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Best way to avoid sanding:

Best way to avoid sanding:. Sharp tools Good tool technique. Sandpaper is a cutting tool Not a shaping tool – Don’t oversand. Sanding is meant to get rid of tool marks Try to sand ridges Not tear out. Do Not Use Cheap Sandpaper - mixed grit 80 in 240

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Best way to avoid sanding:

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  1. Best wayto avoid sanding: • Sharp tools • Good tool technique

  2. Sandpaper is a cutting tool Not a shapingtool –Don’t oversand

  3. Sanding is meant to get rid of tool marksTry to sand ridgesNot tear out

  4. Do Not Use Cheap Sandpaper - mixed grit 80 in 240 (CAMI,FEPA, JIS, Micron) • Friability (fresh edges) • Velcro bad • Won’t stick to pad • Separates from grit backing

  5. Use the largest sanding pad that is practical • Faster • Removes ripples Clean bowl between grits

  6. High Speed Sanding Advantages 1.Cuts sanding time dramaticallyf 2. Does NOT obliterate detail (perfectly centered) 3. No starved horse 4. Smoother finish (feels like next grit up)

  7. Concerns Heat, cracking of wood - Pressure - Speed Ease up on the pressure (Grand Canyons)

  8. Speeds Lathe: 500-1200 rpm Power Sander: 6000 rpm Speed or resistance allows grit to fracture – not heat Alox is friable Speed also helps cool wood and disk (if pressure is kept down)

  9. Grinder Walter (Metabo) variable speed (expensive) Makita Bosch variable speed (less expensive) Regular 10,000 – 13,000 grinder with router rheostat Really cheap with rheostat made from dimmer switch

  10. Adapting theGrinder Adaptor Sandmate $3 (www.sandmate.com) • 5/8"-11 Female to 5/16"-18 Male Rethread 5/16” to ¼”-20 • Fits both Roloc or Power Lock Walter $30 Air Tool Services, $30 Burlington ON 905 639-5821 Make your own

  11. Sanding Pad 3” diameter • Roloc from auto body shops $16 Roloc No. 051144-05540 • Power Lock from Craft Supplies $12.50 • Note: they are NOT interchangeable

  12. Sanding Discs • 3M Roloc Discs 80 cents auto body shop suppliers • Power Lock Craft Supplies USA 80 cents (both are aluminum oxide resin bonded) Discs also available in Zirconia and Ceramic • Sandmate Ceramic 80, 120 $1.12

  13. Can also use Velcro Systems • Tim Skilton and other pads fit converted grinder • Sandmate makes a ¾ inch thick foam pad that fits right on the grinder – no conversion Bonded pad $20 • Use ceramic, Astra Dot or Ekamant sandpapers

  14. Norton A975 “Dry Ice” (ceramic) 54 cents The Sanding Glove 3M 900DZ 62 cents ceramic – psa The Sanding Glove Craft Supplies USA Ekamant Red Lionel Bedard Astra Dot Roll 6” x 39” 35 cents WoodChuckers Supply 800 551-0192

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