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

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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.

 

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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.

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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!!


   
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@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.

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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

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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)

 


   
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**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. 

9504046D 5B46 4890 B907 22163C9C8B63
652ABB19 4AA4 41DB 9426 7B005C427FB3
95CB18A7 EA50 48B2 B4EF 603A2CAE70DF
0600DD22 8BAC 49F1 8080 7D9B9E9C2CE6
D9DC5699 C9CD 4FE2 885F 26EFBEAF286B
873A72D2 A129 4D47 9CE5 8F755C0DC63C
792589DA D40A 4D49 A5EC ADFE41F9F0B2
4F5AC855 B66F 49C0 BD77 C38E1CA463E8
EED2C9A4 750B 47DC AC27 F9DA1E093434
701CD1C6 F436 45A7 B2D3 1BE49D7E17A5
4130458A D85F 41F0 AB6D 5213608D0359
2D6A45BB 2013 448D 957C F20ABCA5E181

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Here are some pictures after buffing. 

04D31B88 7C80 40FB 8974 4AF534E05FFD
2938FA9B F1C8 4E10 A99B 2CA9E2FDB4D7
90677C88 53DA 445E 939D A053183B68B2
FFAE392B E7AA 40C7 8A48 3FA67996F45F
508CE16D BAE3 4798 9A36 24195E4DE687
0A809313 BDE2 4923 A102 5D7F833D5A88
E037B0D7 9F8F 4527 B923 D49E29A9EBE1
C72AA5E2 341F 44C3 BDF9 324AE009FD9E
EC5BB8E6 7DE4 4B7F B87E BBF8BBAA3BFC
15FB4021 4054 4E02 A60A A8C3F1DF8586
2DF96001 3AA4 4077 B5EA 0D512AEBD718
CE53F273 0C02 446F 99B7 DCE08175A678
8C2A503F 2334 46C0 B297 A543AD5207A6
86DE2AA4 8145 4B89 B792 4591C6A58FF5
5D751CB2 5983 4F19 971A 038BBF9A6427
277D60A9 5602 4D23 9BE8 99956E916F53

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Pre buff 

 

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After buffing 

 

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After buffing (in the sunlight) 

Make guitars, not war 🌍✌️🎸


   
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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!!)

Online guitar making courses – guitarmaking.co.uk


   
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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.


   
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@boo

Great job 

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

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

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

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

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It’s time for reflection. 🤔 

 

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Excellenté @boo

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