Thread: Middle of the road buffer

There is a lot of talk in the workshop about Dremel tools and full size buffers. I like to use something that falls in the middle. I have do not feel comfortable using a Dremel on blades and a buffer well (lets just say I have become attached to my fingers and would like to keep them that way). I like to use tapered arbor on a motor or on my lathe with small buffs. The small diameter buffs and lowish rpms make for a low feet per minute on the surface of the buff. A tapered arbor on an old electric motor makes for a fine, safe abet a little slow buffer. It is the feet per minute that the surface of the wheel that matters not the rpm of the motor.

Charlie