Thread: MEMBERS ADVICE NEEDED

tried to look at your site following your links this is what i get

Originally Posted by Master Splinter

What sort of market are you trying to grab? Casual DIY? Enthusiast/professional?

If it's more than just casual DIYers, the average hardware store tends to run out of grit after 240; maybe packs that go 320 - 800, and 1000 - 2000, although I too would be interested in even higher grits (I play with wood and metal and plastic).

Thanks for the help here. We pretty much only deal with companies that buy boxes/cartons and in some cases pallets of products. We have recently established our website (last 12months) and I am trying to convince my boss to move more retail/DIY so that we can help you guys out without you having to go overseas to buy.

We are Australian's, we should be able to buy from other Australians.

Originally Posted by Cliff Rogers

I use 2" & 3" & rarely anything rougher than 120grit.

I also rarely go past 400grit.

Great! Yes, these small discs can be hard to get hey!? We can do some great deals on these and we have thousands of the 50mm discs in stock if you're interested.

Originally Posted by fubar

tried to look at your site following your links this is what i get

Yes, sorry Fubar, we just switched to an Aussie server instead of some random US server so that the site is faster, there was a glitch overnight in our hosting account. This is being fixed now. Sorry for the inconvenience

As a part time woodworker I tend to agree with what's written here.

I'm pretty broke, so paying for 100 sheets of 1200 is a luxury, while buying just 10 sheets is expensive. I refuse to buy from Bunnings.

FenceFurnitures, and others, idea of packaging up sheets into 100 packs would be wicked....but do it in a proportion.

E.g. 10x40, 30x80, 20x120, 10x180, 10x240, 5x ..... Diminishing.

I find myself cheating sometimes and just use 40 or 80 grit to do my dirty work when I don't want to plane, or do edges etc (40 grit is my grinder for wood!). I also use 80 and 120 about 80% of the time, but the others do get used for finish sanding...though they last for ages.

My sander is a Festool ROS125 with 125mm pads. The Festool papers are amazing, but so is the price. I feel pain throwing away a sheet that's well and truly dead....

If you were to punch Festool holes, I'm pretty sure you'd get a big market. I know a large number of auto paint refinishers use Festool sanders....also plasterboard guys!

Originally Posted by PilatusAbrasive

Great! Yes, these small discs can be hard to get hey!? We can do some great deals on these and we have thousands of the 50mm discs in stock if you're interested.

Thousands you say? Well, I love to sand using my power sander on the lathe....so do many here.

DO A FORUM DEAL!

Say, 5000 at a killer price on 80 and 120 and you will be swamped.

Originally Posted by Evanism

FenceFurnitures, and others, idea of packaging up sheets into 100 packs would be wicked....but do it in a proportion.

E.g. 10x40, 30x80, 20x120, 10x180, 10x240, 5x ..... Diminishing.

If you were to punch Festool holes, I'm pretty sure you'd get a big market. I know a large number of auto paint refinishers use Festool sanders....also plasterboard guys!

Yes, this idea is great and I am in talks with our website guy at the moment. With the Festool Holes, you're talking about the 16/17 hole discs, yes? We're working on getting something made for this purpose. We do already punch 6 or 9 holes into discs as requested for the 6" and the standard holes for thr 5"

Originally Posted by Evanism

Thousands you say? Well, I love to sand using my power sander on the lathe....so do many here.

DO A FORUM DEAL! Say, 5000 at a killer price on 80 and 120 and you will be swamped.

Can I just post that in there? Because I'd love to. Otherwise if you're interested please do contact me.

Offer some moderately priced sampler packs (20-30 disks) of those film based disks in maybe the more common lower grits (80-240) if they are a good product you want to get more widely known.

Use the film disks and your range of grits higher than 2000 as a point of differentiation from the hardware store market. Push the waterproof nature (or oil proof, for us oil finish users). Woodies also like scotchbrite pads (better than steel wool), and sanding belts.

Maybe have a talk to another Australian business (such as scrooz.com.au .... they sell screws to industry/trade/diy, so they are not a competitor!) about their online sales experience.

And...if there's a good sanding belt glue/technique for joining belts that pop apart at the join...let us know!

I have a few boxes of 100 in a range of grits and am always interested in expanding my range but some sizes 100's is more than I need.

Only 5 of a grit size is probably less than I want but if it was a good price I might look at multiple packs that add up to 50 or 100 discs

Originally Posted by Evanism

Thousands you say? Well, I love to sand using my power sander on the lathe....so do many here.

DO A FORUM DEAL!

Say, 5000 at a killer price on 80 and 120 and you will be swamped.

I would be interested in this as well


Dave the turning cowboy

turning wood into art

I will only bee using 50mm velcro disc in 80-600grit as i only use power sander in the lathe