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s and at about $12 apiece a bit too costly for one per project. I'm using =
this on a right-angle drill at variable speeds with the lathe at about 300 =
rpm. Any thoughts?
Larry
Thanks, GW. Tell me more about the 1/4 inch soft pads. Source?
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On 3/1/2014 8:17 AM, Gramps' shop wrote:
> I'm not getting good life out of the 2-inch chuckable hook and loop sanding discs I use for lathe work. The hook and loop material quickly loses its grab and the 1/2 inch thick pad starts coming apart almost at first use. Admittedly this is with a sample of two discs. These are the Woodcraft discs and at about $12 apiece a bit too costly for one per project. I'm using this on a right-angle drill at variable speeds with the lathe at about 300 rpm. Any thoughts?
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> Larry
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Maybe too much pressure, that usually does the damage.
let the sandpaper do the work w/o pushing too high.
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Jeff
"Gramps' shop" wrote:
Thanks, GW. Tell me more about the 1/4 inch soft pads. Source?
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Do a Google for "3m stikit".
It's an entire product line aimed at the automotive finishing market.
Also used to fair out a boat hull, at least I used it.
Find an automotive finishes dealer and pick their brains for your app.
Have fun.
Lew
Gramps' shop wrote:
> Thanks, GW. Tell me more about the 1/4 inch soft pads. Source?
> Larry
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Here is one link. Most that I found today are 1/2 inch thick. Anyway
they come in soft, medium, and harder.
http://www.woodcraft.com/Product/2003740/1684/New-Wave-2-Medium-Interface-Backing-Pads.aspx
Being a cheapskate, when the hooks wear out, I sand them flat then
stick on more from some industrial hook and loop strips I bought at
Lowe's. Then trim the stuck on to the size of the pad. So my pads
are several years old.
Also, I chuck my disk holder and pad into a drill and resize to a
little less than 2" by holding it to the belt sander while both are
running. Seems to work better if a little of the sanding disk is
hanging over the edge all round.
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GW Ross
Every vision has an equal and
opposite revision.
Gramps' shop wrote:
> I'm not getting good life out of the 2-inch chuckable hook and loop sanding discs I use for lathe work. The hook and loop material quickly loses its grab and the 1/2 inch thick pad starts coming apart almost at first use. Admittedly this is with a sample of two discs. These are the Woodcraft discs and at about $12 apiece a bit too costly for one per project. I'm using this on a right-angle drill at variable speeds with the lathe at about 300 rpm. Any thoughts?
>
> Larry
Stop and feel the disk every minute or so. If it gets warm, cool it
with a blast of compressed air.
I used the "Wave" disks for awhile, but the glue is poor and the paper
flies off the hook & loop layer. Past few years I have used the AO
with lubricant from Klingspor with a chuckable hook pad. Between the
paper & pad I use the little 1/4" thick soft pad. When the soft pad
wears out just throw it away and put on another. That way if it gets
too hot it will only deform the hooks of the pad and not the chuck
part. That was my problem until I started watching the heat build up.
http://www.woodworkingshop.com/category.aspx?id=21&f1=2%22+X+NO+HOLE&f3=STEARATE+A%2fO
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GW Ross
Every vision has an equal and
opposite revision.