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| | | From: Janis (Original Message) | Sent: 8/9/2008 2:10 PM |
I recently purchased some thin wood. How do I sand it without splintering it? I'm not sure I can do anything but a piece of sandpaper nailed to a block of wood and apply a little elbow grease... Defining thin: I have everything from 1/16" and up. The 1/16" I think is okay, but the 1/8" definitely will need to be touched.
The problem with elbow grease is the amount of wood I have.
Janis |
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| | | From: Mick | Sent: 8/9/2008 4:06 PM |
Janis, I sand 1/8" wood with my random orbit sander. I also sand the wood after I make my cutting with a 1/3 sheet vibrating sander plus sanding by hand with the paper wrapped around a block of wood. Mick, Delta P-20 |
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I think you can use an orbital sander ok, but, use a fine sandpaper. Make sure you don't move the sander side-ways, against the edge of the paper. You will catch the sanding paper on your cutting( if you are sanding a cut piece). Good Luck Larry |
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I use a DeWalt random orbit sander and needle files to get rid of the burrs. You must use a light touch in the sander and not alot of force. I hope between the two items, you can get ride of the burrs. I tried the "torch" method but I am not very fast and end up with a pile on fire. It sound that most of us use this method. |
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I agree with the orbital sander with fine grit sand paper. I have used this system many times and it has done a good job. Easy on the pressure. Good luck. Steve |
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I use 1/16 quite often, I always sand it with fine paper
before I attach my pattern. After cutting and removing
pattern, I use a torch to burn off the "fuzzies" then litely
hand sand again with fine paper. Be careful burning the
fuzzies, do it at 6 or 8 inch distance and move in slowly
moving the torch fairly fast back and forth over your piece.
I've been doing this for about 10 years now and it really works
good. Sometimes I even do a bit of burning on the piece
for effects.
One thing to remember is if you attach your patterns with
a adhesieve and use something like mineral oil to remove
pattern, let it dry for a couple of hours before using torch.
If you don't let it dry out good it'll catch fire !!!
I use a large propane tank, but a plumbers torch that you
can buy at Lowes or Home Depot even hardware store
will do the job.
Hope this helps you out, it sure has saved me a lot of time.
Bill McAllister
Florence SC
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