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polishing thread?
Oddjob:
--- Quote from: Nurse Julie on November 10, 2022, 07:41:39 PM ---I cant believe with the current price of electricity, that so much time is being spent on polishing.
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A Dremel, even the most powerful Dremel is less than 200W, that means you can use it for 5 hours and you'll use 1 unit of electricity, that's around 16p approx. Hardly going to break the bank.
If you polish just using polishing compound and a polishing machine you'll just end up with a nice shiny piece that will look awful very very quickly as you've just sealed in all the contaminants hiding under the surface, these rise to the surface within weeks and the piece looks like it has leprosy. You can actually see them in your pic, those lighter grey areas. You also won't get rid of the gouges or scratches.
Nurse Julie:
--- Quote from: Oddjob on November 10, 2022, 08:35:08 PM ---
--- Quote from: Nurse Julie on November 10, 2022, 07:41:39 PM ---I cant believe with the current price of electricity, that so much time is being spent on polishing.
--- End quote ---
A Dremel, even the most powerful Dremel is less than 200W, that means you can use it for 5 hours and you'll use 1 unit of electricity, that's around 16p approx. Hardly going to break the bank.
If you polish just using polishing compound and a polishing machine you'll just end up with a nice shiny piece that will look awful very very quickly as you've just sealed in all the contaminants hiding under the surface, these rise to the surface within weeks and the piece looks like it has leprosy. You can actually see them in your pic, those lighter grey areas. You also won't get rid of the gouges or scratches.
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Yes Ken, I did say I didn't flatten it off. I was waiting to give Graham a hand with something in the workshop and just started faffing on the wheel. I was just hoping to show to others what a professional polishing kit can achieve in less than a minute.
Sesman:
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Oddjob:
Phil, you are a master of the unintelligible.
Sesman:
I know. Think double entendres….
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