My Picador Speed Shaft from Dad's is now fixed up and works a treat. I have a selection of brushes and polishing wheels which all work well. I now need to make a guard to fit over the belt and pulleys. I have put some 1200 grit wet and dry paper around a rubber boss with spray adhesive, it brings things up to a great level of polish.
I'm thinking about setting up some kind of buffing device. We used to have one in the metalwork shop at school. A cotton pad was spinning at one end of a grinder motor. We used to apply some paste to the pad and hold the metal against it for a really good shine. I have an old motor on my bench that I could perhaps adapt. - I just powered it up and it runs sweet as a sewing machine. It was part of a lathe Dad built for me many years ago.
