A few handy things in lidl

[Heckler]

I bought one of these a few years ago from compass, i tried it once and didnt like it cause it vibrated a bit, this year we polished my bene 381 and a moody 46 with it, swmbo and mates swmbo used it, they used a line off the topsides to hang on to and take the weight of it, it did a superb job!!!
Stu

 

[johnpye]

polishers

Still searching for the perfect polisher,

Draper did make a variable speed orbital polisher but it is discontinued and the current Sealey catalogue has no variable speed machines. Axminster don't seem to have one

Boatsheen has this one:-

Boatsheen orbital polishers

With the claim of no gel coat burns but doesn't seem to be variable speed. The top one on the page is also only 2.2kg.



Harpsden

There are two main types of polisher, orbital and rotary. We have a selection of both and there is also a comparison of different types on our web site.

The important point is the surface speed, i.e. how fast the pad is going in relation to the surface. If it goes too fast or the pressure is too great, it will burn gel coat.

With a rotary machine, the pad spins round, so the surface speed at the edge of the disc is greater than that near the centre. This means you need to set a rotary machine to a low speed (or use a smaller head) to avoid burning the gel coat. Typically, rotary machines use a 180mm diameter head and with this size you definitely need to keep the speed down to about 600-800rpm. This is slow for a rotary machine, so for fibreglass gel coat you need to use a machine with a suitable variable speed range.

With an orbital polisher, the head doesn't rotate, it just oscillates rather like the action of hand polishing. The surface speed is the same over the whole area of the pad, which means you can have a large pad that will cover big areas quickly. In our case, the machine has a 250mm diameter head and does a nominal 3000 oscillations per minute, but as it is only moving about 1 cm in each oscillation, this can be done safely with no danger of burning.

The orbital machines are dedicated for polishing, and are also good for pre-wax preparation, but not really sufficiently powerful for compounding. Rotary machines are more general-purpose, but with limited head size. They are usually more powerful, and can be used for sanding as well as polishing.

 

[AIDY]

I thought you had all spotted they had fenders on offer next week !

 

[bigwow]

Still searching for the perfect polisher,

Draper did make a variable speed orbital polisher but it is discontinued and the current Sealey catalogue has no variable speed machines. Axminster don't seem to have one

Boatsheen has this one:-

Boatsheen orbital polishers

With the claim of no gel coat burns but doesn't seem to be variable speed. The top one on the page is also only 2.2kg.



Harpsden

http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/p.../path/14-angle-grinders-polishers-accessories

 

[monkfish24]

you lot really are useless, all i can see that is useful is decent quality cheap red wine!