FLATSANDER

I was at a tool store a while ago and saw these five packs of 15” x39.5” belts on sale $10 29 for a pack of five so I grabbed a pack but had no idea what I would use them for ,lucky me .

This is my version of a sander to flatten down boxes after the lid and bottom have been separated and also to level the feet if the box has a rock too it .
Well a piece of 3/4” MDF cut to fit the belt over and another piece of 1/4” pre finished MDF to go between the belt and the 3/4” MDF to tension the belt and have it nice and flat end to end .
The is cloth back which makes it much tougher then paper back and I can use both sides .

To hold the sander in place I drilled a couple of 1” holes and clamped to my work /router table using the vise and a couple of round bench dogs ,nice and solid .
While I was at it I made a little holder to keep my bench dogs handy on the side of the table .
This is much nicer then the board I had before with two sheets of sandpaper stuck to it and stores on the wall just nice but set up in seconds and another useful addition to my little work centre .

— Kiefer 松