So I get a rotary, old school, now what!?

[Airborne Ranger]

Ok so I get a rotary for $22 at this auction my neighbor was having.

It's a I don't know old it is but it's a Black and Decker 7" polisher/sander. It has a 2 speed trigger meaning you squeeze it half-way it goes to 1850RPM and hammer down, goes to 2400, follow me????

I want to get a velcro backing plate for this thing. Being old school that it is, it has a allen bolt that threads right into shaft coming from the motor. It also has this black rubber plate where if you want to polish or compound the pad slips over the rubber plate like a glove, know what I'm talking about????

I plan on using my Meguiars 6.5" pads for this thing but I can't find any backing plates that would fit my rotary. 1 option I was considering and it maybe my only shot but I'm not sure at this point is go to buy some of those velcro strips. Stick them onto the rubber plate and velcro my pads onto the velcro strips, make any sense??? Any suggestions???? deadman98

[DETLMAN]

dismount the rubber plate on the buffer and the new backing plate should screw on. Old school or new schol buiffers havent changed much. After you unbolt the plate that is on there there should be a threaded shaft, your new plate will screw on to this. If its different than that please post a pic so we can see what we are dealing with.

[Airborne Ranger]

Ok got some pics for you, BTW my rotary is green not blue.

This is what my rotary is


This next pic, the threads are on the inside of the shaft.


The backing plate



Not the best pics but they should do. Thanks,,,,deadman98

[travisdecpn]

You may be SOL on that one. You need to go from machine thread to coarse thread. If you have a tap you could tap that shaft out and put a length of 5/16" all-thread in it. A little work, but it would get the job done.

[Superior Shine]

Get a deWalt DW 849 on ebay for about $100.

[Airborne Ranger]

I emailed B&D today to see what they would reccomend and I'm exploring some options right now. I think I can make it work I just need to come up with some alternatives, it still runs great just alittle dirty.

Fortunately I do have a vehicle I can practice on. It's my dad's 94 Dodge Grand Caravan. Hasn't been washed since who knows and washing it will probably make it look worse, swirls to high heaven, rust, golf ball dents you name it, lol I'll keep everyone up to date with the latest with my progress and my solution. Thanks,,,,,,deadman98