DREMEL cutting wheels?

[Wade]

what kind of cutting wheels do you guys use when making picks?
I just got my Dremel and I am using 420 cutting wheels. They wear down really fast!!!

[ThE_MasteR]

Heavy-duty cut off wheels

[Chrispy]

That's why you buy a maxi pack. 100 cutting wheels, 100 grinding wheels, and 100 patridges in 100 pear trees.

[Wade]

Heavy-duty cut off wheels

are these brown, and how long do they last for you?

[Wade]

That's why you buy a maxi pack. 100 cutting wheels, 100 grinding wheels, and 100 patridges in 100 pear trees.

maxi pack eh ? can you get em in the womens hygeine section?

[treboR]

I use the fiberglass reinforced ones. I can make 6 to 10 windshield wiper picks with 1 cutoff wheel.

[Chrispy]

maxi pack eh ? can you get em in the womens hygeine section?

If you can make picks with those type of maxi packs, then you're a lot more skilled than I gave you credit for.

[skold]

The fiber glass reinforced ones are the disks i use for cutting het pick into the basic shape, the thinner ones are used for finishing touches.

[riskable]

I haven't attempted to make a pick yet, but one thing I can say for sure: The wheels that come with the Dremel suck and will break much more easily than aftermarket ones (even the same type/brand).

Those initial 10 or so they give you when you buy a Dremel are just plain not as good.

[mckutzy]

dont forget to use the highest speed setting, im assuming u are doing this wade. i have found if u dont the wheel will just crumble do to stress.

[c1187w]

Don't put too much weight on the blade. It can cause it to crack. Dremels are far from the ideal tool for making picks. Be sure to wear safety glasses, because those wheels break easily.

[mike-z]

yeh i made a fue picks with a dremel because its the only tool i can get my hands on and ive broken many of wheels i just use the drill tool to do as much as i can because i dont want to break all the wheels

[treboR]

I have yet to break a cutoff wheel while making a pick.

[mike-z]

your a lucky one

[Greyflex]

I use the large brown disc. It is much thicker than the fiberglass wheels and wears down much slower.
Someone's else post said that the tungsten carbide cutting tip was much faster than cutting wheels. So I bought one..... and it can barely even scratch a hacksaw blade. Total waste of 9 dollars. I musta bought the wrong kind.

"Dremels are far from the ideal tool for making picks."

If a dremel tool isn't ideal for making picks, can you tell us what is (aside from a computer-controlled milling machine)?

Anyone who is breaking wheels is either doing something wrong or has a bad batch of wheels.

You are grinding on the edge of the wheel, not the top or bottom, right?