That would be the speed of sound...the sound of the part reaching it's final destination and the sound of the expletive(s) emanating from the buffer operator!
-- Edited by OscarZ on Wednesday 15th of February 2012 01:12:27 PM
John D said
Feb 15, 2012
Just for review - an excerpt of "Tools Explained".
DRILL PRESS: A tall upright machine useful for suddenly snatching flat metal bar stock out of your hands so that it smacks you in the chest and flings your beer across the room, denting the freshly-painted project which you had carefully set in the corner where nothing could get to it.
WIRE WHEEL: Cleans paint off bolts and then throws them somewhere under the workbench with the speed of light . Also removes fingerprints and hard-earned calluses from fingers in about the time it takes you to say, 'Oh sh--!'
Glad you're not hurt too seriously. Is the headlight ring a goner?
-- Edited by John D on Wednesday 15th of February 2012 04:42:43 PM
dashboard said
Feb 15, 2012
If you are buffing a piece of chrome using a bench buffer with a seven inch diameter cloth pad turning at 3500 RPM and the chrome part gets snagged by the wheel. Approximately how fast in MPH will the part be traveling when it finally gets ejected or launched from the buffer?
It should be noted that the bench buffer may not be in the same exact location after the part is ejected.In fact there may be several things different in the room; none of which have anything to do with the rather simple mathematical computation.
Tony Hoffer said
Feb 15, 2012
23.2 MPH... maybe
Derek69SS said
Feb 15, 2012
72.89 MPH is the surface speed of the buffing wheel.
Derek69SS said
Feb 15, 2012
Forgot to show my work...
7" diameter x pi = 21.9912" per rev x 3500rpm = 76969.2" per minute x 60 min = 4618152" per hour /12 = 3848.46 feet per hour /5280 = 72.8875 MPH
:)
bowtie said
Feb 15, 2012
OscarZ wrote:
That would be the speed of sound...the sound of the part reaching it's final destination and the sound of the expletive(s) emanating from the buffer operator!
-- Edited by OscarZ on Wednesday 15th of February 2012 01:12:27 PM
I can guess the word that makes the sound in question
Jon H said
Feb 15, 2012
Can speed be determined in explatives?
Lost in the 60s said
Feb 15, 2012
dashboard wrote:
If you are buffing a piece of chrome using a bench buffer with a seven inch diameter cloth pad turning at 3500 RPM and the chrome part gets snagged by the wheel. Approximately how fast in MPH will the part be traveling when it finally gets ejected or launched from the buffer?
It should be noted that the bench buffer may not be in the same exact location after the part is ejected.In fact there may be several things different in the room; none of which have anything to do with the rather simple mathematical computation.
This is why you take it to someone with experience....they MIGHT be able to save it if it isn't complete trash now.
Hope no windows were in the way...
dashboard said
Feb 16, 2012
7" diameter x pi = 21.9912" per rev x 3500rpm = 76969.2" per minute x 60 min = 4618152" per hour /12 = 3848.46 feet per hour /5280 = 72.8875 MPH
Derrick, your math looks exactly like mine; you get the gold star today.
23.2 MPH... maybe
Tony, it may slow to 20-30 MPH immediately after it’s first contact with the human body.
That would be the speed of sound...the sound of the part reaching it's final destination and the sound of the expletive(s) emanating from the buffer operator!
I can guess the word that makes the sound in question.
Can speed be determined in expletives?
I cannot remember what I said but I know it was loud, very loud; Angie came right to the garage.
Mitch if I had your money I would have someone else do it all.
The part, a headlight-retaining ring somehow stayed attached to the wheel; the buffer began dancing across workbench. I thought this was my first priority until I realized there was blood everywhere. So my old Navy training kicked in and I dove for the deck, next I covered one eye at a time to see if both where still working, they were. About this time, the part departed the buffer, holy smit. I counted three points of contact, then all I could hear was my buddy buffer running on the bench.
I post this in the sprit of safety, anyone that knows me will tell you, I am always the safety nut, often to the point of being a pain in the butt. I have polished countless things on my buffer over the years. When you least expect, it can and will bite you in the butt or in this case hand. Glad it was only a $6.00 part and all I have to show for it is a band-aid on my finger and my wounded pride.
Lost in the 60s said
Feb 16, 2012
If you had my money, you couldn't afford the buffer to destroy the part...
Glad it's only a small cut. When I read about the blood everywhere, I thought you might have a new trophy scar.
Chris R said
Feb 16, 2012
Works good on throwing bolts back at you too. Even if you have a vice grip clamped on them.
SShink said
Feb 16, 2012
I'm just glad all it caused was a band aid and bruised pride.
Anything that rotates deserves respect!
Pushrod said
Feb 16, 2012
glad you werent hurt badly good thing the car wasent in the shop cause you know that ring would find that freshly painted beauty
That would be the speed of sound...the sound of the part reaching it's final destination and the sound of the expletive(s) emanating from the buffer operator!
-- Edited by OscarZ on Wednesday 15th of February 2012 01:12:27 PM
Just for review - an excerpt of "Tools Explained".
DRILL PRESS: A tall upright machine useful for suddenly snatching flat metal bar stock out of your hands so that it smacks you in the chest and flings your beer across the room, denting the freshly-painted project which you had carefully set in the corner where nothing could get to it.
WIRE WHEEL: Cleans paint off bolts and then throws them somewhere under the workbench with the speed of light . Also removes fingerprints and hard-earned calluses from fingers in about the time it takes you to say, 'Oh sh--!'
Glad you're not hurt too seriously. Is the headlight ring a goner?
-- Edited by John D on Wednesday 15th of February 2012 04:42:43 PM
If you are buffing a piece of chrome using a bench buffer with a seven inch diameter cloth pad turning at 3500 RPM and the chrome part gets snagged by the wheel. Approximately how fast in MPH will the part be traveling when it finally gets ejected or launched from the buffer?
It should be noted that the bench buffer may not be in the same exact location after the part is ejected. In fact there may be several things different in the room; none of which have anything to do with the rather simple mathematical computation.
7" diameter x pi = 21.9912" per rev
x 3500rpm = 76969.2" per minute
x 60 min = 4618152" per hour
/12 = 3848.46 feet per hour
/5280 = 72.8875 MPH
:)
I can guess the word that makes the sound in question
7" diameter x pi = 21.9912" per rev
x 3500rpm = 76969.2" per minute
x 60 min = 4618152" per hour
/12 = 3848.46 feet per hour
/5280 = 72.8875 MPH
Derrick, your math looks exactly like mine; you get the gold star today.
23.2 MPH... maybe
Tony, it may slow to 20-30 MPH immediately after it’s first contact with the human body.
That would be the speed of sound...the sound of the part reaching it's final destination and the sound of the expletive(s) emanating from the buffer operator!
I can guess the word that makes the sound in question.
Can speed be determined in expletives?
I cannot remember what I said but I know it was loud, very loud; Angie came right to the garage.
Mitch if I had your money I would have someone else do it all.
The part, a headlight-retaining ring somehow stayed attached to the wheel; the buffer began dancing across workbench. I thought this was my first priority until I realized there was blood everywhere. So my old Navy training kicked in and I dove for the deck, next I covered one eye at a time to see if both where still working, they were. About this time, the part departed the buffer, holy smit. I counted three points of contact, then all I could hear was my buddy buffer running on the bench.
I post this in the sprit of safety, anyone that knows me will tell you, I am always the safety nut, often to the point of being a pain in the butt. I have polished countless things on my buffer over the years. When you least expect, it can and will bite you in the butt or in this case hand. Glad it was only a $6.00 part and all I have to show for it is a band-aid on my finger and my wounded pride.
If you had my money, you couldn't afford the buffer to destroy the part...
Glad it's only a small cut. When I read about the blood everywhere, I thought you might have a new trophy scar.
Works good on throwing bolts back at you too. Even if you have a vice grip clamped on them.
I'm just glad all it caused was a band aid and bruised pride.
Anything that rotates deserves respect!
glad you werent hurt badly good thing the car wasent in the shop cause you know that ring would find that freshly painted beauty