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D.M. Procida wrote:
I'm restoring an old tape recorder. The capstan flywheel is very lightly
pitted. I'd like to polish this out.

Is it on a face a drive belt or pulley bears on?

What would be a suitable polish? Or if it's likely to be too hard for a
polish, could it perhaps be sanded first?

They're normally made of a casting alloy - unfortunately sometimes Mazak
which can develop pits if kept in adverse conditions - although not
normally in a house. Now obviously if you grind these out in some way
you'll also alter the diameter and therefore speed. I'd be inclined to
fill them with good body filler then just smooth that down.

It will need to be the very finest abrasive paper, because it needs to
have an extremely smooth surface.

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