Wednesday, December 7, 2011

How to Attach Our Dremel Buffing Pads

We have been asked on several occasions how to attach our hand made buffing pads to the dremel or rotary tool so I've put together a mini-tutorial for you here.




These are all the parts you really need.  The mandrel #402 piece has a screw in the end with small washer between.    Remove the screw (keeping the washer on the screw) and attach like so:




Note: The little washer is between the screw
head and the buffing pad (it is hard to see).





That's all there is to it....  Happy buffing....

6 comments:

Jane Perala said...

Thanks - this is perfect timing, as I just received my pads in the mail today.
I don't think my cordless Dremel came with a mandrel like that one, but perhaps I can find one at Home Depot.

2 Good Claymates said...

Glad to hear you received your buffing pads. The mandrel is easy to find where ever they sell the dremel parts. Sometimes it is part of a grinding, sanding or cutting kit and you may have to buy the other pieces to go with it.

dakota said...

Thanks for posting this. This mandrel came with my Dremel but had a sanding disk on it and I didn't think about using it with the buffing pads. Not sure where my brain was hiding out that day.

Donna Greenberg said...

Got my pads today. they are great. do you make them in a smaller diameter for say the inside of a ring? I am thinking of cutting one down to fit. Also, why not sent this How to tute in the package with the product? It would make it easier then going back online.

2 Good Claymates said...

Glad you got them Donna. That is a good idea of printing this tut out and sending it. I don't know why I didn't think of it.

I don't make the buffing pads smaller as most people want them larger for easier buffing.

Personally, I wouldn't think of buffing inside areas such as rings. We would just rub a little of the wax on and then buff by hand instead. We just use a scrap piece of cotton towel or cloth for that. A piece of denim also works well.

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