{"id":2312,"date":"2009-01-29T02:23:13","date_gmt":"2009-01-29T10:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=2312"},"modified":"2014-12-08T13:10:52","modified_gmt":"2014-12-08T21:10:52","slug":"polymer-clay-tutorial-felt-buffing-wheels-dremel-tool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/polymer-clay-tutorial-felt-buffing-wheels-dremel-tool\/2312\/","title":{"rendered":"Making A Felt Buffing Wheels for a Dremel Tool"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Vid #92: But Beware… Not All Felts Are Suitable For Buffing Polymer Clay Beads:
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If for no other reason, the rotary Dremel tool is worth having around for doing high speed buffing of your polymer clay jewelry beads. In a previous tutorial I talked<\/span> about how to save some money by making your own buffing wheels<\/a> out of canvas or denim material.<\/span><\/p>\n

The canvas buffing wheels work very well. However, I had heard of other people getting longer life out of buffing wheels made from felt. This was intriguing to me.<\/span><\/p>\n

So I did some experimenting and ended up finding out that not all felts will work for buffing polymer clay. In fact one I tried actually started melting my clay beads :(
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I also figured out that using a common nail for the spindle of your buffing wheel works just as well as the expensive store bought spindles.<\/span><\/p>\n

If you want to learn how to make a felt buffing wheel for your Dremel Tool, I’ll be posting a tutorial video in the members library later this week. But you can watch a preview clip of that tutorial right now by scrolling down on this page a bit. Or just click here<\/a> to go straight to the preview clip video player.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The full version of the “Felt Buffing”<\/strong> preview video shown above, is available for purchase at my Polymer Clay Bead Making Videos<\/a> Library in the Volume-008 Back Issue Package.<\/strong>
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In the <\/span>“<\/strong><\/span>Dremel Felt Buffing Wheel<\/strong><\/span>” <\/strong><\/span>video I walk you step by step through the process of making this unique bead shape. Specific topics covered in the video include:<\/span><\/p>\n