Members Dwight Posted January 16, 2013 Members Report Posted January 16, 2013 (edited) My apologies, . . . started to do this a long time ago, . . . got busy eating cookies or something. Anyway, . . . here is "my" burnisher. The tool on the end of the shaft is the same as the one used for those cloth polishing wheels, . . . you just use a longer bolt. I actually bought mine in a truck stop, . . . they sold them over where the wheel & rim polish and wax was, . . . for them big sooper truckers and their Cragar chrome wheels. Find a 1 inch or 1 1/4 in dowel, . . . drill it down the middle, . . . same size as your bolt, . . . you want it snug. Fit the whole thing onto a 1/4 hp motor, . . . 1725 rpm, . . . put a switch on the motor, . . . bolt it to your work bench, . . . grab a hand full of round files and a couple of flat files, . . . go to work. Turn on the motor, . . . first thing to do is take a flat file and make the whole thing round. When you drilled the hole, . . . it was off center, . . . and the wood is wobbling, . . . NEEDS FILED DOWN SMOOTH. Next, . . .file grooves in it to match the curves of the edge of your belts. SAND EM SMOOTH, . . . uhhh, . . . in case I didn't say it before, . . . SAND EM SMOOTH, SLICK, USE STEEL WOOL TO GET IT "NICE" SMOOTH. Take a little beeswax, . . . scrap leather sewn together, edged & beveled, . . . practice & have fun. Now all the way out on the end away from the motor is one trick I didn't plan, . . . but it sure is slick. Notice the big washer on the end, . . . it allows you to lay something up against it, . . . and use the flat piece of wood there to really polish a flat surface. Somtimes I have to use a thick welt, . . . leaves a flat place in the edge of the holster, . . . this little shelf is perfect for polishing those flats. Run the back edge of the holster lightly up against the washer, . . . and burnish to your little heart's content. Total cost of this tool (excluding motor) is around 20 bucks, . . . and is IMHO well, wellllllll, worth it. FWIW, . . . I can burnish a 52 inch fat boy gun belt in all of about 10 minutes on that rig. Used to take me about 30 or 40 when I was only using my Dremel. May God bless, Dwight Edited January 16, 2013 by Dwight Quote If you can breathe, . . . thank God. If you can read, . . . thank a teacher. If you are reading this in English, . . . thank a veteran. www.dwightsgunleather.com
Contributing Member SooperJake Posted January 17, 2013 Contributing Member Report Posted January 17, 2013 I thought there might be such a thing as a "belt burnisher"...some special machine for belts.Thanks for posting the picture, Dwight. Quote Once you know what the magician know.... it isn't magic anymore.
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