It took awhile but I dug out the ol'e tube finishing gizmo last night. When the Wife bought a new sewing machine some time back I just couldn't see trashing the motor and other good parts.
Heres what I did with the motor, and Foot peddle.
Back when "Blackshaft" phenolic tubing was all the rage, this little gizmo made short work of sanding down these tubes for competition models, Lately I've used it to sanddown the rough spots on layed up fibreglass tubes and bodies and finsih sand pre-Primed and Pre-Painted body tubes.
on parts or whole 36" lengths of estes type tubing I stick one of my tube cutting mandrels floating loose between the motor casing mounts. works like a dream with the variable speed foot control both hands are free to wrap and hold sandpaper and sandpaper blocks on the tube surface.
Fun with junk
Heres what I did with the motor, and Foot peddle.
Back when "Blackshaft" phenolic tubing was all the rage, this little gizmo made short work of sanding down these tubes for competition models, Lately I've used it to sanddown the rough spots on layed up fibreglass tubes and bodies and finsih sand pre-Primed and Pre-Painted body tubes.
on parts or whole 36" lengths of estes type tubing I stick one of my tube cutting mandrels floating loose between the motor casing mounts. works like a dream with the variable speed foot control both hands are free to wrap and hold sandpaper and sandpaper blocks on the tube surface.
Fun with junk