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OPERATION
Once mounting is complete and adjustments are done, you are ready to test the machine. before testing,
remove the flanges and shaft nuts from the arbor. Facing the machine, the left hand nut has left hand threads
and vise versa on the right hand side.
TEST RUN
Plug in the power and turn on the buffer. Make sure your hand is poised near the switch. The buffer should
run smoothly with little or no vibration or rubbing noises. Strange and unusual noises should be investigated
and corrected before further operation of the machine.
BUFFING AND POLISHING
1.
Make sure the power cord is unplugged and remove the 5/8” hex nuts at the end of each shaft. facing the
machine, the left-hand shaft has left-handed threads, the right has right-handed threads.
2.
Sandwich a buffing wheel between the two wheel flanges provided
and slide the assembled onto the shaft. Use only the wheel flanges
supplied with this machine. The buffing assembly should look like the
picture below.
3.
Tighten the hox nut while holding the shaft with your other hand. The direction of the threads and motor
rotation ensure that the nuts on both sides will not loosen on their own.
4.
Plug the buffer into the power source. Select the appropriate stick
of polishing compound for your application. Turn ON the buffer and
apply the compound to the rotating face of the wheel.
5.
With both hands, firmly grasp the item to be polished. Lightly and
evenly move the workpiece back and forth on the edge of the buffing
wheel in the grayed area in the figure below.
WHEEL REMOVAL
To remove the buffing wheels, ensure that the switch
is turned OFF and the power cord is unplugged from
the outlet. Hold the shaft with one while loosening the
nut with a wrench.
BUFFING WHEEL SELECTION
Buffing wheels are available for most types of metals and for different stages in the buffing process. The
following pictures describe some of the more common wheel types.
