Building a multi-wheel buffer

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cyclekarl

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Somewhere I've seen pictures of a buffer built with a mandrel maybe about 24-36" long with 4-6 buffing/Scotch Brite wheels mounted on it. I have a new Baldor 2HP TEFC 3450RPM that I could slow down via wheels and belts, but I can't find any reference to a long mandrel at Enco, Rutland, of J and L Industrial. Do any of you guys have a source/plans, etc. for such a contraption??
 
Make your own. Just get some pillow block bearings and shaft any length you want. I have seen shafts up to 10 ft. run this way. (of course it had several bearings in the run however)
 
OK, thanks! But let's say I use a 1x80 steel round and want to put six wheels on it. At the point where each wheel is to be placed I would need what? And how would the six wheels be placed/replaced in the middle of the shaft? Exactly how is it done? I'm not mechanically minded!
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Bill, where do you buy pillow block bearings? I've made them before but I don't think I've ever seen them for sale.
 
You can purchase pillow block bearings @ any bearing supply. Shafting should be readily available at most steel suppliers. Individual shivs placed on the shaft at each machine operation and one for the motor. Then standard arbors for each buffer or whatever you want to run. Don't want all running at the same time - put the standard arbors on a hinge you can lift up to slacken the drive belt and just slip it off the shiv. Then you can pick and choose what you want to run off the primary drive shaft.
 
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