Thread: Mini polisher setup for the apartment dwellers (with pics)

I've seen post from others that want to do restorations but don't have a work space. I figured that I would share my setup and help you guys to get away from the rotary tools. Everything I need for 90% of what I do fits in the milk crate with room to spare. It only takes a few minutes to set up and it'll do just about anything you need for working on razors.

Heres whats in the crate.
-mini bench polisher. These are sold under different brand names and all look to be the same thing. 2000-7000rpm. Not much power, but you don't need much for razors.
-rake
-600 grit greaseless compound
-emery compound
-white rouge
-4 inch pinhole buffing wheels. Pinhole buffs are kind of hard to find. I get them from swmetal.com

I keep the buffs in large ziplock bags with their respective compounds. I have more greaseless compounds and wheels, but they are in a shoe box because I don't need them most of the time. I secure the polisher to a table that's attached to my webber grill using a bolt and a wing nut.

I'm not going to try to convince anyone that this in a great polisher, but for my situation it's perfect. If something happened to it I would order another one without thinking twice. My biggest complaint would be that the wheels sit too close to the motor housing, but I've learned to work around that.

Hope this post is helps some of my fellow apartment dwellers.

Heres a few pics