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Author:  Mike OMelia [ Fri Apr 25, 2008 5:14 pm ]
Post subject:  Small, electric sander for the sides

Anybody know of one. Even my smallest is too unwieldy in the waist area.

Mike

Author:  K.O. [ Fri Apr 25, 2008 5:27 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Small, electric sander for the sides

Touch a 9 volt battery to your tongue while moving your arm? bliss bliss wow7-eyes duh

Author:  Alexandru Marian [ Fri Apr 25, 2008 6:04 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Small, electric sander for the sides

How about a scraper?

Author:  Bill Greene [ Fri Apr 25, 2008 6:14 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Small, electric sander for the sides

I can do almost everything with a 5" ROS, but by hand you can wrap sandpaper around a piece of thick PVC, and that works well...or you can get one of those tube sanders that you put into your cordless drill. I have one of those, and it's terrific. Mine came from grizzly.

That's my .02

Bill

Author:  GregG [ Fri Apr 25, 2008 7:05 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Small, electric sander for the sides

Yeah, what Bill said....those "tube sanders" or whatever the heck they are really called....boy do they work wonders!

GG

Author:  Mike OMelia [ Fri Apr 25, 2008 8:30 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Small, electric sander for the sides

Some of yoose guys are funny guys. Might try the 9 volt idea.

Seriously! This is a need needing filling. I know dremel makes a contour sander. But not up to this task. I am thinking about attaching a sponge that has been rounded to my palm sander (looks like a small iron) and mounting sandpaper to that. And before you purists go knocking me, throw your table saw in the trash... I don't have one of those (yet).

Actually, I thought a spindle sander might be right, but I have changed my mind. Not for a super smooth finish.

Mike ;)

Author:  Erik Hauri [ Fri Apr 25, 2008 8:41 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Small, electric sander for the sides

Bill Greene wrote:
...or you can get one of those tube sanders that you put into your cordless drill. I have one of those, and it's terrific. Mine came from grizzly.


TODAY is my birthday...and the wife got me the 7" long one! bliss

You can get the sandpaper sleeves down to 320 grit. Once I've used up a sleeve, I'm going to wrap it with velcro tape, then I'll be able to stick ROS discs and Abralon pads on it that'll get me down to 4000 grit. [:Y:]

Author:  gozierdt [ Fri Apr 25, 2008 9:01 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Small, electric sander for the sides

I've got the tube sander, but I find that using a scraper followed by final sanding with the "sandpaper wrapped around a cork wrapped dowel" works the best for me. I like the fine control possible when sanding by hand.

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