Polishing tips?

[Spider-TW]

a 3/4 horse 10inch hi speed bench grinder with spiral sewn wheels, and steel polish

I'll leave that to you professionals.

I have enough trouble with little parts and wheel like 93klauss'. Right now I only have one side hanging off the table. I need a pedestal with a carpet curtain to catch my mistakes. I know which direction I should be presenting the parts, but I get into the pretty surface and forget or get too close to the edge. Right now the parts just bounce off the other junk in the garage, but I'm not going to press my luck.

I think a big wheel might have sent my promaster frame through the sheet of plywood behind my work area.

[BAZOOKA_Boy]

Hate to be a tool, but never heard of a spiral sewn wheel. Is this something Harbor freight would have?

Actually yes, it looks like someone sewed a spiral into the wheel, it makes it alot stronger, and makes polishing steel much quicker (relative time). just ger one in 6 inch, and your good to go! Also I might suggest a pair of rubber dipped gloves, saves your hands from heat and loosing skin to the wheel.

[OPBN]

Actually yes, it looks like someone sewed a spiral into the wheel, it makes it alot stronger, and makes polishing steel much quicker (relative time). just ger one in 6 inch, and your good to go! Also I might suggest a pair of rubber dipped gloves, saves your hands from heat and loosing skin to the wheel.

Found an 8", 3/4 HP bench grinder/buffer combo for about $70 at HF. They also have a buffing kit. Looks like I'll be busy this weekend.

[LK-13]

I recently sent two SS mag bodies off to LK-13 to have him polish them. Both were fairly ugly. One being an old beadblasted rental body that I had had milled for a pump, and the other an old "smokestack" center feed that had sat in the back of a shop for it's entire life.
I can't find the 'before' pictures, but will update if I do find them.

Here are some 'after' pictures.



Two more with a little flatter contrast:




The polishing is very well done, there is no area that was missed, even the seams around the feedneck and the welded on bodyscrew mounting point are incredibly shiny, LK-13 even went so far as to polish the bores!

The completely polished bodies are incredible. They look better than a very nice chrome piece. Really the only thing that I can complain about is that it is almost impossible to take a picture of them due to the reflections .

http://www.automags.org/forums/showthread.php?t=243048

here is a great source for hot to and supplies:

http://www.caswellplating.com/

http://www.caswellcanada.ca/shop/

[OPBN]

Nice plug. You do great work, but looking for some DIY projects.