How To Remove Aluminum Transfer Without Acid

[diggers_dad]

I hear ya. I just don't do enough of this stuff on a regular basis to justify pulling that trigger yet. You mentioned the convenience of the foot pedal...

What ballbark rpm's were you turning?...I mean loosely, generally speaking.

This ain't the quality of Randy's machine, but ...

http://www.sciplus.com/p/VARIABLE-SPEED-FLEX-SHANK-GRINDER_43486

 

[LegDeLimber]

These wouldn't be what you want to use for transfer removal,
Just in the places you normally would grab a sandpaper cartridge.

this just a good & strait (the strait part matters ) piece of 1/4 diam rod.
Since i was gluing I didn't have to slot these.
I put a piece of tape on the end of the sandpaper and attached it to the shaft
than started rolling the paper around the shaft
till I had the diameter I wanted.
Notice the green arrows: the paper lays/wraps that way cause the shaft normally turns the other way.

Now wrap a piece of tape around the sandpaper roll to hold it.
The roll has to be *tight* and strait.
So may take ya a couple of practice roll ups
to get the technique smooth.
Holding the shaft in the side if your vice jaws is handy for this.
and having the tape already torn
and stuck on the edge of your table helps too.

Now that you have the roll smooth and taped, Set it upright and carefully
poor a layer of good 'ol common white glue on the top-edge.
[ see the red arrow and scratchy handwriting ]

now let it sit for a couple of days till that glue drys
[ the glue will pretty thick ]
and you're good to go!

This one was forgotten in movings and is so old now that the shaft has rusted in it
otherwise you almost can't tell them from store bought ones.
They work just the same too.

 

[helimech]

i just got a ms440 that seems to have this problem from possible straight gassing it, thanks mastermind for this post you da man

no i need a replacement piston and rings.....oem or what do you guys think?

 

[LowVolt]

Just picked up a foredom cc series on eBay with foot control, hand piece and a few bits for $109.

 

[LowVolt]

i just got a ms440 that seems to have this problem from possible straight gassing it, thanks mastermind for this post you da man

no i need a replacement piston and rings.....oem or what do you guys think?

Meteor are very good AM kits.

 

[Mastermind]

Nice Randy. I use a split mandrel like you have there with emory cloth for polishing inside bushings and such.
I'm gonna share a bit of experience with you. The squeaky chair gets the grease. Your chair squeaking was driving me nuts in your video.

That was the hanger my Foredom is on......

 

[RedFir Down]

No, I never use a hone. The hone contacts the entire bore, and therefore, can remove plating where there is no transfer. This way you are just sanding where the aluminum is at.

Randy I just want to make sure I understand you correctly.... You NEVER run a hone through a cylinder or just in this situation when removing aluminum transfer?
Thank you!

 

[sachsmo]

Meteor are very good AM kits.

Use a bunch of Meteors.

They are always first choice and first quality.

 

[tbone75]

Meteors are the way to go ! OEM is no better IMO , just cost 3 times as much.

 

[chadihman]

That was the hanger my Foredom is on......

Oh sorry....The squeaky hanger gets the grease

 

[sachsmo]

Da monkey puts his foreskin on a hanger? oh my!

 

[leecopland]

Excellent videos! Thanks mastermind.

Lee

 

[Mastermind]

Randy I just want to make sure I understand you correctly.... You NEVER run a hone through a cylinder or just in this situation when removing aluminum transfer?
Thank you!

Right. I never use a hone.

I have different size hones, and have used them in the past........until I found this way.

 

[LowVolt]

I found a nail here at work and halved it using a hacksaw like Randy said. That **** worked. Need my foredom to get here and need a good source for emery cloth.

 

[PogoInTheWoods]

I gather regular sandpaper would probably just fall apart at the higher rpm's and the "fabric" style backing of emery cloth keeps that from happening?

 

[PogoInTheWoods]

This ain't the quality of Randy's machine, but ...

http://www.sciplus.com/p/VARIABLE-SPEED-FLEX-SHANK-GRINDER_43486

Anyone have any experience/thoughts with/on this grinder? Looks like a decent deal if the quality isn't half bad. 'Course I already have a Dremel and am headed to the shop here at work to try rustling up a nail and a hacksaw to give that approach a try first.

 

[LowVolt]

A little bird told me they have the foredom style grinder at Harbor Freight. Possibly not the best tool but it should work for cylinder clean-ups.

http://www.harborfreight.com/flexible-shaft-grinder-and-carver-40432.html

 

[Mastermind]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1-x-50-YD-A...t=LH_DefaultDomain_0&var=&hash=item3a79f82850

 

[Mastermind]

A little bird told me they have the foredom style grinder at Harbor Freight. Possibly not the best tool but it should work for cylinder clean-ups.

http://www.harborfreight.com/flexible-shaft-grinder-and-carver-40432.html

That one has a good motor, but the handpieces will get hot when you use them for a few minutes. The Foredom handpieces will fit though.

 

[PogoInTheWoods]

Is the flex-shaft attachment for a Dremel worth considering?