If you are cheap and use a dremel

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Cliff Stamp

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I needed to reprofile an axe (Estwing) and was not in the mood for a half an hour of filing, so broke out the dremel to reset the edge only to recall that I had wore out the sanding drums and not replaced them.

It suddenly seemed obvious that they were expensive for such a small strip of sandpaper so I just glued another piece of 40 grit AO right onto the existing drum using a craft fabric/paper glue.

I bound the strip with twine and let it sit for three days (its sets up *much* faster, I just got distracted with other projects).

The one cent worth of sandpaper easily reprofiled the axe bit and was still not worn out. When it does I think I'll try a piece of 40 grit ZO just for fun.

(warning - if the glue breaks, and you catch the paper in the eye serious injury could result - take proper precautions).

-Cliff
 
Good going, cliff!...It's GREAT to see another cheap bastid like myself!.:D.
 
Lets see I can buy 2 oz of eyeglass cleaner for $2,or 22oz windex for $2-3,or a gallon of windsheild washer fluid for .99.Cheap or smart?
 
Cheap, but not very smart. That windex will strip off any anti-reflective coating there may be on your glasses. And if you have plastic lenses, well, over time the ammonia will cloud the plastic. Bad idea, no matter how cheap it is. Just an FYI.
 
Well Thanks! Right now i clean 'em with windshield washer fluild,so far so good.

I'll keep an eye on them though.
 
Lone Hunter said:
Well Thanks! Right now i clean 'em with windshield washer fluild,so far so good.

I'll keep an eye on them though.
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Doesn't windshield washer fluid contain alcohol or something to prevent it from freezing?
 
Thanks for the tip Cliff. Those dremal sanding drums are pretty pricey IMHO. I guess I must be a cheap bastid too. I just clean my glasses with plain old water.
 
I use one of the Dremel fine grain grinding wheels. It works as well as the sanding drums and lasts much longer (the one I have I've used for 20 years).
 
The sanding wheels work well, I have long since ground mine to nothing. They are also terribly expensive considering just how much abrasive they contain. Just think how many sanding wheels you could make out of a large japanese waterstone. The tape seems to be holding up fine. Just cleaned up the bevel on another axe and it still has lots of bite, no bad for a cents worth of abrasive.

-Cliff
 
Fellow glasses wearers,

At the risk of hijacking this thread, you need to know about wiping your glasses with microfiber. Skip the fluids (or use water if you want). Find a micofiber cloth--like a hankie, best brand I've found is Promaster--in photography stores or the photog dept of your local supermart. Also great for cleaning your monitor, scanner, binoculars, etc..

Mike
 
Cool idea Cliff. I get those little sanding drums pretty inexpensively, but they still seem like too much to me.... :(
 
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