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Re: Power Sanders belt vs ROM
By:Eric Schade (shearwater boats)
Date: 11/30/2000, 6:00 pm
In Response To: Power Sanders belt vs ROM *Pic* (Ben Staley)

I am fearful of using power tools at all on work like that. For the time you spent makeing the pattern dont wreck it by using a belt sander or random orbital for more than just a little touchup.

You could use a blcok pane or a belt sander to clean up any rough spots as you start just to remove glue and high spots.

Then switch to a fairing board with course sandpaper (say 40 -60 grit) to do the bulk of the work then switch to finer sandpaper.

If you want, you could use the random orbital to make the final pass with 120 grit paper to remove the sanding marks.

Random orbitals may cut into the soft wood faster than the hardwood leaving an un-fair surface especially if they have a soft flexible surface .

Keep up the good work

--eric

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Power Sanders belt vs ROM *Pic*
Ben Staley -- 11/30/2000, 12:54 pm
Re: Power Sanders belt vs ROM
John Monfoe -- 12/1/2000, 5:09 am
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Rehd -- 12/1/2000, 9:04 am
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Les Corley -- 12/2/2000, 2:15 am
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John Monfoe -- 12/2/2000, 4:58 am
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Ray Port Angeles -- 12/1/2000, 12:40 am
Re: Power Sanders belt vs ROS
Mike Scarborough -- 11/30/2000, 8:07 pm
Re: Power Sanders belt vs ROM
Eric Schade (shearwater boats) -- 11/30/2000, 6:00 pm
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No not that George -- 11/30/2000, 4:50 pm
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Bob Deutsch -- 11/30/2000, 4:35 pm
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Don B -- 11/30/2000, 3:29 pm
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Ross Leidy -- 11/30/2000, 3:04 pm
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Ben Staley -- 11/30/2000, 3:34 pm
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Shawn Baker -- 11/30/2000, 3:44 pm
Re: Ditto
Ross Leidy -- 11/30/2000, 4:02 pm
Re: Ditto
Ben Staley -- 11/30/2000, 4:16 pm
Re: here, here!
Ross Leidy -- 11/30/2000, 4:34 pm
Re: Power Sanders belt vs ROM
Ben Staley -- 11/30/2000, 4:02 pm
Re: Power Sanders belt vs ROM
Shawn Baker -- 11/30/2000, 6:48 pm
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David Hanson -- 11/30/2000, 2:22 pm
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John Michne -- 11/30/2000, 1:43 pm
Re: Power Sanders belt vs ROM
Don -- 11/30/2000, 1:11 pm
Re: Power Sanders belt vs R.O.S.
Mike Boren -- 11/30/2000, 1:24 pm