Buff and shine rotary backing plate extension

[ca.detailchick]

I used it for a while, and got smoother polishing without it. Also, is it supposed to require a wrench to get this extension off of the BP?

I couldnt get it off by hand and rather than search for the right size wrench I used a pair of vice grips.

[ca.detailchick]

Well, the physics alone will be as such that it will take a bit to get used to it only the very first time, but it should be fine after you use it awhile..

Your hands and arms will get used to the different way it feels and make adjustments for it..

Think of it as the way it was when you first started riding a 2-wheel bike, but a lot easier...

Once your body and brain figured out the balance, you were fine, right ?

The idea especially with a Rotary is to keep the pad absolutely dead flat on the panel at all times if possible..

So, you have to be able to move the machine with your hands to that place - where ever - it is to keep that line from machine, through the spacer, the backing plate, and pad, absolutely straight, so you have the entire thing balanced... Its really easy when you find that balance, and there is no more fighting anything..

I never take mine off, and if I have to change the backing plate, its just a lock the motor and twist off the backing plate with the other hand.. The spacer stays connected to the Rotary`s threaded shaft..

To answer your question Jrock645, it should be no harder to take this off than running off the original threaded shaft on the Rotary...
Its an extension of what you already have.. If you want to make it tighter, then it will take more force to remove it..

Here is another example of my experiences --- when I first bought the Flex 3401VRG machine (from almost the same guys in Florida), over 10 years ago, I put it on a panel and turned it on and was surprised that the counter-clockwise rotation was hard to manage - until - I figured out that this was the only thing different, and if I really tried to keep the machine perfectly straight and the pad flat on the panel, and not "fight it", the rotation was not as hard to manage - until - my arms and brain got to that place where they were now used to something entirely different - that crazy "backwards" pad rotation...

It took a little practice but then it was like nothing different - no matter how much time went by - before I used it again...
Good Luck !
Dan F

I only used it for a few minutes because it was stressing my wrists too much. I think my wrists have taken too much abuse with a lot of sanding I have been doing.I dont like to push my body beyond its limits and pay for it later with an injury!

But I know you are right that it s probably just a matter of getting used to and adjusting.

The 3401 Flex really stressed my wrists too , must be a weak area for me .

I still am glad to have it and use it when I need it. 5.99 is such an incredible bargain!

[RaysWay]

Put me down for team extension. I prefer an extension when I use a rotary.

[jtford95]

Well said Dan. Now I am going to have to buy the extension and the Flex 3401 machine. There is a longer extension out there anybody know where to get it from?