Where do I find the tool in this video?

[Packard]

It looks like a buffing machine with a plate mounted instead of the buffing wheel.  I am guessing pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA) backing.

Shown in use at 3:25 second in the video.  Their operation, seems to require some skill, but the appearance and speed of operation are impressive. 

They do depend on hand painting, something I am not really interested in doing.  But maybe.

I can find buffing machines easily enough.  I don’t know if they have the torque required for this work and I am not seeing anybody selling backing plates that are as thin as shown in the video.  The thinness allows them to make some intricate cuts.

Any ideas?

 

[smorgasbord]

Not nearly as thin, but:
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From Taylor Toolworks:https://taytools.com/products/drill-press-sharpening-system-v2-dce?variant=40252820226135

Video:=1Bw2-qlvOzvOl3VW

 

[woodferret]

Fibre disc with abrasive backing pad and an extender.

 

[Packard]

Not nearly as thin, but:
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From Taylor Toolworks:https://taytools.com/products/drill-press-sharpening-system-v2-dce?variant=40252820226135

Video:=1Bw2-qlvOzvOl3VW

My tabletop (Makita) drill press does not like any lateral pressure.  When that happens, the Morse taper disconnects the chuck from the arbor. 

So that won’t work unless I buy a new drill press.

 

[luvmytoolz]

Got a lathe? These sanding jigs are really common with lathes!

 

[smorgasbord]

My tabletop (Makita) drill press does not like any lateral pressure.  When that happens, the Morse taper disconnects the chuck from the arbor. 

I assume you've done the cleaning thing. But maybe by now you've got some wear. I found this on the old interwebs:https://sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?152436-Morse-Taper-on-Drill-Press-Breaking-Loose#:~:text=Clean%20it%20really%20good%20inside,and%20that%20should%20do%20it.

"If that does not work get some very fine valve grinding compound and put a little on the shaft of the drill press and then work the chuck on it a little. Then clean it again really good and that should do it."

 

[woodferret]

Let's try this again...

1. Abrasive backing pad.
Something like this... https://www.amazon.ca/Walter-Surface-Technologies-15D044-Assembly/dp/B003O9ZT5A/ref=sr_1_5
It's designed to be tapered and has a flexible tip to allow for grinding close to corners, etc.  This is unlike the lathe sanding discs which are hard aluminum and rigid.  Those are meant primarily as a replacement for disc sanders and pen milling.  The grinder pad is meant for smoothing and feathering.

2. 120g Fiber dischttps://www.amazon.ca/WA-50PACK-Resin-Sanding-Grinding/dp/B0BKBRMXZ9/ref=sr_1_4
Usually they're low grit.  120g is generally the highest it goes.

3. Rod extension
Something like... https://www.amazon.ca/Professional-Grinder-Extension-Connecting-Stainless/dp/B0BKT4BVKN
Just to get it away from the motor housing.

Hopefully that's clearer.

 

[Cheese]

Here's a pictorial of what woodferret is referencing. These are commonly available components for any RA grinder...just add the shaft extension. These are 3M components on a Festool AGC 18.

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[Packard]

Let's try this again...

1. Abrasive backing pad.
Something like this... https://www.amazon.ca/Walter-Surface-Technologies-15D044-Assembly/dp/B003O9ZT5A/ref=sr_1_5
It's designed to be tapered and has a flexible tip to allow for grinding close to corners, etc.  This is unlike the lathe sanding discs which are hard aluminum and rigid.  Those are meant primarily as a replacement for disc sanders and pen milling.  The grinder pad is meant for smoothing and feathering.

2. 120g Fiber dischttps://www.amazon.ca/WA-50PACK-Resin-Sanding-Grinding/dp/B0BKBRMXZ9/ref=sr_1_4
Usually they're low grit.  120g is generally the highest it goes.

3. Rod extension
Something like... https://www.amazon.ca/Professional-Grinder-Extension-Connecting-Stainless/dp/B0BKT4BVKN
Just to get it away from the motor housing.

Hopefully that's clearer.

Thanks for the link.  The disc looks like it will work, but it looks like it would attach to my hand-held right angle grinder.

I work better when I bring the work piece to the machine rather than the machine to the work piece.

I was thinking of getting something like this (about $140.00).

Would that disc backer fit a device like this?

I currently have a table top belt sander that will perform some of the functions very well, but others not at all.

 

[squall_line]

There is an alternate angle for that wheel here:

The company offers factory tours.  I would imagine that a politely worded email to the company inquiring about their disc sander would elicit a response, and since their website is also offered in English, they probably have some English speakers there, avoiding the need to translate your email.

 

[woodferret]

Would that disc backer fit a device like this?

Probably not.  The video's setup is an industrial low speed polisher lathe.  Another image of the setup (at bottom)

There are a few jewelry class bench polishings lathes that come with disc backers, but if you're going to retrofit a polisher, at least use a low speed/variable speed one.  Also note disc rotation direction.

 

[tjbnwi]

It is a Baldor style buffer, from the color my guess is the Shop Fox clone.
https://www.baldor.com/brands/baldor-reliance/products/grinders--buffers--lathes/buffers

Tom

 

[Packard]

There is an alternate angle for that wheel here:

The company offers factory tours.  I would imagine that a politely worded email to the company inquiring about their disc sander would elicit a response, and since their website is also offered in English, they probably have some English speakers there, avoiding the need to translate your email.

I wrote to the corporate office.  They really do not encourage emails.  They don’t list an address in their website or their other online presence.  I Googled their corporate offices in Germany.

I wrote:

Dear Sirs, Madams,

I happened upon your English language website.

I am a 76 year old retiree making small pieces for gifts for friends and relatives.

I was intrigued by your video that shows how your toys are made. 

I was particularly intrigued by the disc sander/shaper that was used for contouring the edges.

I searched on line to find a similar piece of equipment and I could not find one.

Can you tell me what this machine is called?  Where I can buy one?

It is shown in use on the opening frame of your video and is shown below.

[I attached a screen capture of the opening frame of their video.]

Hopefully, they do not see me as a major competitor.  I will give them a few days to respond.

Thanks all.

Packard

(I just bought an LED desk lamp.  It is very nice, except all those LEDs are reflecting off my stainless steel ruler and make a light/dark/light/dark image that moves as I move my head.  Disturbing.)

Here is what I was seeing.  It is only 3 seconds long but repeats.

 

[squall_line]

In the other video they have on their channel that woodferret posted, in their actual factory with multiple people working at the same time, the stand that the polisher is on is branded with a red Metabo marque.  That may just be the stand's branding and not that of the polisher, however.

 

[Vondawg]

Y’all have more time on your hands than most….

 

[Packard]

It seems that buffing machine turn at higher RPMs than would be ideal.

And they seem to be like my bench grinder, low on torque.

Maybe they had these machines made to their specifications, and they are not commercially produced.

Hopefully, I will get some feedback from them.

Does anyone produce a holder that will convert my handheld right angle grinder (DeWalt, corded) to a stationary bench grinder.  I could probably get that to work.

 

[rst]

I would and have done this type work on a vertical belt sander.  I love this type sander, I have a cheap 1 x 32 PC (I keep a felt belt and polishing compound for this), two 1 x 42, a Rockwell an PC and a 2x42 Jet.  I use them for deburring, sharpening and shaping aluminum, metal and wood shaping.

 

[Packard]

In the other video they have on their channel that woodferret posted, in their actual factory with multiple people working at the same time, the stand that the polisher is on is branded with a red Metabo marque.  That may just be the stand's branding and not that of the polisher, however.

There was a USA manufacturer of hand carved, and hand gold leafed “Old World” picture frames.  These were every bit as good as anything coming out of Europe.  I sold one to a local museum for $4,500.00 back in the mid-1980s.

How did they do that?  I got a tour of their Long Island City factory in Queens, NY.

Each skill set had a different worker.  So one ran the pantograph router, another did the rough sanding, another the fine sanding, another applied the gesso, etc.

So no one worker could produce a finished frame.  Even the gold leafing was done by different workers depending on the aged appearance needed.

I suspect that something like that is going on in the toy factory.

One uses a band saw, one uses the disc sander, one does the fine sanding, one paints, etc.

I would be surprised to learn that any one worker produced the toys from beginning to the end.

 

[Packard]

I would and have done this type work on a vertical belt sander.  I love this type sander, I have a cheap 1 x 32 PC (I keep a felt belt and polishing compound for this), two 1 x 42, a Rockwell an PC and a 2x42 Jet.  I use them for deburring, sharpening and shaping aluminum, metal and wood shaping.

One of those 2” wide ones?

 

[woodferret]

It seems that buffing machine turn at higher RPMs than would be ideal.

And they seem to be like my bench grinder, low on torque.

Maybe they had these machines made to their specifications, and they are not commercially produced.

McMaster-Carr sells arbors (mandrels) that can go on a bench grinder.  Unfortunately, the arbor shaft is 1/2 and the typical backing pads are 5/8-11 threaded.  One would need a bushing to get it to work, hence my 'no' regarding off the shelf-fitment.  That and the fact that I can't say 'yes' for fear of the fact someone slaps it on a high RPM grinder and slices their face off.

But you're a grown-up, so continue at your own riskhttps://www.mcmaster.com/products/die-grinder-arbors/motor-shaft-arbors~/

Example of the fun that can be had with a motor adapter (from AliExpress)
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edit: In my brain dead moment, I forgot that you can get 5/8 shafted bench motors... so maybe the extension-only can work.  I'm not entirely sure it'd be secure given the lack of set screws.  Choose your bench grinder side wisely.