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Re: Strip: Random Orbital Sanders
By:Rod Tait
Date: 1/6/2015, 12:57 pm
In Response To: Re: Strip: Random Orbital Sanders (Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K)

I can see how you (now I do mean you Rod) could be less inclined to use the ROS if you are always thinking about how expensive those disks are!

Everything I need to know about grits, efficiency etc. of sandpaper I learned over 40 years ago in high school shop (had a great teacher). What they did not teach me in high school was how to be a business owner. And as a business owner, my objective is to make a profit (the more the better), so yes I track all my costs, including sandpaper, but that is not the main reason I like scrapers. I find them to be more efficient and I really like doing some things the traditional way - by hand. It may even take more time but I find it is pleasing to create a shaving with a molding scraper or smooth out a table top with a finely tuned cabinet scraper. But hey, if you (not you Mr. Macks, somebody else) like lots of noise and dust, by all means pick up your ROS - the more amps the better.

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Douglas Spyrison -- 1/4/2015, 8:11 pm
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wanderfalk -- 1/4/2015, 11:28 pm
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wanderfalk -- 1/4/2015, 11:39 pm
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 1/5/2015, 10:11 am
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Etienne Muller -- 1/5/2015, 2:29 pm
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Rod Tait -- 1/5/2015, 4:19 pm
Re: Strip: Scrapers *PIC*
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 1/5/2015, 4:54 pm
Re: Strip: Scrapers *PIC*
tom thomas -- 1/6/2015, 5:23 pm
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Rod Tait -- 1/6/2015, 7:42 pm
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tom thomas -- 1/7/2015, 7:46 am
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Tom Thomas -- 1/7/2015, 7:49 am
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Jim777 -- 1/8/2015, 6:56 am
Re: Strip: Fairing concave surfaces
Marc Upchurch -- 1/5/2015, 7:44 pm
Re: Strip: Fairing concave surfaces
Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 1/5/2015, 8:22 pm
Re: Strip: Random Orbital Sanders
Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 1/5/2015, 10:09 pm
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howard -- 1/6/2015, 12:09 am
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Nick Schade - Guillemot Kayaks -- 1/6/2015, 8:09 am
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 1/6/2015, 10:08 am
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wanderfalk -- 1/7/2015, 1:10 am
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wanderfalk -- 1/7/2015, 12:58 am
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Rod Tait -- 1/6/2015, 11:36 am
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 1/6/2015, 12:17 pm
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Rod Tait -- 1/6/2015, 12:57 pm
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 1/6/2015, 2:12 pm
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Dan Thaler -- 1/6/2015, 6:38 pm
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Dan Thaler -- 1/6/2015, 6:38 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 1/7/2015, 1:25 am
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Rod Tait -- 1/7/2015, 10:35 am
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Bill Hamm -- 1/8/2015, 2:29 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 1/8/2015, 5:59 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 1/8/2015, 7:33 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 1/9/2015, 12:06 am
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Bill Hamm -- 1/9/2015, 9:50 am
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Jay Babina -- 1/25/2015, 8:44 am
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Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 1/25/2015, 11:02 am
Re: Strip: Random Orbital Sanders
Rob Macks/Laughing Loon CC&K -- 1/25/2015, 2:38 pm
Re: Strip: Fairing concave surfaces
Marc Upchurch -- 1/5/2015, 10:20 pm
Re: Strip: Fairing concave surfaces
Bill Hamm -- 1/6/2015, 12:27 am
Re: Strip: Fairing concave surfaces *NM*
Douglas Spyrison -- 1/24/2015, 9:38 pm
Re: Strip: Fairing concave surfaces
Douglas Spyrison -- 1/24/2015, 9:59 pm