Quote Originally Posted by Joe Lerch View Post
I don't have the patience either, but I discovered an alternative.

They're called "buffs", not buffing wheels, available from Dremel and Sears. They're not whels. They look like fibrous powder puffs, and they come in coarse (180), medium (280) and fine (320). I've found no doscussiion of them here or on Bill's CD, and I'm wondering why.

What I like about them is that they produce no scratch lines at all, and the 320 is not a bad finish, but I try for something approaching a mirror finish. In any case, the coarse will quickly take out most pitting I run into, and I'm left with a totally smooth surface. The coarse produces a good, healthy spark. I usually work my way up to the 320 and then jump to a 1K sandpaper (hand).
I've tried these too. I've found that as the 'puff' wears with use you start to get stray sections that file more than the rest. These stray sections do leave scratches in the blades I've worked on. However, I don't use them that much so perhaps with more time I might get more proficient with them.

Hand sanding is a bitch! I can not go a full 1hr with one grit as Vlad recommends. I don't have the patience, time or endurance!

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