Over the Chrissy break I had a number of visitors that paid big shekels for a guided tour of my workshop… the viewing was free as was the scintillating company, but they had to pay for the mugs of vino in our hands while we embarked on the odyssey of navigating the maze of my claustrophobic woodworking environment... not to mention a two way trip in the lift.
Again I was surprised at how many of my guests, which included “seasoned woodies”, that haven’t stumbled across these pads before.
If there are people treading the hallowed grounds of my downtown Churchill residence ignorant of their existence, I figured there may be readers here suffering the same ailment.
They should be readily available from auto parts shops.
So here it is as was published at LJ on 20 Apr 2020.
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Boys and Girls,
I have been using these sanding blocks long before Moses started building the ark. While they are my goto sanding saviour, I was surprised to hear that many people have never crossed paths with them.
I am not spruiking any brands but rather the product. You can find a supplier by Googling 150mm disc sanding blocks.
I believe (I have been known to be wrong… sometime… I think) they were developed, or at least extensively used, in the panel beating trade. True or false, I acquired my first block from an automotive supplier.
They are designed to accept a 150mm hook & loop type sanding disc, and believe it or not, the grit doesn't matter… incredible invention.
They are ideal for all those worn sanding discs that no longer cut, but you are too loathed to swap them for a new one just in case there is still one grain of sand with a bit of an edge. When they are used for manual sanding, there's still a lot of life left in those dull worn discs.
As we progressively grew to be dust conscious and converted to perforated discs, I will admit they are not ideal for these pads because the holes can easily catch on a sharp corned when manually sanding,
however, with a bit of care it shouldn't be a major issue. I will fess up that there was a time when I deliberately bought non-perforated discs for sole use on these blocks.
Now that I have migrated to Abranet discs it is not an issue
(other than using up my stockpile of non-perforated discs)
I have mentioned in the past that I'm conducive to workshop consumable's hoarding.
I have a number of these blocks with 3 dedicated to 180G, 240G and 320G… the rest I load up as required.
With the Velcro, you can reposition the disc (if it has a sharp perimeter) to get into fairly tight corners,
No idea why, other than the camera was in the workshop, I made this "short" video which will tell you absolutely nothing new to what I've covered here other than listen to a +71yo mumble through his beard.
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If your first cut is too short... Take the second cut from the longer end... LBD
I'm just gobsmacked at how many people aren't aware of these... much like Abranet discs.
For example, I just found out about Abranet sanding belts... didn't know they existed. Unfortunately no one pointed them out earlier and I only "discovered" them when I bought some Abranet discs for my new delta sander, So I can't do a review on them till I use up this 3 lots of mixed bag of "ceapos" from Amazon that I bought before I found out about them (Abranet belts)... bloody Amazon had them packed and shipped the same day before I got a chance to cancel the order... doesn't Bezos let his staff sleep? My bad for being a consumables hoarder.
If your first cut is too short... Take the second cut from the longer end... LBD
