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Hi - I want to put a 3mm LED into a 3mm blind hole in acrylic. The sides don't matter, but I'd like the end of the hole polished, not necessarily flat, to let maximum light through. I'm currently imagining a Dremel with a cut-off mandrel with a tiny Brasso-soaked cloth somehow attached, but...

This is what I ended up getting. It doesn't give much of a feeling of cutting, but in an electric drill it does deburr if you lean into it a little. I don't think it would chamfer metal, but it might wood.

Ok, got it this time. Thanks again.

I took that advice and used it on ebay. There's something there that looks like what I want for £5+. I'll let you know how it goes. (Btw, I've had my cheap c'sinking bit for years, decades even, and it's still good, even after occasional severe use in steel. I suppose I was looking for a...

Ok fair enough. For deburring, yes, but I can't see eg the countersinking one getting very deep?

@ Inspector - yes, one of those looks like it would work, but maybe not with steel. I'm not sure about the peculiar "hand-cranking" arrangement, though, lol. Something wrong with an electric drill??

Hello. Is there something like an inside-out countersink bit, for deburring or chamfering the end of a rod? It's difficult to do it neatly with a file, or by twirling the rod on a belt sander. Thank-you, Graham

Mine (Record Power 4") cuts nice and straight with a new blade until I use that blade for a curve. After that, it takes a lot of guiding. However many times I tell myself to change the blade to one I've reserved for curve cutting, I still don't sometimes. Forget straight cuts with a blade that's...

Ok, thanks all!

Hi - I've had not much luck in the past with this, so decided to follow the instructions! Cleaned with white spirit & sanded, twice.. Now the stain seems to stick on ok, and doesn't go all blotchy. -- That's just an fyi for those like me, who thought it wouldn't make much difference. But...

Yes, but only old crappy-looking ones. Abbey England have the new, exact, correct hole-spacing, same thing, but their economic model prevents them selling it to me : ( The only other decent source I've seen in much googling is Leffler Leather in Australia, who I admit I haven't contacted yet...

Yes, well, thank-you. Silly me, I was looking for a joined-up one :)

@ Ollie: Ok, ta, good idea. I suppose I could also look on Freecycle for a suitcase to take the hinges from, if they're reuseable. I wonder why they're such a rarity..

Oh. Cough. I've already "Contacted Us" in no uncertain terms. :)

@ Jacob: I'm sorry to report that Abbey England which I initially thought was brilliant, faffed me about creating an account and refusing to accept my first ten password choices, then told me the postage for 4 hinges was 4.50 (ok, bearable, just about), THEN told me there was a minimum order of...

@ Jacob - sorry, I was eating, but... ok, gottit, fantastic, thanks! Or, in capitals, THANKS! :)

@ Doc Bob .. Hi - before posting here, I did a lot of scrolling on ebay, after 'case hinge' , but it still lists every possible kind of hinge, as alibaba seems to. That's why I thought to narrow it down by using the right name, if it had one! I'll try "suitcase hinge". Thanks.

Hi all, Am I lucky enough for someone to know if these hinges have a name? Thanks,

Thanks. In my case I don't usually need great accuracy, but I do like them to not break! HSS are better from that point of view, as well?