John Rodgers on fri 28 feb 03
Someone asked about best Dremel bits for grinding on ceramics.
I use a a Foredom Tool, which uses the small bits like Dremel, but it is
a more professional tool used in the jewelry and watch repair trades.
The bits though are the same.
For drilling a hole through a ceramic material I use carbide cutters.
For grinding glaze drips, removing burrs, etc. I use mizzi wheels. Mizzi
wheels are little rubber wheels impregnated with a carbide grit. You get
them from jewelry tool and material supply houses either via catalog or
visit a supply shop somewhere. The mizzi wheels come in various grits
and mount on a mandrel that you must chuck up in your tool . The mizzi
wheel is held to the mandrel by a screw. The mizzi wheels really will
grind away rapidly any glaze, but will not cut clay. To do that you will
need a hard wheel, which the mizzis are not. The mizzi wheels are
designed to wear away the glaze, but being rubber, will also rapidly
wear away themselves, so you will need to order them by the bunch, as
you will wear them out. But they are really sweet to work with when
removing glaze bumps, drips, and sharpe edges, etc.
You may find the mizzi wheels under a different name in supply catalogs,
but they are basically a small rubber wheel impregnated with carbide grit.
Here are a couple of links.
http://www.riogrande.com
http://www.goldandstone.com/suppliers/toolsupply.htm
Good Hunting.
John Rodgers
Birmingham, AL
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