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New Beall 3-wheel buffing system

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New Beall 3-wheel buffing system

keith zimmerman, Normal IL

>I finally got my Beall 3-wheel buffing system. It fits in my Jet mini very well. I used it for the first time last night and must say. Wow! what a difference. It works very well on the weedpots and potpourri bowls I turn, but does have a drawback. It is not well suited for bowls. The 9" buffing wheels make it hard to get into the bottom of a 4-5" bowl unless it is a very open form.

The instructions said there would be some lint flying off it the first few times it is used. Boy, they weren't kidding. I was covered with the stuff from top to bottom.

It sure makes the wood glow though.

keithz

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Dick Hines

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Dick Hines

>Did you dress the wheels? Some where in the directions it tells you how to do it. A piece of 100 grit sand paper wraped around a block of wood I think. This will not stop all the lent but will help.

Beall also makes some buffs that will fit in to a small bowl. Bowl buffs. Go figure.

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Jim Rutten

>I turned a burl with a lot of tiny voids in it into a bowl and went directly to my beall buffing system with it. It ended up with deposits of wax (specifically the white diamond) in these tiny voids. A week later I read somewhere to make sure to use oil (I think sanding sealer might work, anyone want to let me know?) first to fill the voids before going to the beall. Oh well, another excuse to turn a new bowl. Good luck with yours!

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Charles Bjorgen

>Keith -- I use a small single stage dust collection system behind my lathe to capture sanding dust and the lint that comes off the Beall buffing wheels. You'll find as you use the buffs that the lint problem will decline somewhat.

Beall also sells four-inch buffing wheels that should solve your problem accessing the interiors of deeper bowls. I'd definitely recommend them over the goblet buffs for that purpose.

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