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Originally Posted by Smokin Joe
Dremel and final sanding is done with the green side of the wife's used dish sponge.
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That's called scotch-brite
I use it too as a machinist for fine finishes on aluminum and what not. The dish stuff is just a fine hair less abrasive then the lightest coarseness of pad Scotch-Brite actually sells to the industrial suppliers. Works wonders as well when used with plastic polish to get a really nice and professional looking semi-opaque finish on acrylics and most of the clear thermoplastics that I work with. If you can cut a disc of it (little sponge left is ok, or just buy the pads) and attach it to a dremel, it also works wonders for getting a high-gloss transparent finish on those same plastics, with liberal use of plastic polish and careful mind to turn or mill it correctly and use the right cutting fluid (mineral oil actually works best).
As for cutting Kydex for the rough work, I've successfully used the wood saw on my Leatherman Charge to good effect, works on PVC sheet as well. The shortness of the blade combined with the good grip from the leatherman actually makes it my preferred tool for remnant cutting for rough work. I don't make sheaths, but I've done ALOT of thin plastic work. The only down side is that the blade cuts at 3/16 thick, which leaves a lot to be filed/sanded/polished down. Only works for stuff 1/8 and thinner, more than that and the material keeps binding the saw when it flexes.