Buffing attachment for the grinder

Britt_Askew

Britt_Askew

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I have been using a 1/2" heavy duty portable shaft from Grizzly to buff my handles for a while now. Had it mounted to the wall with plugs on wires and would plug and unplug with one VFD controlling the grinder and buffer. Recently I mounted it to an arm for the grinder thinking I might have to take the pulley off and make a drive wheel or something but it works really good just like it is. Works fine with old stiff ceramic belts and j-flex belts.
 
I might have to make one of these......

Part of me wants it attached to a 9" disk too.

has anybody done this?
 
I assumed he would keep it in a Ziploc and just attach it prior to use...
 
I do. I've used it like this for a few months now and it hasn't been a problem yet
 
that is a damn cool idea. I only have 120 sq foot shop and have literally no room for even a little bench grinder/buffer. Modular attachments to the 2x72 seem to be a good option
 
Crag the Brewer said:
I might have to make one of these......

Part of me wants it attached to a 9" disk too.

has anybody done this?
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I have seen them attached to drive wheels, I am a bit in the how does it fit in your space camp?

Tormek have an adaptor for buffing, I think the speed is too slow though.

Wood lathe I made buffing adaptors for, not suitable for large or metal buffing.

Cheap grinder I can swap buffs with the lathe.
 
For buffing knife handles and even knife blades you don't really need high speed. I've used 3600 rpm motors for buffing, but now use a 1/4hp 1750 rpm and it's just right. Where the high power high speed buffers come in is buffing large objects of metal. Back when I was building choppers then I used a 2 hp 3600 rpm motor with a large buffing wheel. You could cut some metal with that setup. Knife making doesn't involve moving a lot of metal. The blade is sanded to 1500 grit at least before buffing so it doesn't take much metal removing to put a mirror finish on a blade.

A few yrs back I did a setup like the OP's but using a 9" disk. Worked just fine, but since I have plenty of room in my shop I quickly moved to an actual disk grinder.
 
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