Thread: Sanding boards

Originally Posted by Pauls321

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

Hmmmm So that's why the boards the other guys are talking about are so small (comparatively) I think I'll keep my big board - no mucking about clamping stuff down etc and it doesn't get much flatter or easier to use

Originally Posted by TTIT

Hmmmm So that's why the boards the other guys are talking about are so small (comparatively) I think I'll keep my big board - no mucking about clamping stuff down etc and it doesn't get much flatter or easier to use

I kept earing that size does matter, and I agree, the bigger it would be, the less back and forth action would be needed. Actually its just given me an idea.

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.

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

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

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.

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?

Originally Posted by Tiger

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?

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.