Re: [Harp-L] deburring slide

[Vern <jevern@xxxxxxx>]

I’m sure that there are lots of good ways to do it, but here is what works well for me:

I hand scrub the slide and the parts that it touches with crocus cloth.  This is a fine abrasive cloth with a reddish color.  I always back up the flexible parts against a flat surface to avoid bending.  The softness of my fingers pushes the cloth into the openings and produces a microscopic rounding of the sharp edges. 

Then I apply a light coat of carnauba (Johnson’s in the yellow can) paste floor wax and polish it hard.  I assume that wax acts as a lubricant and inhibits stuff from sticking to the metal.

I just worked over my Super 64X this way and it came out with that “buttery smooth” professional feel that Joe Leone recommends.

Vern

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> On Sunday, April 20, 2014, Music Cal <macaroni9999@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> I would like to do some deburring of one of my slides. Does anybody have a
>> nice tool for this job. I don't want to just sand the entire surface. That
>> would mess up the slide tolerance. So I need something that is fine grain,
>> fits in the slide holes and allows me to deburr even in the corners of the
>> slide holes.
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