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Archive for the ‘Woodworking’ Category
Friday, February 4th, 2011
The WoodWorker’s Guild of America (WWGOA) website is an excellent resource for any woodworker. Currently on their website they have a clever trick for getting more from those gum rubber cleaning sticks for sanding drums.
The gum rubber sticks that you use to clean resins off your sanding machines are great, but when they get down to the end, can be scary to try and hold while that close to a spinning drum. Dave Munkitterick shares his method for mounting these “leftovers” onto a wood handle so he can use more of the abrasive cleaner before discarding it.
Safety, simplicity and economy add up to one great tip! Read the whole article here.
We encourage you to share your ideas, tips and tricks with us and our readers too! You can comment here on the blog, find us on Facebook, or reach us on Twitter.
RW
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Monday, January 24th, 2011
Clamping and holding parts during milling is always a challenge. A bit of fine sandpaper can improve your results.
Adding a bit of fine sandpaper to this template routing sled increases the friction between the part and the sled, improving the holding power of the clamps.
Remember to add the abrasive evenly to keep the part square and level.
We always want to hear your sanding tips and tricks! You can comment here, email us at RW@2sand.com, find us on FaceBook or follow on Twitter.
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Sunday, December 26th, 2010
We scour the net in an effort to bring you news and information on sanding. The good folks at Woodworkers Guild of America (WWGOA) have a great blog and are kindly allowing us to share some of their sanding posts here.
First up is “Master the Belt Sander” by George Vondriska. George gives expert advice on what to look for when buying a belt sander, setting one up when you get it home, and techniques for getting the best results as you use it.
Of course, if you need belts for that sander, 2Sand.com is ready to meet your needs!
If you have or know of a well written blog that you’d like us to share with our audience, please feel free to let us know about it.
RW@2Sand.com
Tags: belt sander, blog, sanding, sanding belts, sanding supplies, sandpaper, woodworking, WWGOA
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Sunday, October 31st, 2010
When I have a lot of molding to sand, auto body filler can make a fast profile sanding block.
 Profile sanding block
To make a fast profile, apply a mound of body filler to a scrap of 1/4″ ply. Lay some thin plastic wrap over the filler and press a sample of the molding into it. Make sure the entire profile is filled then leave it to harden.
 Excess trimmed
Once the filler is hardened, remove the scrap part, and trim the block to size. Sandwich a piece of sandpaper between the block and the molding, and go to town.
Like the card trick I posted previously, rolling the sandpaper breaks down the backer and makes it more flexible. Bond the sandpaper to the block, and you can use it with a stroke-type detail sander like the Porter-Cable.
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Sunday, October 3rd, 2010
Many, many materials have been used to make sandpaper. As discussed before, ground glass was one of the early commercial grits. This is why the English still refer to abrasive sheets as “Glasspaper”.
Today, there are a number of standard materials used to make sandpaper. Aluminum Oxide is perhaps the most common, and likely what you will find at hardware stores and home centers. It is commonly used for sanding wood and metal. Garnet can also be found although it is not as common. It is traditionally preferred for woodworking and you may hear older woodworkers refering to “garnet paper”.
Silicone Carbide is pretty common as well. You’ll recognize it as the black “wet/dry” sandpaper, with a plastic sheet backer. Very fine grades of sandpaper may use chromium oxide, usually in 600 grit or finer.
The sheets shown above are Aluminum Oxide; (tan) Garnet; (red) and Silicone Carbide. (black)
In the next blog, we will discuss grit grades, and how to choose the right grits for your needs.
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Thursday, September 9th, 2010
We had mentioned on Facebook and Twitter that the English still refer to sandpaper as glasspaper since the first commercially viable sandpaper made used ground glass as the abrasive.
This quickly lead to a spirited, if slightly tongue in cheek conversation of the many differences between American woodworking terms and English terms for the same things:
“ Kari Hultman I wondered about that. Glass paper is referred to in the book I’m reading: The Essential Woodworker. 2Sand Kari, I had seen the reference too, and so I looked it up. It is funny how many terms are different between English and American woodworkers. They refer to “cramps” which we call clamps!”
And then Kari added the terms “Rabbet and Rebate”.
Rick Waters piped in with:
“ Rick Waters American=Planer, English= Thicknesser and, American:=Jointer, English=Planer” So, what terms have you come across to add to our dictionary? Please feel free to add your comment here, or jump in on Facebook or Twitter
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