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26th June 2018, 12:02 AM #16GOLD MEMBER
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Hi Terry,
That's a huge sanding board. You obviously lay it on your bench and run your box across it, (and not the other way around)?
Paul
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27th June 2018, 03:07 AM #18GOLD MEMBER
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28th June 2018, 03:15 AM #19GOLD MEMBER
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Here's one I knocked up the other day, 35mm thick, 300x300 Blackbutt with 70mm 150 grit self adhesive paper, (from the Sandpaper man) so far so good, and levelled out my lid/carcass beautifully after a wayward cut on the table saw (don't ask). so fingers crossed it doesn't warp twist or buckle. I am not going to put rubber feet to prevent slippage on the bench as it may disguise any warping unless it twists too far and I can feel it.
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30th June 2018, 10:27 AM #20GOLD MEMBER
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Hi Fumbler,
To stop the board moving about you could put a small square piece of scrap along the underside - like a bench hook.
Brian
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30th June 2018, 07:32 PM #21GOLD MEMBER
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After reading this I knocked up one the other day, using 16mm whiteboard. 500mm x 230mm. To hold it still on the bench I put some scrap timber butted up to each side tightly, clamped down. Holds it in place nicely.
Paul
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I I know my daughters old pink rug is getting as mush a showing on here as the things I make. I will make a longer 2-sheet board out of 16mm melamine with framework to rigidity but here is a pic of the truest from the current blackbutt slab. One or 2 more passes should be perfect.
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Oh and I don't have enough room on the bench top to put this so the floor works a treat.
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23rd August 2018, 01:39 PM #23
These sanding boards are a good idea except you'd need a few at different grits, I've always used a finely set blade on a hand plane. What advantage do you get from these boards as opposed to a hand plane?
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23rd August 2018, 07:01 PM #24GOLD MEMBER
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Not neccessarily, you could go a few, but I find 150/180 works fine
reasons
1. you do the entire surface at the same time
2. you don't have to worry about grain orientation
3. No tear out
4. Gets things dead flat
i don't get a good result from using a plane, but that's generally down to user error, but I'm getting there.
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