How do you burnish your thread ?

Hi Steve,
From the outside to the middle of wraps. I use a gudebrod burnishing tool but many others are suitable including home made purpose built tools. Make sur there are no rough edges on your tool..

ESFNEM Col
Port Kembla, NSW
Australia

Well I don't burnish if I don't need to.

After starting the wrap I make sure its even and square to the blank, then I just keep on wrapping. If the thread goes on evenly, I will finish off the wrap without any burnshing.

Sometimes it might go a little bit wonky, particularly as you step up off the blank onto the guide foot, in which case I try and close up the thread gaps there and then, before going any further.

I generally wouldn't like to finish off a wrap and then have to go back and fix up any gaps that are back in the middle.

I'm only a beginner, but it seems to work fairly well!

The tool I use is like a thin piece of chrome rod, maybe 1/16" and 5" long, pointed on the end and mounted in a small wooden handle - purchased from one of the online shops. The brand is Kemper Tools.

Dale
Hobart, Tasmania, AUS

Thanks Dale

Even when the wrap looks good Running a smooth object over it will help to push some threads down that got pushed up from packing to tight It helps

Bill - willierods.com

I would definitely burnish (particularly if I was using thread that was lighter than the blank (gaps have a way of showing up AFTER you apply finish. What looks like blotchy CP is usually blank showing through TINY gaps. Burnishing takes a couple minutes. Shortcuts have a habit of coming back and biting you!

Mike (Southgate, MI)
If I don't want to, I don't have to and nobody can make me (except my wife) cuz I'm RETIRED!!

Steve,
I generally burnish all of the wraps - just to get a more uniform look and finish. I wraps tend to be very tight and even, but a burnish does even the thread even more.
I just generally run the power wrapper on high and run my burnishing tool while the power wrapper is running in the opposite direction from the direction that I normally wrap. This gives me the better smoothing action that I want, with no thread separation.

Roger

hi steve,
always give the thread a rub with a burnishing tool , even if you think its perfect they will always will benifit from a rub.

Mike Barkley Wrote:
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> I would definitely burnish (particularly if I was
> using thread that was lighter than the blank (gaps
> have a way of showing up AFTER you apply finish.
> What looks like blotchy CP is usually blank
> showing through TINY gaps. Burnishing takes a
> couple minutes. Shortcuts have a habit of coming
> back and biting you!


Hey Mike;
"
Thanks for the suggestion. I would rather take the extra step than have to go back and correct it, or look at it knowing I could have avoided it. P.S. I'm not retired but my wife calls me Mr. Nobody Tells me what to do"