Need Bench Buffer Technique tips

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Nomad2day

Longhair Redneck Geek
Got a 1/2 hp, 6 inch , dual shaft bench buffer a few weeks ago.
Need some tips on polishing out the aluminum.
I bought three compounds #3 brown "cutting", #4 White "polishing" and #5 Green "high polishing" and a separate wheel for each one. 2 of the wheels are spiral and one more of a flapper or not sewn all the way out to the end. I used the #5 on it.
The smaller pieces seem to cut and then buff out pretty good where you really do not see the lines it cut into it to start with. Now the triple trees are another story. I cannot seem to get them to polish out the lines.
Perhaps the wheels have wore down too much. The flapper wheel seems to scratch it more than buff it out to a fine finish so I may have to try and use something different.
Anyway, I am open to all the knowledge out there...and thanks ahead of time.
Neil
 

Raywood

The Pirate
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Neil, I've been looking for a 2 wheel machine also for the same thing you are using it for.

Eastwood's has a pretty good help file on polishing. It's a bit long but tells you how to mount the buffers and what compounds and such.

When you get it down pat let us know and we will all start sending you our parts!

:cheers:

Eastwood Co. - Metal Polishing and Buffing
 

Nomad2day

Longhair Redneck Geek
Works for me Ray.....Not that I have not been cleaning the bike up, I have, but I need to start putting some of it back on sometime here soon and then I can hop on your stuff...:2thumbs:



 

Guillaume

Active Member
Hi I bought also the buffer mach and went on the internet how I buffing metal , and they tell you how to do it and wich stuff to use.
 

Nomad2day

Longhair Redneck Geek
Neil, I've been looking for a 2 wheel machine also for the same thing you are using it for.
Ray,
I bought mine at the local Harbor Freight store. I gave about $75 for both the dual shaft bench buffer 3600 rpm that comes with a couple of 6 inch wheels and the standard pedestal to mount it on...
 

Raywood

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Ray,
I bought mine at the local Harbor Freight store. I gave about $75 for both the dual shaft bench buffer 3600 rpm that comes with a couple of 6 inch wheels and the standard pedestal to mount it on...
Thanks, that's where I've been looking at them and I even have a HF store near me. I'll check it out.

:cheers:
 

seatmaker

Well-Known Member
Holy ^&*%# Nomad, if that were my bike I'd be out of the 09 season trying to figure out how to put it all back together.
 
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Nomad2day

Longhair Redneck Geek
Ray,
Here is the one I bought from them..

Seatmaker,
You mean elves ain't coming in the night to put it back together..:eek:


 

bdmridgeback

Low Down Chop Shop
You need a real plush wheel for finish polishing. That wheel you have is a cutting wheel and you'll never be able to get the marks out. The wheel should have anywhere from an 1" to 2" of soft plush material for finish work.
 

erldawg

Guru
Works for me Ray.....Not that I have not been cleaning the bike up, I have, but I need to start putting some of it back on sometime here soon and then I can hop on your stuff...:2thumbs:



Yausa Nomad... I hope you numbered all those parts... It's been years since I've done anything that detailed and I'd be afraid it wouldn't go back together....

:cheers: :2thumbs: :eek:
 

Nomad2day

Longhair Redneck Geek
You need a real plush wheel for finish polishing. That wheel you have is a cutting wheel and you'll never be able to get the marks out. The wheel should have anywhere from an 1" to 2" of soft plush material for finish work.
Thanks Jake for the heads up...
Here are the three wheels that I am using. From left to right " cutting to polishing" #3 brown, #4 White, #5 Green and you can tell by the number of threads each gets looser.
The Eastwood catalog says to move at 90 degree angles when you change polishes which I did not. Kept going in the same direction....:loony:
Thanks,
Neil

 
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