Polishing

[jonson]

http://www.caswellplating.com/buffs/buffing.htm

These guys in the US can help you nightwinder but you need a fairly hard buffing wheel and a fairly high speed about about 6000 revs and also the same system for taking out scratches in plastic but use a softer mop at lower speed and a yellow buffing wax for that.

[David King]

Baylandproducts.com has a huge assortment of buffs and arbors for every task.
Rouge is just the starting place. A good metal polish will break down into smaller and smaller particles to avoid visible scratches. I like Simichrome polish but Flitz is also good.

[NightWinder]

Caswell is Awsome. I overlooked the buffs. Hey, They do however have Microfibre clothes for $1.45. everyone here should stock up on these! For final polishing on covers, the can't be beat. Shammy cloths for the same price! I opted for 25 each. Thankyou for the replys. I'm actually looking for the buffers too...and compound.
What I really would like is a damn book! LOL. Seems the books on the market....the titles and such never mention n/s. Damn fustrating. All this money and parts, and I cant get the fuckin final phase done!! GOD!~

[mick]

try bright works inc , they have books/video's etc according to their site , my earlier post was supposed to be a link but it didn't work sorry , they do mention not using any compounds on plated surfaces though??..good luck with it , I used to do some metal polishing of M/Cycle and car parts , dirty dirty job , protect your eyes very well...
Mick

[jonson]

Mick is right Nightwinder it is a dirty job but not too expensive to set up. A decent 1/2 horsepower motor, a pigtail and a couple of buffs(we call em mops over here) and away you go. Do all my covers that way even before they are plated as it cuts down on the charges by the platers.Not difficult to get info from a lot of guys out there so may be worth giving it a go. Think Iv.e still got a book published by Cannings (can't promise) but if I have I'll look for relevant pages and send them on to you.
Jonson(steve.)

[NightWinder]

That would be greatly appreciated. I'm feeling kinda wierd. Like stated, every shit job I had when I was a young turd, relates back to what I'm doing now? The shop stuff comes back pretty quick. Funny....Iwonder how many of you now make your own parts, and have had previous jobs that relate to making them now....shit, Possum a Jeweler.....anyone else?
Jonson, where you from anyway? briteworksinc.com?

[jonson]

Hi Nightwinder.
Send us your e-mail (private post if you wanna keep it out of the limelight)
gonna send you a copy of the polishing bible but will also make you responsible for sharing it with any guys in the US. Over here in the UK. guys can call me if they like to.
It is a 1976 edition but nothing much has changed, but, you will have to find US equivalents to our English compounds.
Jonson.

[David King]

Nightwinder build or buy a belt-driven arbor so you can change the speed and use different dia buffs. Wear a dustmask with Niosh 95% or better and consider a big metalworking dust collector too. Dentists have cool little buffers with the dust collection built in. Check ebay there but they are probably too small for production work.

I got this one locally for $50 and I use it to polish all the hardware I make.

[NightWinder]

so your stamping you covers too. It really is the whip making everything. Plus, you actually save some cash, eventually....Have you tryed to plate the covers yourself? Caswell has A nice kit. I opted for the small one. Not the plug-n-plate. I figured I'd learn on something small. Im using it to plate pole pieces right now. Safe.....No real damage like the covers. A bar of super low carbon is only like $2.00 for 6 ft.
PLease do keep that address I sent you "under the radar". Shit, my site is another horror story in its self, which is undergoing sever surgery.......
Greatly appreciated Jonson.

[NightWinder]

Thanks David. I overlooked the speed variable. You saved me a headache there. I was going to get a bench grinder ( i guess thats what you call it), but has no variable speed. Hum, I wonder if I have a look, If I could put a variable on it. Better yet, Just get a belt driven one, minumize work.......Thinking outloud