[Woodcarver] Sharpening Chisels

[Terry Ensley]

Hi Joe,

Thanks for the info - I will make some buffers this weekend and give them a 
try, I might try one out of MDF also.

Thanks,

Terry


> Hi Terry,
>
> I made a buffing wheel from an old wet grinder. The wet grinder had a
> 10-inch diameter grinding wheel turning at 150 RPM when adding my 1750 RPM
> motor. I glued two pieces of ¾-inch plywood together and turned it to a
> 10-inch diameter. I glued a leather strop around the outside. I've been
> using this buffer for the last 20 years and love it as much today as when 
> I
> converted it over from a wet grinder.
>
> I've also made buffers from particleboard. The buffing compound clings to
> the particleboard quite well. Other buffers include paper wheels, soft and
> hard felt. There are two important factors when making a buffer. The most
> important is that they turn away from you and not toward you. The next is
> the surface speed of the buffing surface. For the green compound I use my
> 10-inch diameter buffer turning at 150 RPM has a surface speed of 390 feet
> per minute. With that speed I get just enough heat buildup to make the 
> waxes
> in the buffing compound flow. I expect that surface speed could increase 
> to
> about 450 before I would be melting the wax and loosing more compound. I
> feel that ideally for safety and minimum use of buffing compound the 
> surface
> speed should be around 400 feet per minute.
>
>
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