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Help--Bad Tripoli??????

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Help--Bad Tripoli??????

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Help--Bad Tripoli??????

Barbara Gill, Remlik VA

>I have had my Bealle Buffing System for about 4 years. It has been kept in an unheated shop. I thought I noticed a problem but thought it might be the finish but found today that the tripoli will not load onto the wheel. I trimmed off the end- no difference. I cut it in half- no difference. I threw it against the wall... not really but felt like it.

I know it should not be loaded too much; I also know how the wheel should look after the bar is held against it and it is not happening!!!

I am really not very happy at the moment as Chrstmas is getting closer and I have quite a few items buit up which need a good buffing.

Has anyone else had this happen? Is there anything I can do to the bar to make it work?

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Kenneth George

>Can't respond to your problem but wanted to let you know how I clean my wheel. I run it in reverse and use an old power hacksaw blade with about 14 tpi, run it back and forth a few times and it breaks up the surface accumulation and fluffs up the wheel. I use the dust collection system to suck up the lint that flies off.

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Kenneth George

>Whoa! I was scanning the messages and saw this post. I knew I was getting old but I just did not remember responding to this post.

Good name though.

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Kenneth George

>There are a few of us around. The most shocking meeting of a name sake was in Japan. I was at the ticket counter checking in for my flight home. I had just given my name when the guy next to me extends his hand and says meet another one. He owned a bar in Tokyo, don't remember the name of it, and guaranteed me a hang over on my next trip to Japan. Never made it back unfortunately, or maybe fortunately!