Quote Originally Posted by walleyeman View Post
Very well done sir. Please keep us posted as to your results. Looks well thought out and rightfully purposed for your needs. I agree with Charlie on belts, pulleys, pillowblocks. Now if you combine that with some smoke and fire, sparks and spatter you have a man toy for sure!!

Ray
Ray, Thank You! Coming from a 4th generation Professional Machinist that is one of the highest compliments I've ever received! I know what a fussy SOB you are (if anyone hasn't seen the details that he puts into his brushes you won't understand).

I"m planning on trying some of the polishing compounds out on some chisels, pliers, knives etc to see how abrasive they are. I purchased some samples of different compounds and they are not greaseless.

I would like to point out that I just roll the belts from one pulley to the next and no tensioner is required. I'd tried to 'break in' the belts and then pulled them tight to locate where I should drill for the Speed Reducer and the Motor and it seems to have worked. They did stretch a tiny bit more but not bad. The 4" to 4" is much looser than the others due to there not being a difference in size between the pulleys. But with the buffer running and having leather gloves on I can't make the belts slip or the machine to start to bog down while gripping the shaft as tightly as I can.

To say that I'm pleased so far would be an understatement!

Again Ray, Thank you for the support! : : :