Decorating Elf

**Big Shed** · 20th December 2010, 05:42 PM

Originally Posted by Jim Carroll

Fred those burrs are too fine for woodwork like this you need the ones for cutting aluminium a number 1 cut.

Readily available from carbitool. And they are available in a couple of different sizes.

Would not take much to make these , cutter , bearing and handle.

I see said the blind man, like these you mean?

Style A-AL 1/4 Shank Cylindrical Carbide Burrs for Aluminum

But at those prices it would be way cheaper to buy the Henry Taylor ones.

And, as Skew said, by the time you buy 2 bearings, a rare earth magnet, some brass and make the handle, add the supplied burr, you wouldn't save much, would you?

**Jim Carroll** · 20th December 2010, 09:13 PM

That is quite novel fred.

Cheaper to buy than make something must be wrong

**Frank&Earnest** · 20th December 2010, 10:04 PM

Two questions, the first practical, the second philosophical, just to be true to form.

I have just assassinated a flexible shaft, the bit that goes into the mandrel gave up, but the handle is intact. IMHO, if I just cut the shaft at the end of the handle, the handle itself would take whatever burr and do exactly what this tool does. Correct? He who has never killed a flexible shaft can cast the first stone.

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Second question: Is this really "decoration"? I would call it at most texturing. Less creative than purposeful sanding.

**Jim Carroll** · 21st December 2010, 09:24 AM

So frank what is the difference between decorating and texturing .

Are they both the same just different ways of saying the same thing.

So what will I do today will I decorate this peice with a bit of texturing or should I just texture the peice to give it a bit of feature.

**Big Shed** · 21st December 2010, 09:30 AM

I think that may be a philosophical question Jim

**Frank&Earnest** · 21st December 2010, 11:53 AM

That's right, Jim, I did not want it to be a philological question.

**Jim Carroll** · 21st December 2010, 12:36 PM

Originally Posted by Frank&Earnest

That's right, Jim, I did not want it to be a philological question.

Now Frank no need to swear

**RETIRED** · 21st December 2010, 02:40 PM

Originally Posted by Frank&Earnest

That's right, Jim, I did not want it to be a philological question.

I think you mean semantics Frank.

**Frank&Earnest** · 21st December 2010, 03:17 PM

Originally Posted by

I think you mean semantics Frank.

Too narrow, . I agree though that the English usage of the word philology as a synonym for linguistics is philologically... interesting.

I am enjoying this discussion about turning. And twisting.

**Big Shed** · 21st December 2010, 05:36 PM

Glad someone is

Seems more like a thread hi-jack to me, but there you go.

**Jim Carroll** · 21st December 2010, 08:43 PM

Originally Posted by Big Shed

Glad someone is

Seems more like a thread hi-jack to me, but there you go.

Ditto

**Frank&Earnest** · 21st December 2010, 09:05 PM

Originally Posted by Big Shed

Glad someone is

Seems more like a thread hi-jack to me, but there you go.

..........

**Ed Reiss** · 23rd December 2010, 12:49 PM

Play nice now lads, or Santa may just forget where you live

**HithNibth** · 25th January 2011, 09:34 AM

Dead flexi shafts not-with-standing. I think I might give it a go. Decorating (or not) some work using the Dremel cylinder, ball and cone cutters that is

. They look like mini versions of the Elf and I do work in miniature - so why not! My idea is to define the bit I want to decorate/indent/ruin and let the cutter run freely in the flexi hand piece - without turning the Dremel power on. If I get anything like a result I'll let you know.

Bri

**bowl-basher** · 25th January 2011, 11:16 AM

Bit the Bullet and got one through Packards in the USA good service and it arrived in 10 days
I am still playing but think it will be a useful tool
This was a bit of green camphor the base I am happy with and it looks a neat way to to finish off
The lip is a different kettle of fish it is extremly hard not to get chipping on a lip this narrow I think the wall would need to be another 5 mm thick to accept this type of decoration. But I am still playing with it
Next trial will be a band about 15mm wide on the lip of a burl platter
Regards
Bowl-Basher

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