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You da man Dog, . Now, I just gotta ask : how many weekend passes did this caliber of brass polishing get you in the uncle's army .Cletus
Excellent thread Don and wonderful pictures too. One question, do you keep a separate buffing wheel for each grade of buffing compound?Bill
DonI notice from photo’s of exhibits in US ME shows a high number of people who polish their engines as you do, is there a reason for this way of finishing an engine?The majority of exhibits in UK shows, engines are mostly painted with maybe polished brass oil cups, but not overall polish. I think this is because it emulates the finish of full size engines!Mike
What about vibratory polishers? That is what industry uses. I have a Gy-Roc B that I use with plastic pyramid and rouge walnut shell media. It works great, and saves absolutely enormous amounts of hand work.
Don, Thank you for this post. Some of us on here are just novices and do appreciate all the help that comes our way.
Do you seal with anything after you finish?Cletus
I finally ordered some of the Micro-Mesh sanding sticks on the Micro Mark 20% off sale; looking forward to trying them out.The Fordom work station is real nice! I wouldn't mind adding one of those to the shop.Bill; WRT the cloth wheels. I only use one grit per wheel and keep them in a zip lock bags when not in use.Dave
I looked at the workstation too...nice but pricey. If it had its own exhaust system for that price I would be all in, but don't like listening to the shop vac that much!!Bill
Great post Don,As has been mentioned the part that has to be watched out for is rounding of corners. A lot of times I have reverted to buffing and polishing in the initial stages and then doing the finished drilling or machining. That way the corners stay nice and crisp. It takes a fair amount of work to get ones engines looking as good as yours.gbritnell
Good post Don1966. Couple questions- where did you source that electric micro sander unit?- I've been eyeing a Foredom for many years. (My Dremel's are kind of crappy, but they just wont die yet). I'm still kind of confused by Foredom's vast array of hand pieces (the business end with collet or chuck). What do you have for your various grinding & polishing needs?http://www.foredom.net/handpiecesforkeytipshafting.aspx