Looking For The Help Of Someone With A Lathe...!

[ItsJustNC]

Hey guys, I've got an old cake beater that i've been planning to turn into an electric burnisher for some time but i don't have easy access to a lathe machine and a Tandy store where i come from. So i was hoping someone could help me out here...! Will pay for shipping and wooden Tandy burnisher...! Any helpful soul willing to help me out here please....?

P.s. Pardon the amateur sketch...! I hope you guys can understand it...!

[ItsJustNC]

The thickness of the rod that goes into the cake beater is 5.5mm. So i think a hole of 5.5mm in a depth of 5cm would be awesome...!

[Leela Valley Leather]

nice idea, but I'm not sure it would be fast enough (or the motor robust enough), worth having a shot at though.

[shtoink]

I would agree Leela Valley Leather. It seems very unlikely that the cake beater would hold up to the abuse of being bogged down by the act burnishing. It'd be better option to get a cheap rotary tool from Harbor Freight, or somewhere similar, and use some of those Dremel burnishers from Bear Man. I might even be possible to make the burnisher yourself on the rotary tool, too. Maybe a cheap mixer from a second hand store to test until destruction might give an idea of how much abuse it can take.

Just a few thoughts. I'd hate to see you throw away money on an unknown without knowing the risks.

[ItsJustNC]

Thanks for the reply guys...! I've actually had the same concerns too initially. I tested the motor and it seems to have a really high torque and the speed is pretty decent too. So i thought it was worth a short...! Thanks for highlighting these concerns.!

[Leela Valley Leather]

Thanks for the reply guys...! I've actually had the same concerns too initially. I tested the motor and it seems to have a really high torque and the speed is pretty decent too. So i thought it was worth a short...! Thanks for highlighting these concerns.!

Did I just hear you volunteer to do a write up?

Just kidding, but do let us know how it goes, thinking about it I can recall working with some pretty thick cake mixes in the past

[shtoink]

So i thought it was worth a shot...!

It certainly is! That was why I tossed the idea of a used one to test to destruction. It's been shown that we learn more from our failures than successes.

[Leela Valley Leather]

It's been shown that we learn more from our failures than successes.

*looks in the scrap bin*

Yep, damn right we do!

[ItsJustNC]

Haha.! I wouldnt mind doing a write up if this project pulls through...! Pictures included...! Haha.!

Yea, the one that i have is a used one. And the torque was surprisingly high for a motor that small. So i figured it might be a feasible idea...! Worth a shot seeing as it'll cost me not too much. And if it works out, it'll be a great DIY and cheap burnisher that'll anyone can try out...!

[Tree Reaper]

What you really need is a threaded end to screw a nut on to hold the burnisher in place.

You can use a piece of dowel or broom handle and bore a 7/32 hole through the middle and hold it in place with the nut.

You can put grooves in it with a file or sand paper.

[ItsJustNC]

Thanks for the suggestion, but the problem is i lack the tools to bore a hole centered enough to mount on the cake beater without it wobbling. Haha.!

[Tree Reaper]

If it's worth $20 plus shipping, you can send it to me.

Kevin

[ItsJustNC]

Hey Kevin, i just dropped you a message..!

[Tree Reaper]

[Northmount]

Nice job. Have you tried it out?

Tom

[Tree Reaper]

Thanks Tom;

They are true to the shafts but there's a little run out due to the sloppiness in the mixer, it's not a real precision instrument.

The saving grace will be they can always be used in a drill chuck.

Kevin

[ItsJustNC]

Here is a follow up post for those who were acctually following this thread.!