Buffing Wheel

[Tony]

I need a buffing wheel to support my tobacco pipe hobby. My preference is direct drive without belts and pulleys. I need about 1,750 RPM. Also, I need to quickly and easily change buffing wheels as I will be using multiple compounds and wax. What do you guys recommend? TIA!

 

[fiver]

I recommend you look at making your own.
a 1/4-1/3 hp electric motor with a shaft shouldn't be too hard to find.
a little welding and a dimmer switch would have you set up pretty quick.

 

[S Mac]

Don't have any recommendations, but nice to see a fellow Piper.

 

[Ian]

Not that you need it, but Baldor is probably still the best.

 

[fiver]

Baldor does make good motors, airc they use an actual bearing and not bushings.

 

[freebullet]

We have a few baldor dual arbor in diffent speeds, they are top notch. The current pricing on them is less than attractive though.

Also have smaller wheels rigged on a gsale 10$ motor.

From there we go down to the variable speed drill buffs with an arbor, that's as quick change as it gets with the keyless Chuck 12$ hf vsd. Used that to finish buff most of the gp100. Think the wheels are 3-4", got them from Sears locally. Used a bolt/washers/nut for the arbor.

Last but not least is the dremel buffs. They work great for tight spots. Mainly used that on al intake manifolds.

 

[Pistolero]

Brownells isn't cheap, but they have a lot in that way to support gunsmithing.

Bill

 

[smokeywolf]

This one dates back to the early '50s. It has a heck of a lot of hours on it. Still runs like new. It'll likely still run like new for one of my sons.
The black jagged line is an edit that I somehow managed to do in MS Paint at some point in time without realizing it.