Cake Beater Burnisher..?!

[ItsJustNC]

So this idea started off when my girlfriend was about to chuck a beat up old cake beater away, and i was in the midst of making a strap for a bag. I was hoping to make an electric burnisher by using as little effort as possible, and for as cheap as possible.

And after working together with Tree Reaper in a postthat i made earlier on, this is the end result.! It not only burnishes but sands down the edges too. The burnishing demostrated took roughly 3 minutes.?

Just wanted to show an alternative of an electric burnisher that doesn't involve buying a dremal or a motor. Hope this is of help to you guys out there looking to make/get one..!

Edited November 10, 2013 by ItsJustNC

[Tree Reaper]

I'm glad that does what you wanted it to.

It's always nice when things work out.

[WillAdams]

Interesting. A do-it-yourself way to do that would be:

- get a tool w/ a wooden handle

- cut off the tool part

- mount it, then shape the wood w/ files and sand paper

[needles]

well done, goog idea, how did you center the burnisher?

[OdinUK]

That's a great idea. I like it.

[DoubleC]

What a cool idea. Cheryl

[RoyalLeatherDesigns]

Nice....you certainly make use of what you have.. You even got a sander. The edges look good, you should try to dye them brown and then burnish so we can see a nice dark edge. Thanks!

Ralph

[Tree Reaper]

Hi Needles;

how did you center the burnisher?

I used a center finder, drilled the hole with a drill press and then trued it up on the outside with a jig and sand paper.

The only real problem is the burnishers are wood and they are warped so that's where the work comes in on something like that.

Kevin.

[needles]

thanks Kevin, whats a center finder?

[Itch]

That is a great idea but..Does this mean she quit baking cakes..