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Thread: Smaller buffer needed.
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7th September 2010, 06:56 PM #1
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Smaller buffer needed.
Hey,
I'm after a small buffer to do some finishing work on some smaller projects . I have a 7" for the car but for the smaller stuff its too much of a risk of it grabbing and throwing the object to the other side of the shed. Have been using a cordless drill with a back up pad and a woolen hook and loop buffing pad but there has to be something out there similar to the common car buffer just smaller. Any clues.I couldn't repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder.
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7th September 2010, 08:46 PM #2
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Possibly too small, and works on the rim instead of the face, but Dremel sells a felt pad about 1" diameter x ~1/4" thick. Mounts on a screw arbor IIRC. Use the lowest speed setting, or it may remove the finish of whatever it's polishing.
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7th September 2010, 08:54 PM #3
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joe
Yep have already got myself some of those. Got them off ebay from the UK, there great for the real small stuff have attached pic of the set I bought. Cost a little over $22 for the set of eight. So now I'm just after that buffer in between the size of the dremel and the car buffer.I couldn't repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder.
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7th September 2010, 09:29 PM #4
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can you get buffing pads for a 4" angle grinder?
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7th September 2010, 10:14 PM #5
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Buffers usually run at much lower revs than grinders.
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7th September 2010, 10:15 PM #6
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you can get variable speed grinders
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7th September 2010, 10:53 PM #7
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To set up a grinder for use as a buffer would be more hassle then its worth. But something the size of a small grinder is what I'm after.
I couldn't repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder.
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8th September 2010, 03:13 AM #8
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I use a flexible 5 inch rubber pad on a drill chuck sized arbor , with a sheepskin wool pad that fits over it .
Both came from the hardware store.
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8th September 2010, 07:16 PM #9
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Yeah I think I may have to continue using this method for the time being.
I couldn't repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder.
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