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BUFFING: thanks to all that suggested the Beale

Well, the Beale buffing "system" came last night...

My wife had ordered the buffing system from Penn State Ind. and was VERY unhappy with it... worked for hours on a bowl and poor results.. Chaz confirmed my fear that it was underpowered... he said that it might work well for pens, but that was about it..

I set up the Bale adapter on the Shopsmith... seemed like a good platform for it and the beale adapter slips right on and the set screws are perfect..

The wife got home and put the 1st buffing wheel on and did a few minutes on a pine bowl that had Danish Oil on it... She was AMAZED at how much shine the bowl took on after just a few minutes.. She loves the Beale already and hasn't even tried the cleaning or waxing wheels yet.. lol

To those that are considering buffing systems, do it right the FIRST time and buy the beale... Might be a coincidence, but both the Penn State system and the Beale are $70... the beale comes without a motor, IMO the Penn State one should, too.. YMMV

mac

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If you ever get a chance you should check out his work. He has a picture of a bow clock he designed and made with the Central Ohio Woodturners for the AAW event. He also has a kalediscope in the latest issue of woodcraft mag.

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Rick Cox

My buffing "system" is a $5 buffing wheel in a 1/2 " Jacobs chuck mounted in the headstock. Plenty of power and speed, easy to use inside bowls and sets up in a jiffy. Actually it is permanently set up on my old Harbor Freight Lathe. Found a good use for it. Between uses I cover it with a ziploc bag to keep the dust off.

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Gerald Ross

Is your beale mounted on a motor or the lathe

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Keith Young

Keith... right now, it's on the output shaft of my shopsmith.. we were leaving the next day, I wanted to try it out and the shopsmith has a 5/8" shaft with a flat spot for allen screws... perfect for the beale, right out of the box..

I'll probably move it to the Jet mini eventually.... got it back with new motor and haven't used it yet, the 1442 is spoiling the hell out of me.... lol

The Shopsmith works well as it's variable speed and if the beale is like other systems, you want progressively higher speeds for each wheel/compound... it's also my DP, though, so I'll eventually want it back..

I do have a pretty good collection of electric motors, so if she gets serious about buffing, I may set up a 3 motor system or maybe a double shaft on one of the motors.. I'd rather not, as we're sort of scaling down for a move to Mexico and have to inventory everything that we take with us... groan*

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