Cork on a Dremel

[zzdruid]

I have taken a piece of heavy steel wire of a gauge that fits the dremel collet and hammered one end of it to flatten it. This is then filed to the shape of a narrow blade about 1" long and shapened.

this will cut into and force aside the cork and provide enough surface that it will snot spin in the cork at moderate pressures during sanding.

keep is short ~ 2" overall and KEEP IT STRAIGHT.....

[Bluegill Budd]

Report back on the Hanger Bolt idea. Nope... The smallest Hanger Bolt I could find is a #8 and the largest collet I have is a 1/8".
The bolt is too large to fit the Dremel.

Clint

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[Jim Hatch]

Hey Bluegill Bud,

Not sure but perhaps a drill motor might
work for shaping your wine corks. It's
slower speed by a bunch but that might be a
good thing given the density of the cork.
The drill motors will chuck anything up to
3/8 inch normally. Good luck. Jim

[bdesavage]

On the Hanger bolt idea, chuck the screw portion of it in a drill press and use a file to turn the bolt end down to fit the Dremel.
Bill

[James Smith]

I'm with Jim hatch on this one. The first time I used the dremel to shape a popper, the needle I had was not quite right, either too lightof a needle or slightly off center/bent. The end result was a very rapid failure and a 90 degree bend at about 2500 rpm. Oh yea, I also had a very sore thumbnail where it smacked me, the kind where you take a few seconds to look at it because you suspect that the nail is no longer there. This happens so fast, you can not react, in fact you don't even know it's about to happen until it's all over. Stick with very simple like the heavy duty upholstery and even then be very careful with something so large and heavy as a wine cork which could be slung off like a bullet.

Good luck and be careful.

Jim Smith

[ducksterman]

If you want to set up a power drill perhaps you would be interested in this thing to hold it....could be used for a dremel also...it's the inexpensive gray thing in this rather poor picture but I didn't bother to remove the reloading tool I have clamped in it...note the hose clamp that is used to hold the drill.
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