Beall 3 wheel buffer for Shopsmith

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BigJIm

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Hi there. Remember me, a few weeks ago I was asking the group if anyone knew if there was a way to adapt the Beall 3 wheel buffer to a Shopsmith? Well, a machinist friend of mine made one for me, and it works just great. Emailing Beall, and talking to Shopsmith was no help. They said to do the single wheel trip. I should probably take a picture of it, maybe tomorrow, so you all can see it.
See ya Gang and keep up the good work!!!
Jim
 
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Probably more elegant than the 5/8 motor shaft coupling (with set screws) and a 5/8 by 16 threaded shaft stub (cut off bolt end) into a 5/8 by 16 threaded large drill chuck that drives the buffer shaft. Cut the morse taper off with a hack saw. Drill chuck is a big one -- 5/8 or 3/4 capacity.
 
I'll bet there is more than one SS owner out there who would like to see the details of your solution and a picture or two. Some of us non-SS people would like to see a picture asx well!!
 
Hi there. Yesterday, I took 3 pictures of the newly made shaft, and they turned out great. sorry, but I must figure out how to send them to the gang. Any ideas?
 
Hi there.
Well I was able to send 2 of the 3 pictures of the 3 wheel Beall buffing system on a Shopsmith, so look at "My Photos" in my member box and take a look. It works just beautiful in concert with my Jet Mini, all I have to do after turning a pen is remove the mandrel, turn around and buff away.
Jim
 
Big Jim, I am very interested in your unit. Would your machinist be interested in making more? My local guy gave me a very high price here. (over a hundred) With the boss in the house I cant go that high. I am sure that you could market several if your man can do it at a reasonable price.
 
Jerry sells the shaft ( http://www.bealltool.com/products/turning/threeon.php) as a separage item. I have a knock off with a smaller shaft than the 3/4 inch diameter that Jerry sells. The easiest machining cost will be to get a machinist to turn the morse taper section to 1/2 inche diameter for about an inch to 1-1/2 inches and mount the stub into a Shopsmith router bit chuck (http://www.shopsmith.com/ownersite/catalog/rm_routerchuckshield.htm). I may need to do that for my shopsmith as there are a few bucks off on shopsmith accessories right now. For this application, the turned down shaft does not need to be especially well finished, and filing a small flat on the turned down section for the set screws to bear against looks to be good practice. Hmmm... I bet I can chuck the end of the shaft into a scroll chuck (have one of those for the shopsmith) and file-turn the shaft down to 1/2 inch....
 
Jim: Maybe you could take a close-up picture that shows more detail of the adaption? I know what a Beall buffer looks like; but can't tell anything about the design of the adaptor.
 
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