OK, I'm sure like many of the seasoned board veterans, I am a DIY'er at heart. I want to learn by trial and error how to make axles and wheels insanely slick and fast. I've decided to work on axles first. Removing crimp marks from stock BSA axles and working my way through 1000 to 12000 grit paper finishing with cotton cloth and a fine rubbing compound and then a chamois with a very fine silver polish. I'm getting very close to a mirror finish, but my question is regarding the fine(er) papers, do you all have a preferred RPM/polishing pressure preference? I understand that this is a "feel" thing, and have tried a few different methods. Care to share your preferred "feel" techniques without giving away too many secrets?
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Here you want a cool trick on touch. Take a tooth pick and put it in the drill take the sand paper and start sanding, your goal or task is not to bend the toothpick to a point that it breaks, put still sand it till you get a small groove in the wood. When sanding an axle you don't want to put so much pressure on the axle that it starts to bend, but you don't want to be to loose that the axle vibrates all over.
There you go my martial arts technique on how to touch your axles. OK, that sounded really bad when I re-read that.
There you go my martial arts technique on how to touch your axles. OK, that sounded really bad when I re-read that.
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SecondLawRacing said:
You have to make it thru the entire box of toothpicks blindfolded for that honor.
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