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[Richard1]

With a little patience I had good results. here you can see a spare tire holder I made for my Corvair. The basic grinding was on a bench grinder, and I probably should have taken it down a bit more before starting with the mini-grinder. I went through a couple of the stones, plus did a little with a diamond and some final with the sanding discs.




Final sanding by hand


Then chromed


Now it holds the tire in place


I have used this mini-grinder for a lot of the restoration of the Corvair, the trim (mentioned in the other thread on polishing). Very handy.

[skoughi]

Nice work, i did something similar with a replica roman soldier helmet i got from our up helly aa squad one year ( google up helly aa, it'll take too long to explain!!) It was made in India from mild steel prob hand made, was quite good but a little rough around the edges. Spent a couple of nights with sandpaper from 40 grit to 1200 and a polishing mop on the bench grinder, came up a bute!! The little dremel things certainly have they're job but also limits. Sold my draper equivalent and bought a die grinder, wonder if they have polishing mops for them or do they spin too fast?

[Richard1]

I should have mentioned that this piece started life as two bolts, one nut, and one motorcycle shock absorber shaft.

[Shifty]

Ralph Nader would have a fit!!!

[Richard1]

Without the Corvair he would have been just another ambulance chaser. The Corvair made him a somebody.

[Shifty]

And he ruined MG's with the silly rubber bumpers as well!!