On lathe buffer

Cool beans!

AJ

-- If I can do it.....so can you! -AJswoodshop

I saw the same tip, but I like your solution better. Gotta go get some paint rollers right now. Thanks.

Why not tale the mount off the roller handle and put a bolt on one end to chuck up and put the live center in the other end.
MIKE

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lol I saw this and read it as “on lathe butter”
and the picture looked vaguely like a piece of butter on your lathe.

Really need to get my eyes checked. lol

Mike

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Very interesting Hairy. For reverse, all we gotta do is stand on the other side o the lathe, if possible. :) I’ll bet this works like a charm.

-- Roger from KY. Work/Play/Travel Safe. Kentuk55@bellsouth.net

Slick, i like it

Interesting peice, Hairy.

-- CJIII Future cabinetmaker

Great idea. Especially if you don’t want to buy a dedicated buffer or take a wheel off you grinder. I’ll have to try this.

Very inovative, great idea.

-- Tom D

Can I send some shoes your way for a fantastic buffing job ? hehe

-- Crashn - the only thing I make more of than sawdust is mistakes

Great idea.
I think I would buy a paint roll with natural hairs so they will not melt and burn into the metal if used on metal.
But if the rpm are low it might work fine.
Have to try this one day.
Clever.
Best thoughts,
Mads

-- Mad F, the fanatical rhykenologist and vintage architect. Democraticwoodworking.

Hairy, you seem like the go-to-guy for my question…..is it possible to use this idea in a drill press,since I do not have a lathe maybe put some sort of support on the bottom side of the roller for support and for making it stable a lazy susan modified to work with this or something else you think will work better ? great idea !!....thanks for sharing this with us !

-- the dumbest question is the one you dont ask !!

ronbuhg – Take the roller cover mount off a paint roller insert a threaded rod in the center, tighten down 2 nuts on each end. Chuck one end of the threaded rod in the chuck. At the other end drill a hole the size of the rod you used into a thick piece of hardwood, lightly grease the hole and insert th threaded rod then clamp the wood to the drillpress table and go to town. Slow speed to start then try other speeds.
MIKE

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Nice Idea !!!!

-- Pat - Worker of Wood, Collector of Tools, Father of one

I like it cool idea.