detail cleaning

[Alice in Wonderland]

Hi All
I had to use today my "special tools" for cleaning little nooks amd I wonder if anybody else uses those gadgets, I ask my Dentist what he did with the cleaning diggers? they are disposed off , well I could not let this happen so I got a lot of those all kind of different points etc., and are they ever useful for getting into little corners so I thought of you people who do this type of work more than I . has anybody used those???
Alice

[Mike-in-WV]

Wow, What a great idea Alice! Thanks, Mike

Yes Alice I have used those as well also I have used the ones that are a little thicker and sharpened them into some pretty good micro gouges. The steel in those tools is top notch and make great tools. I was also wondering about the bits they use for drilling i would imagine they would work very well.
ColinMotorcycle The reason I selected this smiley is that I rolled my 4 Wheeler last week so I thought it was appropriate. I learnt the hard way that the older you get the longer it takes to heal.Sad UnHappy

[big_Wayne_P]

Alice
that is a good idea getting them for free from youtr denist
and I do not have kids to take to the denist
course i have false teeth so I do not have to see the denist

they do sets of those pics
I have seen them in some catalogs

can also get them at auto parts stores

I have several small hooks or picks as you call them
from years ago when I worked in the textile mills
I have sed them for everything over the years and have a couple in my carving kit now
I also have a couple of small knifes that were made from other things
I do not use these as my reg carving knife but have them small for
doing small cuts or cleaning up
also use these little knives for ading in cleaning out the grooves in a stick from where a vine has growed up in it and made it a twistie

[Kenny_S]

Yeper, Use the picks to clean the little nooks and the are very effective. Good Idea getting them from your dentist. With the way they use them and as often, I bet they get rid of several a month.

[Randy48]

I use them as well. I bought a set of them and also a set of wax carving tools from Harbor Freight for a few bucks and sharped them up. They all work very well at getting into small tight spots!

Dental tools work great in a number of applications. My dentist has been supplying me for about 20 years now and I've shaped small detail knives, scrapers and used the different hooks to handle the rigging of my ship models, they do a great job of helping to reach those hard to reach lines and tighten the knots in just the right location. He even supplies me with burrs for my Foredom....very, very small burrs.....great for doing very , very small carving! Like on the bow and stern of my ships.

Bob

[oldbearx2]

I agree I also use the dental tools for my clay workups prior to making it out of wood. Hey Colin one question for you were you wearing your helmet? Sorry that's just the medic in me. Like they use to say on Hill Street Blues "lets be careful out there." oldbearx2

While you've got him saving the picks, you might give him a little box to throw his used burrs into. They work great in a dremel. Depending on the burr they are either carbide or diamond. I use them on steel and br**** so they should work on wood with no problem.

[Paul_Guraedy]

I have gotten quite a few bits from my dentist. My only complaint is that the shanks (at least the ones he gave me) are all very short. He throws them away when they are a long way from being worn out, at least as far as wood carving is concerned.