Post #340587 by sar1 on Fri, Oct 26, 2007 4:03 AM

On 2007-06-03 13:18, Benzart wrote:
I agree, the individuals are Much better quality than the big sets and the higher grits are better yet..I'm still using all mine. The 9.99$ for 20 sets from Harbor freight are the rough ones.

I purchased the 50 pc. burr set from Harbor Freight for $13.99 the large point set, the same set as offered by lopacki.com as I'm just getting started in stone carving and was looking at low price. What I found was that I did like the 100 mesh for faster material removal but, I also found that some of the burrs were not evenly coated especially the round tip barrel burrs. The same with the stone setting points tend to be dull at the very tip of the point. Some of the burrs are not true and you can see that after you have mounted the point to your rotary tool and run it, it will have a wobble and will chatter while trying to make a cut.

One thing I have learned so far about carving stone is knowing the hardness of the stone that you are working with. The harder the stone the slow the going. If you are just starting out in stone carving and don't know if you are going to stick with it for the long haul, you may want to use the cheap burrs to see if you like stone carving. Then find the burrs you like to work with the most and purchase the high quality ones separately.

I yet have to find a place to purchase Hongia inverted cone concave burrs or any Hongia burrs of any kind.

sar1