polishing wheels and extraction?

[medusa]

How important is it to have decent dust extraction on a bench polishing wheel? I normally use my neighbours, but I really want to get my own sorted but I don't think there will be room for an extractor (especially now I have my durston where I was planning on having my polisher.

I've taken to using platinum blue and white on a small mop (which is amazing stuff!) but it does worn me that in California it is known to be a cancer hazard.


Could I get away with using a dust mask and nowt else?

[caroleallen]

If you get the Foredom polisher with a dust extractor, it's really tiny and you can move it around. I use Luxi too but from the muck that collects in the filter, I'd say you would't want that floating around your studio.

[medusa]

meh, I was just going to repurpose an old grinder I had. Might have to rethink.

[Goldsmith]

meh, I was just going to repurpose an old grinder I had. Might have to rethink.

I have managed for the past 25 years with just my homemade mop covers and without an extractor Liz, if things get mucky I just position and old vacuum cleaner near the mops. A regular clean with the vacuum up keeps my polishing area clean. I have an old Black and Decker, Henry type vacuum for this job.

James

[medusa]

I have managed for the past 25 years with just my homemade mop covers and without an extractor Liz, if things get mucky I just position and old vacuum cleaner near the mops. A regular clean with the vacuum up keeps my polishing area clean. I have an old Black and Decker, Henry type vacuum for this job.

James

cheers James, that's what I had hoped to hear!

[Keia]

I use the extractor fan on the cooker & a face sheild, but that's with using the Dremel to polish. Not sure if it would work with a bench polisher =D

[Goldsmith]

cheers James, that's what I had hoped to hear!

I am not sure if I have posted this before, but this is my polishing area, after a lot of polishing and no clean up for a few months. I made the mop covers from plywood and the flaps that sit on the mops are just squares of cardboard taped to the cover tops, as you see it's a messy area but a lot of the rubbish stays inside the mop covers. This is the worst my polishing area has ever been.

James

[Wallace]

meh, I was just going to repurpose an old grinder I had. Might have to rethink.

I was going to but George and Caroline tempted me to the foredom side.... the force is strong..... hahaha

It wasn't too hard though, I need my grinder for preparing my gravers etc.

I need to invest in an old vacuum cleaner though those cotton mops get everywhere!

[Didi]

Hi there. I would love a bench polisher but for now use the little mops on the foredom. My problem isn't so much extraction but the state I get in. Being very myopic means i get too close and end up with a black face and my white hair turned pink!! I think I need to run up a 'polishing outfit'. Any ideas? Balaclava perhaps?
Didi

[Wallace]

face visor http://www.protecdirect.co.uk/Visors...ways-Visor.htm

that would work!

failing that, how about this? http://www.thebigredguide.com/news/s...fdic-2009.html

or for a smaller cost, this: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/German-Arm...item27cbc234d7