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Someone had recommended a handheld rotary buffer, does anyone have the link to the thread?

Pat

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Try a search on Adams . That was the buffer. I have one and find it is excellent for fine buffing after I buff with my spinning machine buffer. It gets out this super minor scratches my other buffer leaves behind.

Here is the thread. Look down at my post which was #14.

http://luthiersforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10101&t=52716&hilit=adams+swirl

I have gotten a lot of use out of mine, the one that Barry recommended. It works really well on non guitar projects too. Well worth it for me.


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Ditto on the usefulness of the Adams mini swirl killer.

I was involved in that earlier thread on polishers and ended up buying the Adams tool too. It was just too bulky and heavy for me to easily handle, so I reaturned it. Just an issue for me. Others seem to love it. I ended up with a ZFE 1-2-3 random orbit air sander that I like a lot. It has some snnoying features and gets lots of bad reviews on Amazon but I was able to outsmart it and get it to work fine. In fact, they are so cheap I bought a 2nd one so that I would not have to change out the pads when changing grits. Very light, small, and maneuverable. Even a small compressor would run it. Biggest complaint seems to be people can't figure out how to unscrew the pads. Really not a problem once you understand the poor design. Like most all tools from China, it is a kit that needs some help. There are several brands of very similar sanders sold on Amazon. All are cheap.

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The Adams does have some weight to it. I didn’t like using just one hand for very long (one hand on the buffer, the other keeping the guitar steady), so figuring out ways to hold the guitar in something while I used two hands on the buffer was important to my use of it. I’ve got that worked out now, so I’m quite happy with the buffer.

I was really surprised how well it works. The design allows tight place buffing without out damage to body. Hard to explain how that works. Just try it.

I find the weight of it to be advantageous for the most part. I love the Adams tool.

I bought one several months ago per Barry's recommendation and finally got to use it yesterday on a standup bass finished with EV. Works great! Gonna go back and rebuff any of the recent builds I've done.

Another happy Adams user. And I, too, let the weight of the tool work to my advantage. I've just never done that well with stationary buffers. Never got the hang of it I guess.

Dave

Hey what buffing pads do you guys like for the Adams? I have been using Meguiar DA pads.

I got a set of 3m pads on amazon. 3 different textures of foam and a soft fiber finisher. Good price. Don't forget to use the link in the header for OLF.

There have been a number of questions about holding the guitar during buffing due to the weight of the Adams mini-buffer. Buffing the top or back of the body is easy by just laying the guitar flat on the workbench, but the sides are a challenge. I finally came up with a workable solution. Years ago I came across an idea for using pipe clamps bolted to the front of my workbench to hold a guitar. I assume that others here have something similar.

This clamping setup works great for most work but the weight and vibration of the heavy buffer pushes the guitar down through the clamp quickly making its use risky. I thought that moving the clamp setup to the top of the workbench would solve the problem. First thing I had to do was find something that would hold the pipe clamps steady. Rockler sells something call Sure-Foot Conversion pads which was the solution.

https://www.rockler.com/sure-foot-conversion-pads

They provide a stable base for the pipe clamp and raise it up off the surface a bit. The two padded pieces of plywood that I already had for the bench-front setup, work to sort of tie everything together when it is on the bench-top.