Buffer arrangement for your lathe

[Scottydont]

Another resourceful woodturner (Russ Fairfield a.k.a. penturning god) came up with the idea of using a paint roller as a buffer mounted in his mini lathe. Here are some pics of what two woodturners (Fred and Bruce) from penturners.org working together have come up with to hold the roller. The one end is turned the same size as an MT2 taper and the other to fit against the tailstock center. Bruce now sells them for $15 at http://www.boonerings.com/htmpages/buffmandrels.htm

Freds Paint Roller Buffer in his Jet mini


Prototype from wood courtesy of Fred Edo


UMHW Plastic courtesy of Bruce Boone

[mudder]

That is one smart design.

That Russ is one smart fellow.
Makes me wonder why I spent the money for the beall system.

Mudder

[Mort]

Clever design

[sdmaker]

Hmmm, very interesting. Clever idea

[jdoolitt]

Scott -

Thx for posting this (way back when). I recently took pictures of my setup - for woodnet, and couldnt recall where I first heard about this. Great idea - works wonderful!

Joe (using separate rollers - 1) Carnuba only, 2) White Diamond and Tripoli)

[Doug Jones]

quote:Originally posted by mudder

Makes me wonder why I spent the money for the beall system.

Mudder

So you can buff the inside of your bowls.

[gerti]

quote:Originally posted by Doug Jones

quote:Originally posted by mudder

Makes me wonder why I spent the money for the beall system.

Mudder

So you can buff the inside of your bowls.

Tried my Beall system out for the first time yesterday (the 3-wheel on lathe one). Can't really get it to go inside the bowls, bowls to small/wheels to big and close together. I can however get it to catch the work piece and throw it into the fluorescent light-bulbs! Probably still be finding glas shards years from now!

Gerd

[Ken Massingale]

quote:Originally posted by gerti

quote:Originally posted by Doug Jones

quote:Originally posted by mudder

Makes me wonder why I spent the money for the beall system.

Mudder

So you can buff the inside of your bowls.

Tried my Beall system out for the first time yesterday (the 3-wheel on lathe one). Can't really get it to go inside the bowls, bowls to small/wheels to big and close together. I can however get it to catch the work piece and throw it into the fluorescent light-bulbs! Probably still be finding glas shards years from now!

Gerd

[wassaw998]

I am wondering, on the mini w/roller,can you put paint on that roller and also paint your house ....

[BobSch]

quote:Originally posted by wassaw998

I am wondering, on the mini w/roller,can you put paint on that roller and also paint your house ....

No, but it'll put one heck of a racing stripe up your shirt and across your nose...