Question about the Beale system

Re: Question about the Beale system

Sean Troy

>Rpm should be around 1300rpm, use light pressure and make sure you use very little compound on each wheel. Especially with the wax !!! Hold your piece well, it can be grabbed from your hands very quickly. You can clean your wheels using a hack saw blade. Have the wheels spinning and hold the blade against the wheels for a couple of seconds or so. The system works great but to much compound will give you poor results. The high you sand your piece the better and make sure if your just going to oil the piece, it is completly dry. Good luck, Sean

Re: Question about the Beale system

Chris Lee

>Roger,

I have the system and have never had that problem. The one thing I can tell you is that the wheels will not look like they have anything on them until you have used it for a while. I use mine on my lathe set at 1800 rpm's and justapply the compounds for about 2-3 seconds. That is all it takes. It may not look like it is there but it is.

Chris

Contrary experience

Mike Schwing from Md.

>I almost never run the buffs at high speed. The exception for that is when buffing Watco'd salad bowls, where the high speed treatment seems to produce stellar results.

But my experience with lacquers, varnishes, sealers, etc... has shown me that the slowest speed you can reasonably stand working with is not only safe, but it removes less of the finish that you're trying to put a shine on. There is less tendancy to lose grip of the work, too.

If trying to produce a glossy finish with lacquer, a high speed will be way easier to melt/burn the lacquer right off and really piss you off, than with the slow speed setting.

However, you didn't indicate what you were trying to buff, but rather asked about keeping the wheels charged. I would say that the only wheel that really keeps any charge to it is the carnuba wheel, for me anyway. I reapply, by just a quick touch of the stick to wheel, about every fifth of a work's interior and exterior surface.

Sometimes I have to read the writing on the wheels to determine which is which because they look too clean to discern by appearance alone.

Re: Contrary experience

John Lucas

>I agree with Mike. I buff at slow speed. I must use a lot less compound than most people because after 2 years of use and well over 200 items just last year my wheels barely looked used as far as the compound. The wheels look a little ragged and need to be trimmed. the wax wheel and white diamond don't have any color at all. I keep wondering if I should use more compound but it's working great.

Re: Beall Question

mainebowlman

>When I first started with my System, I put large numbers 1,2,3 on the outside side of the respective wheels until I got used to their look and feel. I also drilled holes in the pegboard to accept their bolts so I could have them face me lined up in order. Don't have to thinkabboudit.

Jack