12-26-2013, 09:08 PM
The wife seems to be happy with her gift.
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I ended up polishing it using an old 14" workbench Craftsman drill press I have in the basement. I used the Scotchbrite pad with an arbor on it and just chucked it up in the drill press. The polishing really causes all the machining marks, flaws, file marks, etc. to stand out (in my opinion) but it did give it a warmer more "antique" kind of feel to it.
The "proof in the pudding" as to how much my wife likes it will been her reaction when I tell her I'm buying more machining supplies/equipment. If I don't get the "eye roll" or the "look" I'll know that it was a "score!".
Thanks guys,
-Ron
I ended up polishing it using an old 14" workbench Craftsman drill press I have in the basement. I used the Scotchbrite pad with an arbor on it and just chucked it up in the drill press. The polishing really causes all the machining marks, flaws, file marks, etc. to stand out (in my opinion) but it did give it a warmer more "antique" kind of feel to it.
The "proof in the pudding" as to how much my wife likes it will been her reaction when I tell her I'm buying more machining supplies/equipment. If I don't get the "eye roll" or the "look" I'll know that it was a "score!".
Thanks guys,
-Ron
11" South Bend lathe - Wells-Index 860C mill - 16" Queen City Shaper