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Burnishing pictures
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(02-19-2017, 11:29 AM)sam bennett Wrote: A few days ago I drove 1023 miles to pick up an Emmick Express on CL Pensacola. It had a Honda GX200 and was certainly destined for an ignominious death as a yard kart. It had particular value to me because it was the second kart my Dad bought for me in the Jr classes. 

The gas tank was very rough from outdoor salty air. Inside was old varnished gas. I'm excited to show the results because even I was shocked! It shows this process may be the most suitable method for restoring aluminum gas tanks. 

I had some concerns about side wall deformation and how well it would clean the inside. I also knew I'd have to manually keep the part rotating in the tub because its size. I filled the tank with pins which is necessary to give it enough weight to cycle in the tub. The gas tank weighed about 50lbs or more! The pins reinforce the tank which prevented side wall deformation. You can see how well it cleaned the inside.

So, if you have a tank this size or smaller it will fit in my machine. If you don't want to go all out on a mirror polish this may be the only other alternative.  It took about 2 hrs because rotation is very slow.

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Dear Sam:

I have seen your work and will consider having you do the blocks in the future for both my Mc 8 and mc93.

For now I have a harbor freight small one so I can do my own burnishing but would like to have a better quality machine in the future like yours. So if you don't mind could you tell me the machine you have? I have seen what you and what the machine can do and am amazed. 

Thanks!!

Vico
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Burnishing pictures - by sam bennett - 02-01-2017, 07:59 AM
RE: Burnishing pictures - by sam bennett - 02-01-2017, 08:15 AM
RE: Burnishing pictures - by sam bennett - 02-01-2017, 08:43 AM
RE: Burnishing pictures - by sam bennett - 02-01-2017, 04:38 PM
RE: Burnishing pictures - by sam bennett - 02-01-2017, 05:01 PM
RE: Burnishing pictures - by Blaine Krugerud - 02-01-2017, 10:05 PM
RE: Burnishing pictures - by sam bennett - 02-02-2017, 03:35 PM
RE: Burnishing pictures - by Sterling Brundick - 02-02-2017, 05:16 PM
RE: Burnishing pictures - by sam bennett - 02-19-2017, 11:29 AM
RE: Burnishing pictures - by Ludovico Prelogar - 02-20-2017, 09:19 AM
RE: Burnishing pictures - by ted johnson - 02-19-2017, 12:44 PM
RE: Burnishing pictures - by Randy Dacus - 02-20-2017, 02:03 PM
RE: Burnishing pictures - by Ludovico Prelogar - 02-20-2017, 03:10 PM
RE: Burnishing pictures - by sam bennett - 02-21-2017, 07:08 AM
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RE: Burnishing pictures - by Randy Dacus - 02-21-2017, 04:27 PM
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RE: Burnishing pictures - by sam bennett - 02-28-2017, 12:03 PM
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RE: Burnishing pictures - by Ludovico Prelogar - 05-14-2017, 09:10 AM
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