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I found this in a well-known luthier's shop...looks like a standard buffer setup, but with the dish on one side! My question is if this would be a good thing to do with a regular Stew-Mac buffer? I can't see where the one in this photo would be slowed down since that would render the buffing wheel on the left useless...but if left at 1700RPM or so, the dish would be SCARY! Any wisdom?

L. Presnall38815.7216319444

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****! That would be scary. Could be a multi-speed motor though. I bet it's faster than doing it by hand anyway!

MikeLanceK38849.310462963

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It kinda makes me want to build a motorized dish though; Mounted to a table so it's horizontal, moving at a slow speed, and removable so you could attach different dishes. Seeing as I don't even own my own dishes though...

Mike

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I saw that a while back and wonder the same thing.

Here is a setup that I thought was more to my liking. It's a home built thickness sander but he ran an additional shaft from one side to the other and then put his sanding dish on the end of the shaft. To power it he lifts up the motor (it's on a hinged platform) and removes the thickness sanding drive belt and puts on the sanding dish's drive belt. The sanding dish is slowed down with bigger pulleys. Pretty cool I thought and a nice use of space.



Roy O38815.7462962963

Did you see the tool in use? I could imagine shaping braces on it (maybe
at
700ish rpm) but can't see it as useful for shaping the sides. The biggest
concern that I would have in anny case would be adding that much inertia
and momentum to the buffing wheel. I prefer a 14"-16" wheel with no
more than a 1/3 to 1/2 hp motor.

And although I'm sure everyone here tucks in thier shirts and takes off
thier watches anyway , if you were to get caught in that I bet it could
spin a medium sized luthier around at least 2 or 3 revolutions before
stopping.

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My thoughts exactly...I suppose it was wishful thinking that I could just do that and not have to build a real one!

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ok, just cause its saturday I'm gonna get one of you to build it. Safty is not a concern, the things already hooked to the wall at the motor. a few pieces of plywood and maybe an anchor it the floor of some sort and the whole dish would be surrounded. Think about it, a tabletop at 90 degrees. Of course it will depend on space and the buffer being permanent, but in the case above I see a shrouded sanding dish.. Post pictures when your done.
Mikemikev38815.8431712963

Roy, that does look pretty cool. I like how the dust hood moves too. I still want mine to be horizontal though

Mike

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"The Dude abides. I don't know about you but I take comfort in that. It's good knowin' he's out there. The Dude. Takin' 'er easy for all us sinners. Shoosh." The Stranger

I think this is over kill. I can contour a set in less than 5 minutes by hand. I feel I have more control. I am doing about 200 sets a year so just how many do you need to do?
I also would think the disk will act as a flywheel.
john