Flap wheels part 2

**JoshEarl** · 03-12-2007, 04:27 PM

I'm thinking I'm going to use the flap wheels for the heavy lifting and Jason's drum sanders for the heel and edge. That is, if I can get them to quit flying apart on me...

**JoshEarl** · 03-12-2007, 04:30 PM

What you're describing sounds the same as what I'm experiencing, but you seem to be able to get more of the blade than I can. I basically have to do the entire face with the wheel rotating into the edge... scares the crap out of me.

Josh

**scarface** · 03-12-2007, 05:49 PM

Originally Posted by JoshEarl

... scares the crap out of me.

Josh

It should!!

-whatever

-Lou

**johnmw1** · 03-12-2007, 09:58 PM

Originally Posted by scarface

It should!!

-whatever

-Lou

Be Geez Lou,

I think you've scared the crap out of me just looking at that. I may have to re think the whole flap wheel thing. It does look like you can still reclaim it though, just not the 6 or 7/8 that it is at the moment, hopefully anyway.

Was the photo taken in a new light box?

John

**FiReSTaRT** · 03-12-2007, 10:11 PM

It may be best for all of you unsure about doing this to wait for my short video-tutorial. There is a good chance I could have something rough and dirty ready by tonight.

**scarface** · 03-12-2007, 11:07 PM

Originally Posted by johnmw1

Be Geez Lou,
... It does look like you can still reclaim it though, just not the 6 or 7/8 that it is at the moment, hopefully anyway.

John

I don't know....how long do you think it would take to hone that chip out on my Swaty?? (feel free to round up to the nearest decade!)

Originally Posted by johnmw1

Was the photo taken in a new light box?

John

u-u-u-u-u-h-h-h.....no....I know we talked about that, but I never got around to putting one together....no, the photo was taken on my workbench with me standing on a chair trying to get far enough away for the auto-focus to kick in with the lens zoomed all the way in and the flash on and one foot on the dog and ......well....I need to do one of those light boxes..

-whatever

-Lou

**FiReSTaRT** · 03-13-2007, 01:44 AM

Just letting you gentlemen know that I have a very rough unscripted video ready. I'm trying to convert the MOV file to AVI and have it down from 80MB to the manageable size of 10 or so. Unfortunately the freeware converter's crap and it stretches the video stream 10x longer so I'm using a shareware one with nag lettering, but everything is still visible. I have a few things to say before I post it..
1) The carpeting is getting an overdue replacement with laminate this spring.
2) Make sure you keep the razor flat to the surface while working on it
3) Please pay special attention to how I start the face side of the blade.

**vulcano** · 03-13-2007, 04:03 PM

Hello...

This is the video tutorial made by FireStart

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLUDR2IrVLM

**JoshEarl** · 03-13-2007, 04:25 PM

As soon as this video started playing, I started laughing. You know what my problem is? I got the wrong flap wheels.

Firestart said to get the 1.5" wide by .5" long ones. I interpreted this wrong; mine are long and thin, like cigarettes. Doh!

I'm off to Widget Supply to get the correct version.

Josh

**FiReSTaRT** · 03-13-2007, 04:42 PM

Thanks Victor. Another thing I didn't do quite well on the video was compensate for the skipping. If you feel that the wheel is skipping, it's giving an uneven finish. In that case you have to go over the area again, but smoothly.

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