Acrylic backing plates

You have to have the backing plates to be able to use any of the pads that you buy separately. Only the grinding wheels have the metal already attached to the backing plates so you don’t need to buy one for that. But for every polishing/soft pad you buy you’ll need one. I also like to add the cushion pads on the plates also so that you have a nice cushion for doing cabochons.

My final shipment of ceramic backing plates came in today. They are excellent for the amount of area needed for the grinding and polishing of the stones that I have. So far the are well balanced and easily installed with the Diamond disc and other smoothing disc that I have and they are really not expensive for the average rock hound to have a good inventory of desired grades of polishing disc. Very easy to install on one's flat cabber or the flat all you need lap machines. So when you purchase one of these machines, I suggest that you invest in several more grades of the Electroplated Plated Diamond Disc to go along with all of the Acrylic Backing plates. You never know when you have to change out a complete disc and not have it available.
Sorry no pictures yet.

Affordable and works great. Only thing I would suggest is a notch from arbor to backing plate. Same as the arbor to shaft. Would reduce wear and tear on the backing plate after so many revolutions on the arbor. You put a circle shape inside a circle shape with multiple circular revolutions it will eventually not work sooner then later. Just a heads up engineering team!

Weather outside got cold again and I haven't used them at all, they look good on the desk tho

These are needed for the extra discs I purchased, very pleased they are affordable.