Friends and students who have visited my studio really like them. They asked me to write about them.
I like all of them. But, I don’t like the price! They are definitely not cheap!
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I have been on a quest to find some good carving burs for a while. The market seems to be flooded with way to much crap coming in from China, etc. Burs that do not run true at high speed. They vibrate all over the place at high speed.
I have also been looking for round ball carving burs bigger than a 3/16″.
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I am now using “3M ROLOC Bristle Discs” to clean up my carvings on almost FLAT things. See above photo.
The ROLOC discs are a lot tougher than “3M Radial Bristle Discs” or “Sanding Wheel Brushes” from McMaster-Carr. You can really go at it and scrub a piece with a Roloc disc.
The Roloc discs work best on almost flat things or on the outside of bowls or hollow forms.
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I have found that the “Sanding Wheel Brushes” from McMaster-Carr are a good alternative to the “3M Radial Bristle Discs” that I talk about in my “Power Carving Textures” blog entry.
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Updated: 8/10/2022. This is an old blog entry. All of the information is still valid. But, you should also click here to check out my other “Carving” blog entries.
Here is some information I put together for a Power Carving Textures demo that I am doing at my local club.
I learned most of the stuff presented here in various wood turning symposiums and classes. Mostly from Al Stirt.
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