It is very simple to make and takes about 10 minutes.
It consists or 3 or 4 6x9" Scotch-Brite Pads. Available at any paint store or Big Box in boxes of ten. The red ones work the best. Diferent colored pads are different grits.
The pads are folded at 45* diagonally to form a square and then the left over 3x6 piece is cut off with scissors. This forms a square. You can use the cutoffs for whatever needs finishing.(stock work?)
Then the square is folded diagonally twice and the very tip of the resulting triangle is snipped off. Not too much just enough to form a 1/2-3/4" hole in the center of the pad.
These pads are then threaded onto your grinder spindle and staggered so the tips don't line up. This is a pic of a new wheel that has only been used for a few minutes.
When the grinder is turned on the whole mess rotates and blows everywhere, and you must be judicious in using the new wheel until all the corners get knocked off and the wheel is made round.
It WILL take things away from you and deposit them in unknown places, so hold on tight.
This type of wheel is very good for deburring intricate parts with lots of nooks and crannys. It works very well for deburrring threads, slots in collets, and fine finishing anything that you can't get a regular wheel into. You will be surprised how well the fuzz gets into slots, threads, and nooks and crannys.
I buffed my entire Mauser bolt to remove any exterior scratches from years of use in seconds. It leaves a nice matt finish similar to bead blasting but smoother. It will remove scratches and fair in dents and burrs.
Someone was complaining about using a Collet style bullet puller and having the collet messing up the bullets because of the undeburred edges. Also a Lee collet style FCD leaving gouges in the case due to the collet not being deburred. This simple to make wheel fixes all that in a matter of seconds. It does exceedingly well smoothing out investment cast parts that have little dingle balls stuck to them.
Here's pics of making the wheel and some parts I have deburred with one. Some are my machine shop parts and some are gun parts. I got $55 ea for those little collets, and they had to look like they were worth $55 when I got done. Spinning them on a mandrel got inside all the slots and polished the threads perfectly. It also left a very consistant finish the full length of the part. It took about 15 seconds to completely deburr each one. I made 112 of those collets on the first order. They were alternatives to Levin "D" size collets that are $110 ea from Levin! Good job!
This is a simple thing to do. Try it and I gaurantee you'll love it.
Randy
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