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Small Part Buffing and Polishing
What would be the best approach for working with small parts of Bakelite, or Lucite, that require buffing/polishing?
There are lots of excellent compounds out there, but I am wondering about tools? Seems to be lots of polishing kits out there for Dremel style tools. Anyone ever worked with them enough to figure out their benefits and/or pitfalls? David |
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Dremel works great but you need to “go slow” as it can quickly overdo it and wreck something very fast compared to hand buffing.
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Personally I'd fit a buffing wheel to a bench grinder and hold the part in a handheld vice of some sort (pliers, vice grips, threaded rod on a stick...
I think actual buffing setups are slower speed and larger diameter then most home/hobby ones. I believe this is to allow for heat dissipation. Also plan on holding the tool or holding the part. Holding both is for desperate last minute touch ups before shows Matt |
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