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Caution ! Power sanders

Corsair

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Just a quick note of caution. Be careful of power sanders like a spindle sander.
It will take the skin off a knuckle very quickly! :p

Also, you can get a kickback which can make parts go flying. Please make sure to wear protection for your eyes and I recommend a breathing filter too. :)
 
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Any tool can be used safely and effectively by simply exercising good judgement…

According to Will Rogers, good judgement comes mainly from experience. Experience, he says, comes from bad judgement…
 
and every now and then we have a slight lapse of attention that provides all the reminders we need. ROTF
I just sanded enough to draw a little blood and was able to use a small adhesive bandage.
 
Corsair said:
and every now and then we have a slight lapse of attention that provides all the reminders we need. ROTF
I just sanded enough to draw a little blood and was able to use a small adhesive bandage.
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Glad it wasn't worse! Sometimes I think machines have a mind of their own and I've managed to draw blood on all of my builds. Usually, as Will Rogers points out, from improper use of exacto knives, etc.!
 
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The directions on mine suggest moving the piece from right to left to avoid kickback. That seems to work for me. The only problem I have found was when sanding a tall stack of frames, I couldn’t control it as well. The spindle moves up and down. It could dig into the wood on the taller frames. I couldn’t gauge where the top of the spindle would cut because it kept going up and down. Now I just use it for a rough cut before joining the frames. Later, I’m planning on using a dremel followed by finer grit sandpaper.
Vic
 
Bob Cleek said:
It would seem that a standard spindle sander would be quite oversized for modeling work. Those things are made for sanding table legs, aren't they? :oops:
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yes, they are. but when you have a frame that is almost 1 foot tall and 3/8" thick and you need to sand a bevel into it, and there is over 100 frames, it is a godsend. :) You just work slowly and carefully.
 
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yes, they are. but when you have a frame that is almost 1 foot tall and 3/8" thick and you need to sand a bevel into it, and there is over 100 frames, it is a godsend. :) You just work slowly and carefully.
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When I have something like that to do, I find using a plain sanding drum in my drill press at its lowest speed a much less aggressive option than the spindle sander that goes up and down in addition to round and round! I do this which a block of wood or even a "box" with a suitably sized hole cut ifit the drum diameter. This provides a "table" for the work and raising and lowering the quill as may be necessary to sand in different areas of the drum's length to avoid uneven wear on the abrasive.
 
Bob Cleek said:
When I have something like that to do, I find using a plain sanding drum in my drill press at its lowest speed a much less aggressive option than the spindle sander that goes up and down in addition to round and round! I do this which a block of wood or even a "box" with a suitably sized hole cut ifit the drum diameter. This provides a "table" for the work and raising and lowering the quill as may be necessary to sand in different areas of the drum's length to avoid uneven wear on the abrasive.
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hehe I use one of those too. :)
 
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