Thread: Walking a W&B though the Buffers - Illustrated

Originally Posted by spazola

Thanks for the post. I like your setup, it is well though out.

Now if you had just one more buffer............mwhooohaha

Charlie

Who would have thought there was BAD ? .... buffer acquisition disorder !!!

Originally Posted by Mijbil

very slick. glen, would you mind saying a bit about these formax compounds? can you use them with a dremel wheel or regular orbital buffer? can you use them profitably by hand? how do you find they compare to other methods, e.g. plain sandpaper? and what about the tumbler method *you* invented? I'm particularly curious about the fomax - I have had some amazing luck with stuff called micro-gloss, made by MicroMesh and rated at 1 micron, which works amazingly well as a fixer-upper and finisher on just about anything - wood, bone, horn, metal, plastic....so it got me thinking about other sorts of abrasive compounds intsead of the damned sandpaper. thanks very much.

The greaseless compounds are a setup all in themselves they are a glue base and melt onto the wheels.. You would have to have some torque to "load" the wheels so I would guess that they are a buffer only compound...
They actually need to be pre-loaded before use, on bad razors I use two wheels of 80 grit so I can bounce between the two...

As to the Tumblers many of the guys have increased their use by using heavier duty abrasives in them I still use the original stuff and basically I use them mostly as polishers only, they really shine on razors that I want to keep the etching on...

Now with use of the buffers I have eliminated 90% of my sandpaper usage and in my case I probably come out ahead in cost after a few razors

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

One heck of a setup and a great demonstration but inquiring minds want a look inside the gun safe in the background.

Jimmy as soon as the pics loaded and I saw that in the background, I said "Whoops should had that opened"

Originally Posted by Slartibartfast

Nice Glen. The last buffer, the motor with the big loose wheel on it. What do you use that for?

Ben that is for the final polishing I actually put the compound on the razor then buff it off (a few times)...

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

Who would have thought there was BAD ? .... buffer acquisition disorder !!!

OH just wait till Lynn sees the pics,, the "Buffer" gauntlet has been thrown down

Originally Posted by BingoBango

Very cool! Thanks for walking through the steps! A great example of the finishes that can be expected from different compounds.

Any chance someone can get this in the wiki? Would be a great addition...

Actually although it might be Wiki worthy I would really prefer to not put it there until after the rest of the other Buffer guru's have some time to read it and add more tips... People like Lynn, Max, Joed, Brad, Aquanin, & many others I can't think of this early in the morning, they all use buffers to my knowledge and probably have a tons of great info to add... It will however be added to the Workshop Sticky later today

Thanks, Glen. Fascinating. Do you ever find other fun things to buff? Shoes? Heads? Children?

Oh... That thing turned out GORGEOUS... I really wish I could find some of these antique razors you guys keep turning up...

Do fingertips count ??????

Originally Posted by Mijbil

Do you ever find other fun things to buff? Shoes? Heads? Children?

You should see all the buffed, polished and shined up cars at 'Rokstad Ford - Mercury'!

Thx G bro for sharing those wonderful pics with our members...

I guess I better make this really clear here too, You only need one buffer....
I am admittedly a lazy SOB that hates changing wheels, and I have the room to do this, but I don't want to even count the razors that were done on just that 1725 motor and a ripped down grinder...

Thanks for bring up my name Glen! It's going to be a while till I can contribute to this thread. Scanning through it in between work isn't the same as contributing. I may be able to find some time over the weekend.

Nice job on the topic and the pics! Love your shop! I only gots three and a half motors and the shop needs to be re-built this summer. And, you are correct in that only one motor and one spindle are required. Everything else just speeds up the work since you don't have to change wheels on the motor.

sure, fingertips count - if they get shiny, glossy, buffed!

also: 1) really curious to see t'OTHER side of the clean baby, with the beautiful sparkling etching? dont be like those ebay sellers who "forget" to show a picture of the blade.

and: 2) thinking about the compounds....this inspired me to go and order the dremel (the tumbler should be here tomorrow - see, and I havent even started playing with that!), and I know you can use the jewelers comopunds you use later on (e.g. rouge, emery, etc) with the dremel, so why not the fromax? I mean, a spinning wheel is a spinning wheel, right? thought it does seem like the fromax only comes in HUGE bars. do you know anything else that comes in the range of grits like that (i.e. that can be a sandpaper substitute, not just a polisher/buffer substitute)? thanks again...sorry for all the questions in your giggle thread