sheridanman Report post Posted July 20, 2008 hi guys! a lot of times when we use the wooden wheel and attach it to a drill or somekind of rotating jig, teh problem i hear here is teh hole a the center can get busted in the course of time since its wood or if plastic it gets loosed theread and gets the holes at the center of the wheel bigger. one solution i found is use pulley wheels made of steel the holes at the center can be fitted to the exact drill bit size kinda jig for your rotating drill or what have you and the wheels of pulleys have different widths. i have a problem with tools since i live in an area whre leathercrafting is not so popular and i jsut live with what i can get my hands on. 90% of the tools i use i make on my own , i fabricate them acoording to what i think that make it work for my work on leatehr adn mostly guesses and hunches lead me to cheaper fabrications coz in the first place finding the funds to buy my tools from the states is a long shot in my case. because i need to burnish a 1/4 thick of two leathers glued together from two 1/8 leathers i need a wider wheel kinda thing. so i looke around and started thinking what is the best tool to fabricate a burnishing wheel and when i saw a picture of what a burnishing wheel looks like a pulley wheel came in to my mind and i got one for like a dollar at the only hardware store here in my area. i got the wheel out of the pulley jig and tried it and it did burnish all i did was attach it to a bit that will hold it together on the drill. hope this helps just thought i'd share something i stumbled on that would help others here have something that will last. it did for me. thanks!---ritch Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HandyAndy Report post Posted July 23, 2008 You could probably use those little round cabinet knobs too. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
