Per the advice I got here, I decided to use three sanders - one for each
grit - to sand the many small parts of my current project.
Per my own stubbornness, I ignored several suggestions for how to
immobilize groups of pieces for sanding and went with my own idea; a
four-sided "corral" made of thinner stock than the pieces to be sanded.
It's working pretty well so far, especially after I made a small tweak
on the second run.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nrc0IkJZdFE&feature=youtu.be
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Greg Guarino wrote:
> Per the advice I got here, I decided to use three sanders - one for
> each grit - to sand the many small parts of my current project.
>
> Per my own stubbornness, I ignored several suggestions for how to
> immobilize groups of pieces for sanding and went with my own idea; a
> four-sided "corral" made of thinner stock than the pieces to be
> sanded.
> It's working pretty well so far, especially after I made a small tweak
> on the second run.
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nrc0IkJZdFE&feature=youtu.be
>
Looks good Greg. Did you try just going with the 180 first? And... did you
try going from the 120 orbital straight to the 180?
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On 6/28/2014 9:46 PM, Mike Marlow wrote:
> Greg Guarino wrote:
>> Per the advice I got here, I decided to use three sanders - one for
>> each grit - to sand the many small parts of my current project.
>>
>> Per my own stubbornness, I ignored several suggestions for how to
>> immobilize groups of pieces for sanding and went with my own idea; a
>> four-sided "corral" made of thinner stock than the pieces to be
>> sanded.
>> It's working pretty well so far, especially after I made a small tweak
>> on the second run.
>>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nrc0IkJZdFE&feature=youtu.be
>>
>
> Looks good Greg. Did you try just going with the 180 first? And... did you
> try going from the 120 orbital straight to the 180?
>
No, and no. This is Lowe's-issue 1x2 and 1x3 oak with visible plane
ridges. I was advised here to start at around 120. Plywood made up the
bulk of my previous projects, so I don't have much experience of my own
to go on.
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> Per the advice I got here, I decided to use three sanders - one for each
> grit - to sand the many small parts of my current project.
>
> Per my own stubbornness, I ignored several suggestions for how to
> immobilize groups of pieces for sanding and went with my own idea; a
> four-sided "corral" made of thinner stock than the pieces to be sanded.
>
> It's working pretty well so far, especially after I made a small tweak on
> the second run.
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nrc0IkJZdFE&feature=youtu.be
>
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The corral and wedges method works for me too. I do quick and dirty cheap
awards plaques on the little CNC router using a similar method, only I route
out a pocket to hold the plaques from sacrificial MDF. I'll set up to do
one task, like round over the edges. I can unwedge, swap, and rewedge
pretty quickly. Rounding over the edges on dozens of plaques per hour
easily. Then I go through and repeat for the common engraving like
organization, logo, year, etc. Then finally go through them again with the
individual personalized stuff.
I had never thought of using it for sanding like you did, but it makes
sense. I bet it improved your efficiency by an order of magnitude.