Re: [Harp-L] deburring slide

[Music Cal <macaroni9999@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Vern

I have crocus cloth and have used it on my sliders in the past. Since
rubbing the entire slide may harm the slide tolerance I am trying to avoid
that now and instead look for a more direct path to removing burrs at the
hole edges.

Have you found a good way to smooth the small hole in the slide through
which the spring arm passes? I am finding that it is significant source of
friction in my harps.


On Sun, Apr 20, 2014 at 10:36 PM, Vern <jevern@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> Iâm 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 (Johnsonâs 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
> âbuttery smoothâ professional feel that Joe Leone recommends.
>
> Vern
>
> >
> >
> > On Sunday, April 20, 2014, Music Cal <macaroni9999@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> 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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>
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