🔧 Beall 3-Inch Lathe Buffing Mandrel Review

This polishing system is groundbreaking. After installing it, I took some finished work and set about polishing the city. The results are pretty impressive. A NOTICE. They (the instructions) aren't joking when they suggest having a shop vacuum on hand to suck up any fibers that come off the buffing pads the first time you use them. I didn't heed that advice and paid the price of having to clean up a lot of fibers and dust that flew all over the place when I started loading the wheels with…

Polishing system works great!. However, using Revain to purchase and ship the product was a huge mistake. Instead of a Beall polishing system, they sent me a gallon of paint. I had to go to my local woodworking shop to buy a Beall polishing mandrel and polishing pads. For polishing small woodwork, the Beall system works exceptionally well. Otherwise, the polishing pads will be too close together to polish a larger object. To do this, you only need to use one polishing pad on the mandrel at a…

The product does a good job of finishing. Wheels with fingers or a handle, etc. if longer than a few inches. I ended up removing one of the wheels so I could separate the remaining two wheels into something more sensible. I think this setup would be better with a longer stem and machine extension. I will eventually finish handcrafting on the lathe until I have a table extension and then build my own long pole to use the wheels. Also note that the wheel drops a ton of cotton material when I…