Wearing a polishing plate - GIF

**VinnieL** · Oct 12, 2019, 06:35 PM

That looked like a rifle barrel he was polishing. It is an innovative way to do it so that it gets evenly polished its entire length.

**suther51** · Oct 12, 2019, 07:52 PM

Could the gloves be for heat? Polishing can create a good deal of heat.

**Nick79** · Oct 13, 2019, 07:48 AM

Right idea, but having an item - the plate - around your NECK so close to the high speed polisher is an unnecessary risk. Mount the bearings close to the wheel directly to the machine - add a safety shieled top and bottom in case it JUMPS of the spinning wheel and then, I might endorse it.

**Jon** · Dec 7, 2020, 12:52 PM

Found another set of these body-mounted polishing GIFs.

**jimfols** · Dec 7, 2020, 06:00 PM

Gives me more appreciation for things that are processed that way.

**Ralphxyz** · Dec 12, 2020, 06:45 PM

Can you imagine doing the same thing (very minor thing at that) all day long? I'd go bonkers.

**Moby Duck** · Dec 13, 2020, 04:40 AM

Dust masks and gloves but no eye protection.

**thevillageinn** · Dec 15, 2020, 09:33 PM

I feel like much of the ideas about how to make this safer are forgetting why this work appears to be done in a less developed country in the first place...$

I was impressed the workers were using masks.

**fool injector** · May 31, 2025, 07:56 AM

The Motorishi in Santa Cruz once used to belly-grind cams for mini bikes.

**lonestarr007** · Jun 2, 2025, 11:51 AM

OSHA approved right??? HA HA To me it's an unsafe way of doing something... If some how the plate got hooked up with a downward force the bottom brace on the belly gadget could remove your jewel sack for you... With out to much work one could build a spring loaded moveable arm coming off the base of the polish motor to do what he doing with his belly...