Thread: Eurotool Benchtop Polisher

Like I said above, most big box home stores carry the two speed Delta or equivelent, which runs at 3600 and 1750. Priced around $80. You will not find anything, other than the spendy ones, that run at 1100. Harbor Freight has two speeds for less than the Delta, and not quite as good quality. If you use smaller wheels, you get an effective lower foot per minute speed, which is what you want. I use a Delta at 1750 and 4 inch wheels. This works just fine. The advantage of the spendy one is that you can use 6 or 8 inch wheels, and the greaseless compound will last longer before you need to re-apply.
Good luck!

If you try using greaseless compound (and you will) you're going to burn out the motor applying the compound. You will not be happy with 1/6 horsepower, I guarantee you.

I bought the cheapo harbor freight orange buffer and have run two blades from emory-scatchless compound and got great results. Coming from buffing paint on cars; which is a hell of a lot easier to burn through, anything under 3,500rpm is fine, I usually ran mine between 2,000-2,500rpm. You're only just barley moving the razor over the wheel not pushing it in like a dremel felt pad; if you do that it's going air born. If you have to put much pressure on the wheel, then you need to reapply your compounds. As far as greaseless compound, just dunk the blade in water every other pass and don't try and use it like a grinding wheel and you'll be fine. These are the same buffers in Glen's workshop as well. The greaseless compounds are like paste sandpaper for removing surface imperfections, not regrinding the razor.

Here are some other alternatives...........

http://straightrazorpalace.com/works...ng-razors.html

http://straightrazorpalace.com/workshop/88502-tapered-thraded-mandrel-buffer-sander-finished.html

and here.....

http://straightrazorpalace.com/works...on-sander.html

I appreciate the links but 'build it yourself' buffers are way beyond my limited abilities! I think I'm going to go the safe but expensive Caswell route. I hate to drop the money but I do like the idea of an 1100 rpm turnkey solution

Thanks for all of the tips, it was greatly appreciated.

I'm getting ready to buy the buffer but I have a quick question about the wheels. Should I get the loose cotton 6"x1/2" shown here?

I use those loose wheels only with red rouge for final polishing, but only because I already had them. I prefer sewn cotton wheels for the red and white rouge and sisal for anything coarser than that (emory or greaseless compounds).

Just like Columbo, one more thing...

I was looking at the stickies on polishing but really couldn't tell what kind of polish to get for this buffer. I'll have two wheels so I guess that I need to get one courser and one finer but I have no clue as to paste, bar, type, grit. Does Caswell have anything that I can buy along with the buffer?

Is this the wheel that I should get then? I also understand that I should get red and white rouge; does Caswell sell this? I poked around on their site and didn't find it. Can anyone tell me where I might find it? I saw red here and white here. Is this what I'm looking for?