Chris Jenkins
04-27-2009, 10:25 PM
So I'm thinking I have a problem with my buffing adapter from Don Pencil, maybe you guys can help me out?
I bought a Buffing Kit from Don Pencil at a woodturning show a year or so ago and I am just getting to break it out this past weekend. I put the long aluminum adapter on my 3520B so I could buff out a spoon that took a twirl around the garbage disposal and noticed that the tapped aluminum adapter is REALLY out of true. I was using some white diamond and a hard buffing wheel (not part of the kit I bought), but once I turned off the lathe I could see the buffing wheel was only being worked in one small section of the wheel.
Now I don't expect this aluminum adapter to be dead nuts accurate since you are pressing a piece of wood up against a soft cloth and it should conform to the shape a bit, but this was a concern to me.
Can anyone tell me if they have similar problems? I am getting ready to buff my first segmented bowl (maybe not buff it now?) and I am not sure if I should be using this buffing kit now. Maybe I should talk with Don Pencil? Anyone know a "safe" spec on how out of round this thing can be?
Thanks,
Chris
BTW, the spoon is fully repaired! I've done this before and nothing like a needle file and some buffing compound to clean it up, way cheaper then replacing a set or cutting your lip open when eating your cereal in the morning...
I bought a Buffing Kit from Don Pencil at a woodturning show a year or so ago and I am just getting to break it out this past weekend. I put the long aluminum adapter on my 3520B so I could buff out a spoon that took a twirl around the garbage disposal and noticed that the tapped aluminum adapter is REALLY out of true. I was using some white diamond and a hard buffing wheel (not part of the kit I bought), but once I turned off the lathe I could see the buffing wheel was only being worked in one small section of the wheel.
Now I don't expect this aluminum adapter to be dead nuts accurate since you are pressing a piece of wood up against a soft cloth and it should conform to the shape a bit, but this was a concern to me.
Can anyone tell me if they have similar problems? I am getting ready to buff my first segmented bowl (maybe not buff it now?) and I am not sure if I should be using this buffing kit now. Maybe I should talk with Don Pencil? Anyone know a "safe" spec on how out of round this thing can be?
Thanks,
Chris
BTW, the spoon is fully repaired! I've done this before and nothing like a needle file and some buffing compound to clean it up, way cheaper then replacing a set or cutting your lip open when eating your cereal in the morning...