man, I've still got purple foam dust in my garage from that dremel swap, jim.
I do like that dust catcher. I shoulp probably start turning some more dremel bugs for spring bassin'...that was fun stuff.
mgj
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man, I've still got purple foam dust in my garage from that dremel swap, jim.
I do like that dust catcher. I shoulp probably start turning some more dremel bugs for spring bassin'...that was fun stuff.
mgj
Hey Mikee, others,
Here is a quick snapshot of my dust
catch tray. My wife loves Ferrero Rocher
chocolates but will rarely buy them for
herself. I like the neat plastic boxes
they come in.*G* Every now and then I'll
get an idea for a project and buy her a
box. I get brownie points as well as a
neat box for some of my little projects.*G*
I used the dremel with a cutoff wheel to
shape the opening in the box. Then I glued
the lid back to the base portion of the box
and turned it upside down to position it.
The dremel motor turns counter clockwise.
If you position it to your left, and remove
material from below your needle, the dust is
directed straight against the bottom and
back of the catch tray. It actually seems
to creat a static charge after a few minutes
that seems to stick the dust to the box.*G*
Warm regards, Jim
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Jim:
Thanks for the nice words!
You stated to apply the emery board to the bottom of the foam.
Maybe this is why I'm having a problem, I was trying to put the emery board towards the top
1/3 of the foam as is spun.
I'll have to give it a try.
thanks,
George
Hey folks,
Have you tried to use a canvas needle to hold the foam better? It has a different geometric shape along the tip end. Its triangular. Seems to me, the foam would spin less whether its glazed or not if the mandrel has an angled diameter (along the tip end) rather than soley a circular diameter. Just an idea http://www.flyanglersonline.com/bb/smile.gif.
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Robert B. McCorquodale
Sebring, FL
"Flip a fly"
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Another thing that I've done is to take the tip on the needle into a piece of wood after you get the foam on. It seemes to cut down on any vibration.I've also used all kinds of differnt lenght needles. I say when you first chuck one up run it for a few minutes to make sure it doesn't bend. I've stuck foam on 2 ways with the dremel running and with it off and with it on works alot better. And I don't use emeroy boards either I use needle files which alot of times odd lots has them 10 files for 2 bucks there are many types of files in the set and Harbor freight also sells them. I've sent a few of my plug samples out to some fokes on this bb to check out. Later Matt
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To each there own !
I'm going to try the not-round needle idea. think that would be good. and stonefly, it sounds as if you've created a tailstock. I think that's a great idea and one I'm going to try to duplicate.
There is also a tent (?) needle that is flat along the tip as it comes to the point on the needle. It was a mixed needle kit at Wal-Mart with the needle types written on the back. $1.34 http://www.flyanglersonline.com/bb/smile.gif. The needles are about 2" long. Hope this helps.
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Robert B. McCorquodale
Sebring, FL
"Flip a fly"
Hey Folks,
In the last three years, I've turned
over 4,000 dremel bugs, still using the
original 2 1/2" upholstery needle from Wally
World. I make bodies that fit hooks from
#20 up to 5/0 and range up to 2" long by
3/4" diameter. No extra support or any
mods other than my original description in
the article. It works well for me and I
consider it a practical method of shaping
bug bodies safely.
HOWEVER, the use of corn holders or specialty needles, or whatever, scares the
pure living (censored by author) out of me. That dremel spins at up to 35,000 rpm. For those that don't know, thats
about 6 times faster than the family car
engine will spin in neutral with your foot
on the floor! Some specialty needles may
be heavily tempered and break under the
right conditions. Others may be too soft
and bend. No offense to whoever suggested
it, but most corn holders are just nails
set in plastic. Ouch. Put an untempered
needle or modified "whatzit" in a dremel
and turn it at speed and you may invent a
slicer/dicer that Ron Papio would lust over. My suggestion is that if the
recommended needle is not working, your
foam is probably too soft or of a rubber
base rather than a closed cell plastic foam.
If you want to try another method, check
out Sleazy Steve. He sells tools designed
to work with a dremel for making foam flies. No affiliation.
For what it's worth, I've received over 100
emails from folks that read the article and
have successfully created dremel bugs in the manner I described. Warm regards, Jim
I'll second the warning from Jim. When I was younger and stupider I grabbed a chainsaw sharpening kit built to be used in a drill and decided I was gonna use it in my Dremel instead. I figured the drill turns at 900RPMs and the Dremel on low was 'only' 1400 or something (according to the little knob) so it should be okay. Boy was I wrong. the shaft on that sucker bent to a 90 degree angle, took off a large chunk of skin from my finger and palm and then fried the motor on my Dremel. Ever since I have been much more careful about what I put in there and how I used it. I would really hate for anyone else to have to learn the hard way also.
Don
Hey Diane, Others,
I just made a trip to Wally World
looking for needles. In the sewing section
they had a package for $.72 containing seven
needles that they referred to as "Yarn
Darners". They appear in all respects to be
identical to the ones I bought off the same
rack over 3 years ago labled "Upholstery
Needles". They appear to be one and the
same and packaged identically. They range
in size from size 14 to size 18 and are
2 1/4" to 3" long in the assortment. I
also picked up a set of collets to fit the
dremel. The four collet set was $6.97 and
fits all of the needles as well as virtually
any needle from 1/8" diameter and smaller.
I tried each needle from a package with the
proper collet and turned a body on each. No
problems what so ever.
Regarding the shaped specialty needles
that have been discussed, you will not be
able to use the dremel motor to help seat
the plug without hogging out the hole to a
point where it will only slip. That is one
advantage of the round tapered needles.
With a firm closed cell foam, I can easily
place a foam plug on the needle using a few
quick taps on the foot control to spin the
needle. Without this capability, it is very
hard to force the foam over the needle and
very much increases the odds of bending same or *****ing a finger.*G*
If anyone is unable to find the needles
or collets locally, I will be happy to pick
them up and send them to you at cost. Warm
regards, Jim