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polishing thread?
mickwinf:
the problem with the exhausts is the access for polishing, not easy to get to. Anything is possible but most companies would not spend hours and hours as price would be prohibative.
mickwinf:
By the way this thread is costing me a fortune buying all these products!
Laverdaroo:
Chrome definitely for this build. The 400 pipes were always going to be black but these need to be chrome. I know theyre not going to be factory finish but when youre this deep into it as you know you might as well get it done as best as you possibly can. It would be rude not to.
I'm not even sure if you can split these pipes, I suspect not but even so, I think its going to be eons with wet and dry belts and poking about getting black with theseisnt it. The piccie is a bit duff unless you zoom in. I'll take another of the really crap bits ;D
By the way this thread is costing me a fortune buying all these products.........goooood, youre doing it right then! ;D
It would'nt be fun if it wasnt dear ;D ;D ;D :-[
Oddjob:
Sorry for this Mick but I've just been in the garage flatting down since 2pm. I've been doing not only my own bike but my lads new VT1100C I bought from DS. It's a 1985 model so it's getting on a bit and the PO has clearly been using this for touring around on as the grab rail has bloody great lumps missing of the edges where straps etc have rubbed them away. The grab rail is 3 parts, 2 side rails bolted to a top loop, all alloy with decorative reflective inserts along with a padded back rest etc. Took it apart and attempted to do the usual with it, the finish on it is frankly awful, where you can't see or wouldn't bother to look, like the underside, Honda didn't even bother to do anything, there are grinding marks where excess alloy was ground off so it wouldn't cut your fingers etc but these marks were just left, bloody great track marks across the alloy. My lad wanted to have a go at doing these himself so I gave him one side to do along with a spare Dremel, he didn't do a bad job TBH but comparing mine with his showed where he'd skipped bits or just didn't have the patience to do a proper job, the youth of today eh ;D ;D
Anyway, I took over and got them reasonable, did a small area with the polisher and it didn't turn out great so back to the Dremel again. This time however I was through with mucking about and being gentle with it, out came the 80 grade flap wheels, not a bad choice as it happens as a lot of the rail is flat with just chamfered edges between the 2 flat parts. These really made a big difference, the surface was flatter than with the brushes, which is a problem with them, and I did the top loop and one side and then went over them to remove sanding marks with a red disc until I was happy with them. The other side I hadn't touched until today, this I decided to do differently. I did the first flat with the normal 80 flap wheel but then I got my secret weapon out, some finer flaps wheels I'd bought some months ago but never really used, 3 grades, 180, 240 and 320, did the rail with the 180 first, just did a small area to see how it would come out, oh my what a difference, it went flat, just a few sanding marks left, onto the 240, went flatter still and started to shine, always a good sign, finally the 320, well it looks awesome, really smooth, quite shiny like a first polish. I can't wait to do the rest of that rail and see how it comes out, I'm impressed.
However.
There is a snag, the flap wheels don't fit the Dremel, they weren't made for the Dremel, the shaft they fit onto is too thick for the Dremel. So I'd bought them to see if I could adapt them and even without a lathe I figured out how to do it, not great but it works.
I'll post some pics when the side rail is done and also a link to the new flap wheels, I think they'd be ideal for the brake plate Roo as it's flat and big so no tricky little intricate areas to negotiate.
Laverdaroo:
They sound like a good do Ken, Cant you get a flexible drill chuck that takes that size shaft though? I have one thats like a dremel endbut doesdrill bits to 3/8", that goes into the cordless or powerdrill in the vice. Doing ot on a lathe would surely have your piece very close to the rotating chuck giving you restricted manouvering room?
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