Diamond Dremel Wheels to grind flints

[roundball]

Found them at[url] WidgetSupply.com[/url]...here's a photo & info.
They are in the category of burrs & cutters...not 'grinders' as I had always been searching.
[url] http://www.widgetsupply.com/page/WS/PROD/dremel-diamond-wheel-1/BDL34[/url]

 

[bob1961]

thx rb :hatsoff: ..............bob

 

[Stony]

Actully with a Dremel, all you need is a silicon carbide grinding wheel, part number 85422. Grinds cool, I can hold the flint in my hand without needing any cooling agent such as water or oil.

 

[Bob Riegl]

:grin: Actually if you visit that site look for a "Mizzy" wheel---it will fit Dremels and it does a great job without getting hot---just wear protestive goggles. :v

 

[The Baron]

I keep coming here, and I keep learning useful stuff. Thanks guys! :hatsoff:

 

[Cruzatte]

Uh--excuse me for asking the obvious; but why does a guy need a grinding wheel to sharpen flints? I must be missing something here. I just use the spine of my knife, if all I need to do is put the edge back on a flint. :hmm:

Cruzatte

 

[paulvallandigham]

Cruz: This is not for knapping, or sharpening flints. This is for those damn flints that we get in a volume purchase with the sharp hump or point in the middle of the upper side of the flint, which makes it next to impossible to hold the flint correctly in the jaw of the cock. These tools will allow a shooter to cut those ' humps " off the flint, so that he has two parallel flats to be held in the top and bottom jaws of the cock, rather than one flat on the bottom, and a point on the top. I tried to hold such a flint in my lock, using both lead and leather wraps, and with a couple of strikes the flint would work loose, sideways, and fall out of the gun. It didn't matter how hard I cranked that screw down. I probably have a dozen such flints out of the first 100 flints I bought many years ago. With the cost of flints being what it now is, it would be nice to salvage those to use in my gun.

 

[roundball]

Uh--excuse me for asking the obvious; but why does a guy need a grinding wheel to sharpen flints? I must be missing something here. I just use the spine of my knife, if all I need to do is put the edge back on a flint. :hmm:

Cruzatte

It's about grinding off the high 'hump' on some flints to put a good flat spot on top, not sharpening the flint's edge

 

[Cruzatte]

Cruz: This is not for knapping, or sharpening flints. This is for those damn flints that we get in a volume purchase with the sharp hump or point in the middle of the upper side of the flint, which makes it next to impossible to hold the flint correctly in the jaw of the cock. These tools will allow a shooter to cut those ' humps " off the flint, so that he has two parallel flats to be held in the top and bottom jaws of the cock, rather than one flat on the bottom, and a point on the top. I tried to hold such a flint in my lock, using both lead and leather wraps, and with a couple of strikes the flint would work loose, sideways, and fall out of the gun. It didn't matter how hard I cranked that screw down. I probably have a dozen such flints out of the first 100 flints I bought many years ago. With the cost of flints being what it now is, it would be nice to salvage those to use in my gun.

Oh, OK. Gotcha. Yup, I was missing something.
Cruzatte

 

[davy]

Its all about the flint .. and removing the hump! :hmm: :shocked2: :thumbsup:

Davy

 

[mbw907]

Davy, We can always count on you for great visuals. Thanks Again! :thumbsup:

 

[2172]

RB...the wheels arrived today...worked well on two humpback flints...thanks, Hank

 

[roundball]

RB...the wheels arrived today...worked well on two humpback flints...thanks, Hank

:thumbsup:

 

[Deadeye]

You can rub off the hump on a piece of sandpaper but if you have a disk sander, it will take the hump off in a few seconds.