It is ridiculously quiet! Stupidly so! That’s servo motors for you.

Darren

@boo

@darrenking

Having another look at the video and maybe I’m missing something but I’ve always done polishing with the wheel running away from me as when it running towards you it tends to pull the work piece into the floor and increases the chance that the wheel will dig in causing damage. 
I hope I’m not being negative but grinding is usually done with the wheel running towards the workpiece and polishing away. I have a small Creusen polisher made in Germany and this is how it works.

Hi Rocknroller,Yes, I’m still up as well!! (It’s a holiday long weekend, I have no school tomorrow!)

I think this is a matter of personal preference and practice. With the wheel spinning down in front of you you always have view of the uppermost point of contact which isn’t the case if it’s spinning upwards. As the spindle is reversible you can have it rotate in either direction (from either side of the wheel) but the other consideration is the direction of any debris and polishing compound dust. I would rather it be directed towards the floor than my face but, as there is no such thing (yet!!) as the ‘guitar polishing police’ you can adopt whichever method you feel most comfortable with, you not going to prison either way! It’s always better to feel in control and happy with your method than it is to feel uncomfortable by trying to conform to a different practice that feels unnatural to you.

Hope you have a great holiday weekend.

Darren

It’s also down to where the main point of contact is. I would usually aim to have this below the centre line of the shaft, so spinning down makes sense. My grinding wheels spin away from me and take all the sparks with the direction of rotation but the point of contact is considerably above the centreline of the spindle. Mind you, if you get sparks polishing a guitar you’ve got it spinning too fast!!

@darrenking

Fair point it’s whatever people are comfortable with. My polisher is used for honing gouges mostly so it has to run away from the cutting edge and gives a mirror finish. Just starting my third Guinness by the way, no work tomorrow not now not ever never.

Pleased that you are enjoying some black nectar. Lovely drink! I’m off for kip now whilst the dogs can still be moved from my side of the bed. Give it another 30 minutes and their weight increase by a factor of about 10! Over and out!

Cheers

Darren

Looking at videos online it can be hard to tell which way the wheel is going, but the side towards you going down seems to be the norm.
That's certainly how the StewMac one works (it's in the instructions), and Highline guitars home built one (I see it start up in one video)

**UPDATE** 

I decided to have a go at buffing the Sun King ✨✨✨✨✨✨ 

I had to finish sanding it all back (flatting) before I could get it on the buffer. I went through the grades of sandpaper and finished on P2000 grade. 

Here are some pictures of how it looks with P2000 scratches, before it was buffed. 

Here are some pictures after buffing. 

Pre buff 

After buffing 

After buffing (in the sunlight) 

Oh, WOW.

😎 😍 😎 😍 😎 😍 😎 😍 

I thought it looked shiny before.  But that last vid of it in the sunshine, is just amazing.

So, all I need is a Bagpress Buffer, and I can make shiny guitars!

(Oh, and a few more products, and the skills built up over lots of years of experience!!)

That is definitely the guitar for someone who's in something a Sweet tribute band, it's Glamtastic, doubly so now it's been buffed.

@boo

Great job 

Thanks for the great Demo @boo. Looks like it works a treat. 👍😁 

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@jonhodgson

Its 1970s glam rock for sure, I was thinking Bowie

Its 1970s glam rock for sure, I was thinking Bowie

@rocknroller912 Just call me Ziggy ✨✨👨‍🎤✨✨

It’s time for reflection. 🤔 

Excellenté @boo. 

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