Comments on: 3M’s Roloc Surface-Finishing Kit

by: ambush27

Thu, 10 Apr 2008 03:45:22 +0000

Yeah I’ve used these, they’re great for removing gasket material.

by: Bart'sDad

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 03:12:37 +0000

Most automotive supply places also carry boxes of the discs in 25 counts. We go through these like water in the shop.

by: Gary

Sat, 05 Apr 2008 23:13:26 +0000

Grainger has these kits as well as replacement discs. Enven though Grainger is B2B, there is always a way you can purchase through them. Chances are, the company you work for has and account that you can use.

In some parts of the country, you can now order Grainger items through Lowes.

by: Brad Justinen

Sat, 05 Apr 2008 21:54:28 +0000

Try Qwest auto parts, they had a lot of Roloc discs including the bristle discs last time I was in there. If you don’t live near a Qwest then you can try Lowes, although its a nock-off brand, they sell 2″ discs that will work with the system.

by: Brau

Sat, 05 Apr 2008 11:15:11 +0000

Correction: Should have written “can’t use it in reverse”

by: Brau

Sat, 05 Apr 2008 11:13:53 +0000

I have one of these kits, have used it a lot for buffing metal, and really like it. However, the mandrel is cheap plastic and tends to crack, and you can use these in reverse (as is sometime necessary) because they thread in. That said, they’re cheap to replace if it breaks. I just wish more stores stocked the discs (most just stock the kit).

by: Martha Bastin

Sat, 05 Apr 2008 05:51:02 +0000

I am moving into a house with garage that I plan to turn into a woodworking shop where I can produce a very fancy, artistic ’stick horse” for children from 3 to 73, for play or for home decor or a smaller version for stable doors to post the occupants name. I don’t really need the pneumatic tools directly for this project, but indirectly, I need them very badly.

I am a 66 year old female who loves to work with wood. I was hit with a spinal cord injury about 3 1/2 yrs. ago that put me in a wheel chair. I still get around pretty good, but I’m going to need to build a ramp out of the house, saw horses, a work table, free standing shelves, since the garage is a masonary building, etc. As you can see, I certainly could put a nailer to use, big time!
M.B.

P.M. I really like the look of 3M’s Roloc Surface Finishing Kit also. Now that could work fine on my horses. These are going to be the most realistic and pretty “stick horses” you can imagine.

by: Martha Bastin

Sat, 05 Apr 2008 05:43:44 +0000

by: rmd

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 20:18:25 +0000

wait, the boeing surplus store closed? NOOOO!

i lived in seattle in the late 90’s, and it was one of my favorite places to get really odd tooling parts.