Tapered /thraded mandrel buffer sander is finished! :)

**randydance062449** · 09-23-2012, 10:57 PM

I thought I would start a new thread on this since the original thread is now so long.
Here are pics of the straight razor buffer /sander I just finished building using a tapered & threaded mandrel made by our guy Geezer.
It is 1 1/2" stainless steel mandrel that has been precision ground.
The motor is a 1/4 hp running at 1750 rpm. The felt buff on the right side is 2" diameter and even on the highest speed, ~ 2000 rpm, I do not notice any wobble. What is nice about this setup is that there is a lot of clearance for the razor as I buff or sand it and by using the step pulleys it gives me a range of speeds that are suitable for the various tasks. I did not include any pics of the sanding wheels yet. I will post those in the future. Then I will make a video of it in use.

**randydance062449** · 09-23-2012, 10:58 PM

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**Tarkus** · 09-23-2012, 11:12 PM

That is just the coolest thing ever!!!

**regularjoe** · 09-24-2012, 01:02 AM

Although you've put two colors together that we'd never see in a field here in my neck of the woods, that's a darn fine machine. If you keep on with this thing, I'm gonna be PM'ing Geezer right quick for my own first piece of that puzzle.

**skipnord** · 09-24-2012, 11:41 PM

Looking good, Randy. How did that big machine with the long shaft you scored on ebay turn out?

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