For discussion of the drilling and shaping of the stummel.
Briarfox
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by Briarfox » Wed Feb 13, 2008 2:06 pm
Whats the best method for getting the bark off the Plateaux? I've been using a wire brush, anything work better?
Also whats the best method for finishing a Plateaux pipe? Do you neglect all sanding on the top and just hit it with trip,White diamond and wax it?
RadDavis
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by RadDavis » Wed Feb 13, 2008 2:57 pm
Before I started blasting, I used a wire brush attached to one of my buffing heads, abd it did a pretty good job. Blasting does the best job for me.
No need ot sand the plateaux, but make sure you get *all* of the bark off. On a stained pipe, it will come off later and tell on you.
Rad
LexKY_Pipe
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by LexKY_Pipe » Wed Feb 13, 2008 3:51 pm
I use a wire brush mounted to a buffing arbor. 1750 rpm. Works great. Wear eye protection of course.
Briarfox
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by Briarfox » Wed Feb 13, 2008 5:05 pm
The hand brush has worked but I'm finding it hard to get it all off. Thanks for the suggestions. Never considered using a dremel or chucking a brush wheel up.
flix
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by flix » Wed Feb 13, 2008 9:07 pm
You might try carefully picking at what you can't get off with the brush. A dental type pick or something like it should do the trick. I'm using an electronics assembler's pick for my final plateaux work.
BD
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by BD » Thu Feb 14, 2008 12:09 pm
I use a small wire wheel on the Dremel and follow up with a dental pick for the hard to reach parts. Works well for me.
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by ArtGuy » Wed Feb 20, 2008 11:55 am
The best way is to lightly sandblast it off at about 30 pounds of pressure. Otherwise a light hand and a wire wheel will work. Blasting does not leave any marks.