Can you put a buffing wheel on a Dewalt 949?

[jvamagic]

Hi,

I'm polishing aluminum wheels on a 79' TA and I'm currently using buffing wheels on an electric drill (600rpm) which I don't think is enough.
I have a dewalt 949 and I'm wondering if I can put a polishing wheel on it so I can use the power of this polisher.

The link below depicts the buffing wheel I'm looking to use.

Buy Buffing Wheel 8" x 1" at Woodcraft.com

Thanks in advance.

 

[Whitewater25]

Dr Detail of Fullerton CA sells an adapter that will allow you to use either a 1/2 or 5/8" arbor wheel depending on which adapter you buy. I have been using several of them polishing stainless for the last few months & they work Great!! They thread right on the 5/8" X11 thread of most buffers.

 

[Rsurfer]

Your going to buff a wheel with an 8" pad?

 

[jvamagic]

Your going to buff a wheel with an 8" pad?

Hi, I did not see smaller pads to use to polish the wheels. What would you suggest? I have the 3" pad but those go on the drill which is low powered - 600rpm.

thanks.

 

[Rsurfer]

Hi, I did not see smaller pads to use to polish the wheels. What would you suggest? I have the 3" pad but those go on the drill which is low powered - 600rpm.

thanks.

Flex has some 1", 2" and 3" backing plates along with 3 different grades of pads. You may need an extension with these smaller backing plates. The Dewalt is a heavy duty machine and may be awkward to handle. For less money you can opt for a 3" backing plate with 4" wool pads.
FLEX Rotary Backing Plates 1, 2, 3 Inch Diameter

 

[jvamagic]

Flex has some 1", 2" and 3" backing plates along with 3 different grades of pads. You may need an extension with these smaller backing plates. The Dewalt is a heavy duty machine and may be awkward to handle. For less money you can opt for a 3" backing plate with 4" wool pads.
FLEX Rotary Backing Plates 1, 2, 3 Inch Diameter

Sounds like a good idea. I have a PC7424xp which I assume will also work. Have you polished aluminum wheels before? If so, what products worked best?

 

[Rsurfer]

Sounds like a good idea. I have a PC7424xp which I assume will also work. Have you polished aluminum wheels before? If so, what products worked best?

These are 5/8 thread and will not fit the PC, rotary use only. PC would not have enough power.

No never polished aluminum wheels and never will, just too much work to keep them shiny.

 

[Eandras]

Sounds like a good idea. I have a PC7424xp which I assume will also work. Have you polished aluminum wheels before? If so, what products worked best?

You are better off using the PC with a 3" backing plate and pads.

The PC can do a lot of correction with time and process

Ed

 

[Rsurfer]

You are better off using the PC with a 3" backing plate and pads.

The PC can do a lot of correction with time and process

Ed

You have got to be kidding. He's better off with an electric drill. Wheels have no flat surface.. well a little on the spokes.rops:

 

[Whitewater25]

Try a 4 or 6 inch buffing wheel instead of the 8 to get in the smaller spots. The speed of the 849 will make short work of aluminum if you can access the entire wheel with the buffing wheels. That adapter I mentioned is about 4" long so it puts the wheel out away from the machine. If I had polished aluminum rims,this would be my choice of polishing them. The DA machines do not compare in this application. I guess it depends on what style of wheels you have as well

 

[Cvjeticanin]

I am currently tackling a similar project. I'll post up some pics of my harbor freight orbital buffer and the 6" buffing wheel with an extended shaft that I made from Home depo.

 

[BillyJack]

Maneuvering an 8 lb. rotary around to polish wheels sounds like too much work for me. Just buy yourself a corded drill, most of which spin at 1600-2000 RPMs. I've done my share of wheel polishing, especially on bare aluminum wheels we use on our dirt Sprint Car, as the calcium used in track preparation is hell on aluminum.

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I have an old Sioux electric 45 degree angle drill that I can use one-handed most of the time. Since wheel polishing is tough on pads, I'll use my worn full-size pads, cut down to 2 or 3 inch diameter to fit my smaller BP's.

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Bill

 

[Rsurfer]

Maneuvering an 8 lb. rotary around to polish wheels sounds like too much work for me. Just buy yourself a corded drill, most of which spin at 1600-2000 RPMs. I've done my share of wheel polishing, especially on bare aluminum wheels we use on our dirt Sprint Car, as the calcium used in track preparation is hell on aluminum.

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I have an old Sioux electric 45 degree angle drill that I can use one-handed most of the time. Since wheel polishing is tough on pads, I'll use my worn full-size pads, cut down to 2 or 3 inch diameter to fit my smaller BP's.

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Bill

That looks a hell of a lot easier than using a full size rotary. A Mother's cone pad would work great on the tight areas.

 

[jvamagic]

I am currently tackling a similar project. I'll post up some pics of my harbor freight orbital buffer and the 6" buffing wheel with an extended shaft that I made from Home depo.

Maneuvering an 8 lb. rotary around to polish wheels sounds like too much work for me. Just buy yourself a corded drill, most of which spin at 1600-2000 RPMs. I've done my share of wheel polishing, especially on bare aluminum wheels we use on our dirt Sprint Car, as the calcium used in track preparation is hell on aluminum.

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I have an old Sioux electric 45 degree angle drill that I can use one-handed most of the time. Since wheel polishing is tough on pads, I'll use my worn full-size pads, cut down to 2 or 3 inch diameter to fit my smaller BP's.

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Bill

That looks a hell of a lot easier than using a full size rotary. A Mother's cone pad would work great on the tight areas.

I will try the smaller pads.

Link below are similar wheels in which I am polishing.

http://www.tachrev.com/JPEG_Images/StellarSnowflakes4.jpg

Thanks for all the replies.

 

[jvamagic]

I am currently tackling a similar project. I'll post up some pics of my harbor freight orbital buffer and the 6" buffing wheel with an extended shaft that I made from Home depo.

I would greatly appreciate this.

 

[Cvjeticanin]

I would greatly appreciate this.

Here are pics of my setup. It worked great for me last year when I polished up my lips. I bought all the pieces from home depot.

I hope this helps!

 

[Rsurfer]

Here are pics of my setup. It worked great for me last year when I polished up my lips. I bought all the pieces from home depot.

I hope this helps!

Very cool idea, maybe I'm missing something, but what protects the surface from the center bolt?

 

[Cvjeticanin]

I have only used this setup while polishing out my outer lips. I didn't have any interference issues. I suppose you could use something like Plasti-dip to coat the bare metal parts of the bolt head and the nuts and put a PVC pipe over the threaded area to protect from any accidental rubbing issues that could occur. Maybe i'll do this in the future but for now this got the job done.

 

[Whitewater25]

That is very similar to the adapter I mentioned except it is a bit longer. The one I got was $5 so I'm guessing they are about the same in price. Nice work!