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<blockquote data-quote="thor447" data-source="post: 4129224" data-attributes="member: 24867"><p>I’ve got a case that I’d like to do some radial brushing on. A lapping machine is far out of my budget, so I tried to improvise this evening. </p><p></p><p>I secured the case between a nylon washer and one of my plastic crystal dies. I chucked it into a drill, and then used that to align it at the proper angle against a brushing wheel. </p><p></p><p>It’s clearly not perfect, but I think the concept is sound. I’ll probably need something different other than a thick brushing wheel to get the desired effect, so I’ll play around with it a bit more. I am encouraged that this may be a workaround to a very expensive tool. </p><p></p><p>Obviously a lapping machine can do many other things, but I’m just trying to accomplish this radial brushing for now. </p><p></p><p>About two weeks ago I came up with a very crude way of holding a case back centered and allowing it to spin so I can apply radial brushing to that part. It seemed to work pretty well.</p><p></p><p>The first two pictures are before my brushing attempt on the case. </p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]416095[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]416096[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]416097[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="thor447, post: 4129224, member: 24867"] I’ve got a case that I’d like to do some radial brushing on. A lapping machine is far out of my budget, so I tried to improvise this evening. I secured the case between a nylon washer and one of my plastic crystal dies. I chucked it into a drill, and then used that to align it at the proper angle against a brushing wheel. It’s clearly not perfect, but I think the concept is sound. I’ll probably need something different other than a thick brushing wheel to get the desired effect, so I’ll play around with it a bit more. I am encouraged that this may be a workaround to a very expensive tool. Obviously a lapping machine can do many other things, but I’m just trying to accomplish this radial brushing for now. About two weeks ago I came up with a very crude way of holding a case back centered and allowing it to spin so I can apply radial brushing to that part. It seemed to work pretty well. The first two pictures are before my brushing attempt on the case. [ATTACH type="full"]416095[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full"]416096[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full"]416097[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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