IcutMetl
01-16-2010, 09:00 PM
So I got tired of either using Mother's polish and a rag by hand or the dinky little bench grinder and the 1/2" wide buffing wheel, so I took a chunk of brass bar I had laying around and turned an arbor to fit on my Shop Smith that now takes 4-5 buffing wheels stacked up in a row. It will take either 6" or 8" buff wheels (1" arbor), and works pretty damn well. I used a 1"-14 nut that I faced down to 1/2" thick, a fender washer, bored the opposite end to .625 (5/8") to slip on the Shop Smith's spindle, and drilled/tapped it in the mill for a pair of 5/16"-18 set screws.
Cutting 1"-14 threads in the lathe and testing with a nut:
http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd173/wlksjstn/buffwheelarbor3.jpg
Finished product:
http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd173/wlksjstn/buffwheelarbor.jpg
After a bit of use:
http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd173/wlksjstn/buffwheelarbor2.jpg
Cutting 1"-14 threads in the lathe and testing with a nut:
http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd173/wlksjstn/buffwheelarbor3.jpg
Finished product:
http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd173/wlksjstn/buffwheelarbor.jpg
After a bit of use:
http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd173/wlksjstn/buffwheelarbor2.jpg