I got these two wheels at an auction the other day... 10 inch diameter, inch and a half wide.
I made some adapter bushings to get them on the shaft of my big buffer to see what they do.
They're old and have not been stored properly... They seem to be encapsulated in a rubbery abrasive tar looking stuff. I've never seen anything like it. I was hoping they were a cratex, rubbery type of material, but with that wire embedded in there it's not... They're not very handy and I'll probably just throw them in the trash but I was wondering what they would have been for in the first place?
I've edited this post to show the wheels. I used them... they were the shits... pushing hard against them, there was bits of that encapsulation material balling up and flying off and sticking to the floor, to my nice shirt... to the material being buffed. It left a rubbery, stick feeling to otherwise shiney steel. You could feel it acting like an adhesive bond between the sole of my shoes and the concrete floor. Tried to pick the little dingleberries off my clothes.. it just smeared!!!
I made some adapter bushings to get them on the shaft of my big buffer to see what they do.
They're old and have not been stored properly... They seem to be encapsulated in a rubbery abrasive tar looking stuff. I've never seen anything like it. I was hoping they were a cratex, rubbery type of material, but with that wire embedded in there it's not... They're not very handy and I'll probably just throw them in the trash but I was wondering what they would have been for in the first place?
I've edited this post to show the wheels. I used them... they were the shits... pushing hard against them, there was bits of that encapsulation material balling up and flying off and sticking to the floor, to my nice shirt... to the material being buffed. It left a rubbery, stick feeling to otherwise shiney steel. You could feel it acting like an adhesive bond between the sole of my shoes and the concrete floor. Tried to pick the little dingleberries off my clothes.. it just smeared!!!
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