Workers Of Wood

I lucked out and scored a floor model buffer with built in lighting and air scrubbing for a hundred bucks. The Redwing motor runs at about 1,700 and 3,400 RPM.

I used the buffer to touch up carving knives, pocket knives, chisels and so on. Using jewelers rouge and chromium oxide, the buffer makes quick work of polishing blades and touching them up. It even works on the SV 110 blade I bought (grit my teeth on that one, but wow). After a month of cutting boxes and such, a moment on the buffer and it's ready for the next round.


SIDE NOTE REGARDING THE FILTER: The cabinet holds a medium sized squirrel cage, which pulls air through 1"x12"x24" filters. I am always amazed at how much string and compound is plugging the filters when I change them.


For all that it does, if you get a chance to score one cheap, jump on it. You'll find all kinds of uses for it.

Do you use it at 3400? I took an arbor and mounted a felt wheel on it for buffing and I run it with a 3450 motor I got cheap but it runs a little too fast even reduced as much as I could with the pulleys. It's okay when I switch to a wire wheel which is also handy.