Buffer

[watergunn]

Hi all.

I had a question on buffers.

I currently am using just a backing plate on a drill with the surbuf pads. I have had great looking results.

But I was wondering what others used short of buying a real buffing arbor.

Can anyone recommend a buffer/polisher?

Thanks

[tippie53]

before I bought the arbor ( WELL WORTH THE INVESTMENT ) I tried many , the drill with lambs wool bonnet but the best hand unit was a Porter cable random orbital buffer .Variable speed , and it does do a nice job but for the price of that a few bucks more you can have a nice arbor unit.

[watergunn]

I had been looking at the porter cable 7424x model.

Who would be a good source for the full blown arbor set?

Looking for an economical version if there is such thing.

Thanks John

[Ben-Had]

This is the setup I have and it works great. Hard to beat the price. I don't use the buffing compounds they supply any more, I use Menzerna (way better). If I was to be critical of the unit I would say a few more inches in width to keep the body a little further away from the motor would be nice. Have to be careful there.

http://www.caswellplating.com/buffing-p ... chine.html

[johnnparchem]

I have the older stewmac buffer. I had to make the mount, I do like that the buffing wheels are far apart. I also use Menzerna fine and medium.

[B. Howard]

I have used the sure buff pass on my random orbit.....ehhh...wasn't real happy. Have used an air powered unit like a body shop, nice gloss but real easy to burn through the edges. I still think an old fashioned felt block is hard tho beat for small things like guitars, of course you gotta sweat a bit to make it work. I now have the 14 inch SM arbor, absolutely wonderful. Quick and easy.

[tippie53]

Grizzly has a shop fox arbor for about $100 that and a 1/4 HP 1725 RPM your good to go. Caswell has a great supply of buffing equipment and wheels.
I use cotton flannel the most.

[watergunn]

I see the 1/3 hp but not the 1/4.

I also need some sort of pulley?

[Darryl Young]

If trying to save money, buy a used motor off e-bay and build your own. I did this and built a nice one for about $230 (best I recall). The motor works great......it's not something an amatuer uses a lot (in my case, once a year or so). I have a thread on here somewhere about building mine.

Edit, here is a link to the one I built:

viewtopic.php?f=4&t=948&p=5878&hilit=buffer#p5878

[tippie53]

baldor motor on ebay . I have about $200 in my buffer set up