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Originally Posted by cheftjcook  ...
Being pelted and many time injected with the flying mini wire knives as they left the wheel. Until I saw one of the Bill Epps dvds. I was an instant convert!!! Went to "HB Freight" and bought a VS Polisher, set it up and tested with different wire wheels, works great and life is good. (Thank you, Mr Epps!!)
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Tim |
Hi Tim. I saw this advice elsewhere and figured it was a good idea. I tried it out and it worked GREAT!
I wore my leather apron, gloves and a face shield, and used a premium knotted cup brush. Very controllable. Keeping out of cracks and using light pressure wore the wires uniformly, and there were no flying wires.
I did worry a little about the absence of a guard.
But, the HF variable speed sander is so weak and slow (on the "2" setting) that it is very controllable. Never even came close to getting away from me. But after a few minutes, I did smell that familiar "HF is working too hard" smell. If I take a lot of breaks, this tool will probably last for a good few hours, and that's a lot of safe(r) wire brushing. Do you think it's worth cobbling up a little guard out of sheet metal? They don't get in my way, but I hear they don't help much when you are going 10000 rpm.