Fluted drain boards

[coolhandchris]

How are you guys getting the final polish on these?

Running a pos. 1-4 and then polishing by hand?

Oh, we are getting a CNC next week. (well hopefully next week)

[ChrisYaughn]

:D :D
wlecome to the club.

In all honesty I am a little jealous. You are getting the prom queen and I got her slightly older and a little heftier with a two-pack-a-day-habit sister ...................................


But hey. She can still cook. so it is all good. Call during the install if you have any Questions that I night be able to help with.

[Matt Lansing]

Yes, we run diamond button head mills positions 1 - 4 and then polish by hand. Actually one of my fabricators is pretty good and he uses a 3" backer with 4" pads on an air polisher to polish the flutes. Just mask the surface with a few layers of duct tape for when the pad tries to squirrel its way out of the grooves.

[B.Baltzegar]

We bought a blade a couple years ago for our bridge saw that is rounded and makes perfect drain grooves. For polished granite grooves, we use those stick on floor tiles (some kind of adhesive backed hard rubber) you can get at home depot. Stick to the surface, cut the grooves, then polish. The tile is rigid enough to ensure that the profile doesn't get sloppy from the polishing pads.

[matt rickard]

Cool idea with the sticky tile Brian I will suggest that the next time we do a drainboard

[Mark Smith]

Click on "drainboard grooving tools" >> http://www.nicolaidiamant.com/swf_catal ... eNumber=56 Let us know if you would like a quote. What cnc are you getting?

[Anthony Florio]

we just use pos. 1, then finish by hand. Most of our drainboards are pitched pockets without the groves.

[coolhandchris]

I am getting an Omag Profiler, 2005 model.
It came with a full assortment of tooling. It has the full set of ADI drain board tools(to polish), not the fluted kind.
Bevel, bullnose, TP, Ogee, half bull, demi bull and eased.
Sweet.

It will be here Sat/Sunday.

[Mark Smith]

Oh nice!

[coolhandchris]

I am now being told that there are 11 different edges/sets of tooling and the drainboard set that is 8 or 9 tools.

[Dan R.]

There are 11 set of tools with your machine. 5 sets have only been calibrated and never run (except for showroom sample pieces) the other sets are in excellent condition. These guys (whom you purchased the machine from) are the poster children for PM of machinery, imo. They know tooling and machines, for sure.

[dustinbraudway]

Dan, was this the one you were after a while back?

[coolhandchris]

Yup. She is mine now.

[dustinbraudway]

Congrats Chris!