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Re: Power Sanders belt vs ROS
By:Mike Scarborough
Date: 11/30/2000, 8:07 pm
In Response To: Power Sanders belt vs ROM *Pic* (Ben Staley)

I will admit to using a belt sander on my two stitch-n-glue boats, but only to fair and radius the bow and stern areas and to even out the inside of the cockpit coaming. But for fairing my Guillemot hull I used my ROS. The more I use it the more I appreciate it. It can remove significant amounts of wood, but in a very controlled manner. I had a CLC boat where the epoxy had clouded on the deck from too much sun before it was varnished. I came back a year later with my ROS and removed all the epoxy coat on the 3mm deck without sanding through the top veneer of the plywood anywhere. Use the ROS to fair your Guillemot.

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Power Sanders belt vs ROM *Pic*
Ben Staley -- 11/30/2000, 12:54 pm
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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
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Mike Scarborough -- 11/30/2000, 8:07 pm
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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
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Ben Staley -- 11/30/2000, 4:02 pm
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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
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Don -- 11/30/2000, 1:11 pm
Re: Power Sanders belt vs R.O.S.
Mike Boren -- 11/30/2000, 1:24 pm