Cratex Rubberized Abrasives For Dremel

[chunger]

Hello,

I hope I'm not out of line to be posting this, but I figured I'd pass on my findings. I was looking to buy some Cratix rubberized abrasive polishing tips for dremel and had an insane price gap between 2 suppliers. Thought I'd pass it on so other people can benefit from saving a few bucks.

The #6 and #8 tips were selling at Brownells for ~13.00 each for all 4 grits.

The #6 and #8 tips are selling at Wholesale Tool for $00.36 each for all 4 grits. Look under "abrasives" in the sub-category "rubberized" at:

http://www.wttool.com

Newbie here. . . . hope I'm not passing on old news.

'Chung

[Julien Boit]

Hi Chung, welcome on the board.

Those things are really useful, I use them for polishing everything that need to be smooth (except for body parts ):

Chamber and feed ramp, breechface, mag lips etc...

I already thought brownells were expensive but not THAT way !

Thanks for the tip.

[L9X25]

I think that the Brownells price is for 25 points. That makes the price about 50 cents each, which is still double the price, but not quite as bad as originally thought.

Leo

[Flexmoney]

Chung...nice tip!

[texasag93]

Those little tips are great as long as you have a variable speed rotary tool. I had a sinlge speed tool and slung them across the room several times before going to Wall Mart and gettting a variable speed tool. TXAG

[jhgtyre]

Those little tips are great as long as you have a variable speed rotary tool. I had a sinlge speed tool and slung them across the room several times before going to Wall Mart and gettting a variable speed tool.    TXAG

Try taking a kratex (sp?) wheel in the chest at warp speed! Ouch! That is when I discoved that my Dremel offered LOW speed settings....

-ld

[a-44978]

i hAD no idea what they were even called.

Mucho thanks!

[InTheBlack]

How do the Cratex grit textures ( C,M,F & XF ) correspond to normal grit numbers?

rubberized abrasive items:

http://wttool.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?S...ory_Code=C06420

kits:

http://wttool.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?S..._Code=53501735p

Rubberized Abrasive Kit No. 777

Kit No. 777 contains 80 wheels and points equally assorted in four grit textures, plus four mandrels.

Contents:

8 Tapered Edge Wheels #2 - 5/8 dia.

8 Straight Wheels #44 - 1/2 dia. x 1/8 thick

16 Straight Wheels #74 - 7/8 dia. x 1/8 thick

8 Straight Wheels #86 - 1" dia. x 3/16 thick

16 Cylinder Points #6 - 7/8 L. x 1/4 dia.

16 Bullet Points #8 - 1" L. x 9/32 dia.

8 Bullet Points #10 - 5/8 L. x 3/8 dia.

2 Wheel Mandrels #3 - 1/8 shank

2 Point Mandrels #4 - 1/8 shank

Equally assorted in the Cratex grit texturees C, M, F & XF.

$50.22

Rubberized Abrasive Kit No. 778

Kit No. 778 contains two each of all eight Cratex point shapes equally assorted in four Grit Textures - a total of 64 points - plus two No. 4 and two No. 6 point mandrels.

Contents:

8 Cylinder Points #4 - 1/2 length x 1/4 dia.

8 Cylinder Points #6 - 7/8 length x 1/4 dia.

8 Bullet Points #8 - 1" length x 9/32 dia.

8 Bullet Points #10 - 5/8 length x 3/8 dia.

8 Bullet Points #11 - 1" length x 3/8 dia.

8 Tapered Points #12 - 7/8 length x 3/8 to 5/16 dia.

8 Tapered Points #14 - 7/8 length x 5/8 to 1/8 dia.

8 Bullet Points #15 - 7/8 length x 1/2 dia.

2 Point Mandrels # 4 - 1/8 shank

2 Point Mandrels #6 - 1/8 shank

Equally assorted in the 4 Cratex frit textures: C,M,F & XF.

Item 5350-1740 $53.90