Improving hand sanding

[Shaw Blades]

So I did my first round of hand sanding and made a quick little sanding block thing I thought might help someone out. I had a piece of oak that I was using originally and thought I would be able to get a little more aggressive if I had some more solid backing like a piece of metal. I just ran the piece of oak over a 2 inch belt and glued a piece of iron from Lowe's on top of it. So the sandpaper fits in the slot between the metal and oak and helps kind of lock it in. It worked well because I can improve my puny plunge lines with the metal side and switch to wood for the wet/dry higher grit hand sanding.

Nothing groundbreaking and probably not 100% original but I just want to share something back and contribute instead of being an information leech.

 

[chad2]

So I did my first round of hand sanding and made a quick little sanding block thing I thought might help someone out. I had a piece of oak that I was using originally and thought I would be able to get a little more aggressive if I had some more solid backing like a piece of metal. I just ran the piece of oak over a 2 inch belt and glued a piece of iron from Lowe's on top of it. So the sandpaper fits in the slot between the metal and oak and helps kind of lock it in. It worked well because I can improve my puny plunge lines with the metal side and switch to wood for the wet/dry higher grit hand sanding.

Nothing groundbreaking and probably not 100% original but I just want to share something back and contribute instead of being an information leech.

(second rule of forum picture taking) wear something that covers the toes.

 

[tryppyr]

Or crop the toes out! Because eventually, a mistake you make in the shop will crop the toes... and none of us want to see that.

 

[Hawk45]

Check out the sanding blocks Nick made here and how he uses them..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-x4wj8WC8U&context=C3dad01aADOEgsToPDskLUbkYeAfCCER19Eni_C2q5

 

[mgysgthath]

Ya imagine dropping a sharp freshly hand sanded knife into your toe

 

[Shaw Blades]

Check out the sanding blocks Nick made here and how he uses them..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-x4wj8WC8U&context=C3dad01aADOEgsToPDskLUbkYeAfCCER19Eni_C2q5

Yeah his video helped me a lot. When I get better at grinding on the belt sander I am going to make something similar. The screws to keep it level were a great idea.

Those are just foot shaped steel toe workboots by the way.

 

[LRB]

Try a block from micarta.

 

[Mark Behnke]

Good idea , thanks for posting.