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I've been asked by several people about buffing, so.......



I was wondering if there would be any interest in a buffing/polishing how-to video?
I'm pretty sure I can do the video part, but I have no idea how to get it on YouTube for everyone to see.:confused:
I could put it on DVD and that would be more detailed. I could show do's and don'ts and what happens when you do the don'ts, but better yet, you would get to see the do's and the result of those.

Just thinking out loud...
 
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I would really like that! I've noticed lately that I need to take my finishes to the next level and that'd be with buffing/polishing. I'm finding MM doesn't do it for all materials.

AK
 
You can sign up for a youtube account using a gmail account .... very easy ... Then upload your video (10 minutes per part).
 
Maybe not sell the DVD, but rather give them with each order of blanks.:wink:
Then people can see how I finish my blanks and then can use the information to finish anything they make.

Just a thought....... but if you would rather purchasing a DVD instead......:wink:
 
I want to know how to salvage a blank after it bounces violently off the lathe bed, bench, wall, and floor.

Oh and how to implant some sort of homing device to find the little rascal when it doesn't come to a stop at my feet.
 
Count me in, also. That would be a great idea. I learned how to buff with a 5Krpm buffer on new painted cars in the '70s in a body shop. Pen tubes are something entirely different.
Charles
 
GColeman said:
I want to know how to salvage a blank after it bounces violently off the lathe bed, bench, wall, and floor.

Oh and how to implant some sort of homing device to find the little rascal when it doesn't come to a stop at my feet.
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Try doing what I did once and learned quickly from. I was buffing a really nice piece of buckeye burl for a Designer pen. I got the lower half done turned, sanded, ca finished, buffed looked good. Finished the clip side, turned, sanded, ca finished, was looking good, doing the buffing it got snagged and went flying. Fortunately as a backstop I have a dust collector hood that caught it, not so fortunate was the fact I left my dust collector on. Before I could realize what happened I could hear the upper body I was working on bounced across the plastic 4" hose. At the same time I flipped off the lathe, then to the switch on the dust collector as I was reaching my hand into the hose to grab the piece. Whoosh there it goes heard it bouncing around, then BLAM it hit the metal blades inside the dust collector and disintegrated. Sigh. From there when I do buffing have a piece of disposable grilling grate blocking the hose opening to catch anything flung out of my hands. Saved my butt a few times now. And I'm sure someone might ask why I run the dust collector while buffing, because of the little cotton fibers that sometimes come flinging off. :)

LarryDNJR
 
GColeman said:
I want to know how to salvage a blank after it bounces violently off the lathe bed, bench, wall, and floor.

Oh and how to implant some sort of homing device to find the little rascal when it doesn't come to a stop at my feet.
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:laugh:

Like the Doc says when you tell him "it hurts when I do this":

"Don't do that."
:biggrin:
 
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