Which leather burnishing machine to buy?

[bikermutt07]

29 minutes ago, theleatherguy said:

Hi BDAZ,  I'm trying replicate your set-up and wondering where you purchased the above 2 items?  Thank you!

If you're in the States contact pro-edge burnishers. His motor burnisher fits a 1/2 and 5/8.

[BDAZ]

1 hour ago, bikermutt07 said:

If you're in the States contact pro-edge burnishers. His motor burnisher fits a 1/2 and 5/8.

Great minds think alike!

[bikermutt07]

@BDAZ, right? 

You know I can't think of why a servo motor wouldn't make a good burnisher. They are inexpensive variable speed units with a shaft sticking out. 

I don't know the shaft size of any particular one but bushings are always out there. 

Plus the shaft is designed for perpendicular pressure to be put on the unit. Much more than say a drill press.

[BDAZ]

For +- $36 you can't beat:

https://www.harborfreight.com/6-inch-buffer-94393.html

It has a 1/2" arbor and 1/2 hp motor...All you need!

[Mocivnik]

This is the grinding wheel I bought a week ago for 50$ and it's working just fine. Got 2950 RPM and is 350W motor inside.

The wooden wheel is (if I'm not wrong) 40mm in diameter and I think it's great size for burnishing edges. The wood is beech.

I hope I helped here.

 

[BDAZ]

Looks like the vibrator from Hell!

[Mocivnik]

well..somehow it is. It gives me enormous pleasure, while I'm into leather.. 

[theleatherguy]

5 hours ago, BDAZ said:

I already owned the burnisher which I was using in my drill press but I would have purchased this one:

http://proedgeburnishers.com/motor-burnishers.html

Same guy makes it and has the adapter for the buffer built in.

Another benefit to having this buffer is using the buffing wheel for polishing edges after sharpening.

Bob

Thanks BDAZ!  I'll contact proedgeburnishers.  I have the same polisher from harbor freight.  Thanks for your help!

[SeppoKaitainen]

On 3/28/2018 at 3:21 PM, KittenThrasher said:

I just bought one of Nigel Armitage's burnishers from justwood.com, it's a good quality burnishing drum made of Ash with a sanding drum on the other end like the Tandy one, however this one is a LOT cheaper and rather better quality.

Your can also buy the burnisher and/or the sanding drum separately if you have an old bench grinder laying around (which is what I did) that way I got a really nice burnisher for about £100 I visited the people at Just Wood and they were great, very helpful and friendly. A basic 150W cheap bench grinder set up with the burnishing drum is plenty powerful enough for most uses. Mine started to get a bit warm after an hour or so but wasn't that bad.

I've seen one of the Tandy ones and TBH it really isn't as good. even with variable speed.

KittenThrasher - how did you attach the burnisher to your old bench grinder?

[Stingray702]

Hello everyone,

New to the site, and this is my first post.  I want to make one of the burnishing machines.  So if I go to Home Depot and buy a grinder, are the two components (the sander, and the the burnishing wheel) easy to install?  And what would you recommend as far as purchasing these components.