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Thank you all for your help!

I tried going to power burnishing with a dremel a while back, but it vibrated way too much, even at very low speeds. I bought the burnisher from ebay, but maybe it was off center? I tried to reach out to see if that was the case and no luck.. Anyway, worried about a drill press wobbling off the work bench if the dremel shook that much - and when I came across the Weaver and Cobra, they seem sturdy enough to not do that. But I'll start looking into good drill presses! Home Depot or Online are really the only choices I have. If yall have a preferred model, please send along :)

 

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2 hours ago, JJDD said:

Thank you all for your help!

I tried going to power burnishing with a dremel a while back, but it vibrated way too much, even at very low speeds. I bought the burnisher from ebay, but maybe it was off center? I tried to reach out to see if that was the case and no luck.. Anyway, worried about a drill press wobbling off the work bench if the dremel shook that much - and when I came across the Weaver and Cobra, they seem sturdy enough to not do that. But I'll start looking into good drill presses! Home Depot or Online are really the only choices I have. If yall have a preferred model, please send along :)

 

If it wobbled it either it was off center or your dremel was worn out (bearings). 

I'm not paying 80 bucks for a belt!!! It's a strip of leather. How hard could it be? 4 years and 3 grand later.... I have a belt I can finally live with.

Stitching is like gravy, it's only great if you make it every day.

From Texas but in Bossier City, Louisiana.

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I mostly do smaller projects like wallets and handbags and use several Dremels with various wooden slicker heads. I have done this for the last five or six years now, on a daily basis, and never had any issues or problems. The reason why I use more than one Dremel is to let them cool and not to have to spend time changing between different sized slicker heads. Thus, I never had to exchange any either.

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True. Maybe just time to give another makers Dremel burnisher a try. Going to try to contact the maker about it again; looks like they sell a lot, maybe I just got the bad one in the bunch.

 

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Pro edge burnishers make some pretty pieces.

I'm not paying 80 bucks for a belt!!! It's a strip of leather. How hard could it be? 4 years and 3 grand later.... I have a belt I can finally live with.

Stitching is like gravy, it's only great if you make it every day.

From Texas but in Bossier City, Louisiana.

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I've been using a Pro Edge burnisher in a Dremel with good results.  I plan to upgrade to the drill press set up for better control and convenience .  A drill press is a great tool for many jobs not only does it drill it presses.  Look at Leodis Leather videos with arbor presses.  Much of this work can be done with the drill press turned off.  You could use the chuck to hold punches, rivet setters, hot stamps and other tools.

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I would stay with American made, I have one of those kits that I bought off another member her and it works great, I also have the drill press one that I made, the only problem with it is I can start to hear the bearings a little more as they are not made for side torque.  Bit my drill press is a HF so not good quality to start with. 

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1 hour ago, OLDNSLOW said:

I would stay with American made, I have one of those kits that I bought off another member her and it works great, I also have the drill press one that I made, the only problem with it is I can start to hear the bearings a little more as they are not made for side torque.  Bit my drill press is a HF so not good quality to start with. 

I was reading somewhere that a guy replaces his hf drill press about every other year. He's happy with that schedule.

I'm not paying 80 bucks for a belt!!! It's a strip of leather. How hard could it be? 4 years and 3 grand later.... I have a belt I can finally live with.

Stitching is like gravy, it's only great if you make it every day.

From Texas but in Bossier City, Louisiana.

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ya that would probably work, but I don't use it as much and looking into another sander as I use a sanding drum in it more now than burnishing.

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I was doing the Dremel and burnisher attachment method and it just wasn't resulting in a good edge. So this is what I ended up doing:

-3/4HP Dual Shaft Electric Motor ($60 on CL)

-WEN bench Grinder Stand ($35 from Amazon)

-Pro Edge Motor Burnisher ($45 from Amazon)

I wanted to buy the Cobra or Weaver, but couldn't justify $500+ when I could build one for less than $150.   This is what I end up with and it makes glass edges with saddle soap and water.  3450 rpm and no issues.  You would have to be a moron to injure yourself. 

 

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