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9/14: I turned down the outlet pressure for the big compressor today as I was trying to clean the polishing sandpaper. It was set at 89 PSI for fusing. When I am done using it for polishing, I should set it back to 89 PSI to be ready for fusing again, whenever that is.
9/14: I turned down the outlet pressure for the big compressor today as I was trying to clean the polishing sandpaper. It was set at 89 PSI for fusing. When I am done using it for polishing, I should set it back to 89 PSI to be ready for fusing again, whenever that is.
9/18: I made Kapton straps since the canned air had not arrived.
I also polished bundle 501 for a while with 400 grit. Jim made an extension for the compressor nozzle yesterday. I cleaned the sandpaper with the compressor air and took pictures of the cleaned sandpaper. Compressor air is still not as effective as canned air. It does keep the sandpaper fairly clean, but it doesn't remove all spots of fiber dust from polishing. As long as I clean the sandpaper very frequently, the spots remain small. If we really do need to get everything off, we will need the canned air or some other solution for the compressor.
I wonder if it would be feasible to 3D print something to put inside the compressor nozzle rather than outside. That might be a way to make a smaller outlet for the air.