Just thought I would say "Thank You" to all of you who responded with
some great ideas on saving my investment in buffing wheels (Ok, in the big
picture it is minor investment).
What I did was grind off the teeth of a 3/4 hole saw and put a little
bevel on it to make it kind of sharp. I then put a 1/2" dowel on a piece
of scrap plywood and centered that on the drill press. I put the buffing
wheel on the down and "cut" a new hole with this sharpened hole saw. It
worked great except on the sisal wheel, those I ended up using a real hole
saw. I tried clamping a second piece of wood on top with the hole already
drilled to keep the material from being grabbed, but it didn't seem
necessary so I didn't use it after the first 2. If I was out of center and
out of balance I didn't notice it and everyone who responded said that
should not have been a concern anyway. Entire thing took me less than 1
hour to build and cut 14 wheels.
By the way, I purchased a Baldor 3/4hp buffer to replace a old grinder
that I had been using to buff with. Its AWESOME having that long shaft, I
can move the parts around much better and easier than I ever could with the
old short shaft grinder, I should have done this a long time ago.
Mike
~~~~~ I'd rather be sailing and ~~~ .oooO Oooo. ~~~~~~~~~~~
Mike Rambour ( ) ( )
Bug Writer er...Programmer \ ) ( /
mikey@b2systems.com \_) (_/
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