Thread: Buffing wheels out of round.

Originally Posted by Mike Blue

And this needs to be done carefully as both tools can produce exciting random events...

I'll have to remember that in the shop. Customers probably stomache "We've had an exciting random event involving your countertops" better than "Benjamin got the power cord tangled up in the 3hp router again, and you're going to have two sinks."


But great tips. I've always just raked wheels down, but I like the sound of this way more.

I'll give the dremel idea a try as I don't have a rake, and do my darndest to avoid those random events.
Thanks for the advise!

Originally Posted by BKratchmer

...I've always just raked wheels down, but I like the sound of this way more.

The rakes work pretty well on softer materials. I futzed around trying to get some 20 inch diameter wheels made of much harder felt to balance on my 3 hp buffer. At that size and power, any vibration will set teeth on edge and make the tool walk all over the place. None of the traditional methods or usual Red Green creativity was working. I called one of my buddies in Finland where I got the wheels and he told me how they did it. Now you guys get to benefit from a small world...