polishing thread?

[Oddjob]

Never thought of a flexible drill chuck, you have any links to it. I do prefer the Dremel though, especially with the flexible extension as it's so small and light. The new flap wheels are mounted on 1/4" stems and the stems are made long, really long on some. I cut one down and fitted it into a drill on a stand, got a rough file and just held it against the stem until it was thin enough to go in the Dremel, the drill though does have more HP and could work for when you need that extra ummph.

The good news is that the flap wheels are that dear, £2.65 each, just noticed they do a 40, 60, 80, 120, 180, 240 and 320 and they all use the same threaded stem. I'm going to try a 40, 60 and 120 to see how they perform, the rough ones could come in handy when the parts really bad.

[Laverdaroo]

I dont sadly, it was my old fella's and hes been gone 20 years. I'll have a look later and see what I can find thats similar.

[Oddjob]

Found a couple Roo. Might get one and see if it's better than the Dremel, some of them I wouldn't want anywhere near alloy as if the chuck catches it's really gonna dig in. I've found one that looks like the Dremel extension but the chuck only goes to 3mm, might give that a go. Shame as the new stems are 4mm.

[Laverdaroo]

He was a mad wood turner and all things craft like so it would have come from some woodworking place I would have thought. The irony is that I cant find mine at the min in the abyss that is my workshop, garden shed/fishing tackle store! looking forward to having a bit more space,I must admit.

[McCabe-Thiele (Ted)]

Spent another hour on the hub in two half hour stints so after 1 hr 30 minutes since I started this is how it looks.


Starting to loose the will to carry on - in some light it looks worse.

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after another hour by Macabe Thiele, on Flickr

[Oddjob]

TBH that's looking fine, ok so there are some marks but now you need to step up the fineness of the brushes you're using. What did you use to get that finish?

I told you that bolt would be stuck didn't I? Gotta get it out now Ted before you go any further, got Max making some out of stainless so even if you ruin it getting it out it's not the end of the world.

Seriously, keep at it, I did say you'd be asking yourself what you had started and how you wished you hadn't, again and again. That's the inexperience talking, I went through it, Roos going through it and so will everyone else, I'd be pleased with that, sure there are some rough patches but you just need to use finer and finer brushes, trim the edge down with a flap wheel where it's broken, give it a shape, round the edges off so it looks like it should be like that.

I'd say another 3-4 hours and that will be fine.

Get some wire brushes for the Dremel, NOT brass, waste of time brass brushes, get forward facing wire brushes, metal ones, get into the centre of those rivets and get all that rust and corrosion out, get into the corners where the flange starts, smooth out those scraggy bits you can see.

It's coming on Ted, you may have the knack 

[McCabe-Thiele (Ted)]

I've been using light blue then for the last half an hour white.

The brake steady arm bolt is well stuck - tried to press it out in the vice jaws by using a socket that just goes over the threads (9mm) and a large one on the other side that clears where it should emerge - no joy.

Currently giving it some releasing fluid again. Not tried heat yet.

[Laverdaroo]

Feeling your pain Ted but chuckling quietly as I'm10 hours ahead of you!

Just stick with it buddy, all of a sudden it willbecome less than a waste of time, I promise..............Ken said!



Least you'll be all 'Buff' for Wendy with those super toned arms and newly found, vice like grip

[Nurse Julie]

I cant believe with the current price of electricity, that so much time is being spent on polishing. I am a novice polisher, I've done a few big bits over the years for Graham, under his guidance and I'm sure it never took so many hours. At that rate, it would cost £500 to get a professional polisher to do a brake plate at that hourly rate 😂😂😂😂I've just done half of this end cap, it took me less than 2 minutes and it hasn't had a final polish yet. This was just using a satin mop and a stage 2 soft mop, with no cutting back.

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[Laverdaroo]

Yeah, all very well Julie but Ive nothing else to do at the min so it doesnt matter and most of mine is by hand. Saying that, If I can rig myself upto the grid on an elbow driven dynamo, I could sell them bit back to the grid maybe?

That back plate, although from Gary so not part of the original scrap I started on, still looked like it had been shot peened before I started. It still looks shot peened.............just flat and shot peened

In my defense, I'm crap at it, rather somebody else do it, only an antique bench grinder and a rapidly forming OCD complex sofinding it very hard.........Oh and I detest it, did I mention that bit? But stuck with nowt to do so gritting my teeth and getting on with it..
Besides is southern blues night on Planet Rock so Ive got til midnight to fiddle about as the LHG is working at the pub tonight


Didnt you want your cam caps flat then, just shiny?

[Nurse Julie]

Nah, I was just playing around in the workshop Roo. If I wanted a 'proper' job on them, Graham would cut them back first with a palm sander, then use a satin abrasive mop and a 2 stage polish. Like yourself though, I absolutely detest polishing , it's a dirty, fluffy job and I'm usually to busy with other things to concentrate for long enough.

[Laverdaroo]

Yeah and the irony is that youre doing it, look up and see something and go, "oo, shiny" and fiddle with that instead for half an hour.


You must be bloody bored! I'd rather dance barefoot on broken glass than do this;D

I'm just revving myself up to go out there shortly....I'm being given 'stink-eye' by the dog as she knows shes coming with me

[Sesman]

Oh er. Satin abrasive mop…Julie…

[McCabe-Thiele (Ted)]

I cant believe with the current price of electricity, that so much time is being spent on polishing. I am a novice polisher, I've done a few big bits over the years for Graham, under his guidance and I'm sure it never took so many hours. At that rate, it would cost £500 to get a professional polisher to do a brake plate at that hourly rate 😂😂😂😂I've just done half of this end cap, it took me less than 2 minutes and it hasn't had a final polish yet. This was just using a satin mop and a stage 2 soft mop, with no cutting back.

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Okay Julie what is a Satin Mop?

What is a Stage 2 mop?

[Sesman]

Sorry, I’ve gone all Leslie Philips.