1. Home
  2. Woodturning Crafts
  3. Power sanding

Power sanding

After a few months of good natured nagging from this group, I ordered a cheap starter set for power sanding.. (2" & 3" foam backed disks)

Got them last night and played with them.. mostly on a large hardwood bowl that was started about 10 years ago and never sanded... what a world of difference!!

I'm hooked on power sanding now.. I was using a corded drill and also playing with a flex cable, which I wasn't happy with.. Time now to get a right angle drill, I guess... might as well go all the way with it..

thanks again for the nagging/nudging/explanations, folks!

mac

Please remove splinters before emailing

Reply to
mac davis
Loading thread data ...

"mac davis" wrote: (clip) Time now to get a right angle drill, I guess... might as well go all the way with it.. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ If you really want to go "all the way," spend some extra bucks, and get one of those bowling pin style angle drills like a Milwaukee. They allow a full hand grip near the chuck. which is more relaxed and gives good control.

If you're lucky, you may find a cheap import copy. I got one at a tent sale for about $20, and it also does the job.

Reply to
Leo Lichtman

Play with a flexible shaft again. Also get yourself some of the hard-backed power-lock disks. That way you can rest the handpiece on the toolrest, making the equivalent of a rotating scraper. Keeps the work round, and doesn't dive into soft spalted portions.

Other advantages, other than long abrasive life from not having to heat your work because you're supported elsewhere, include the ability to use the interior of a disk effectively on the convex portion of your work, not having to buy "wave" disks, because with both disk and work rotating, you _can't_ dig in and burn, and low noise because you power it with an induction-run motor. Oh yes, did I mention that after a few years you don't regret pitching the entire $50 item if the bearings get funky?

Reply to
George

That wouldn't work for me, George... most of my stuff is in the 2" to 5" size, mostly boxes/jars and small bowls and goblets.. all of the power sanding so far has been on the outside of things..

In the long run, $50 is nothing.. hell, the Talon chuck cost almost as much as the lathe!

Besides, that 20 pound assortment of sanding belt ends will last at least a year, now.. maybe 2! BTW, that's excellent paper and a great deal, thanks again for the link!

formatting link
BB00001

mac

Please remove splinters before emailing

Reply to
mac davis

Take a look at the Power Lock flex edge. Great in boxes and goblets.

Reply to
George

George... how is it different from the one that I got?

formatting link
made my own with a 1/2" head and it still won't fit inside most of the stuffthat I turn... Maybe I need to think bigger, but my wife loves those little (1"dia) boxes and goblets..

mac

Please remove splinters before emailing

Reply to
mac davis

InspirePoint website is not affiliated with any of the manufacturers or service providers discussed here. All logos and trade names are the property of their respective owners.