Thread: What are you using for power sanding on your lathe?

I ended up getting the small air powered sander.
Its a little beauty . Its a grunty aggressive little thing . I haven't had a chance to try it on any large turnings on the lathe yet but I'm finding uses for it on other stuff. Spot sanding low spots on that table top and a few flat spots and rough edges on that stool so far after the Festo sander. Ill have to order some hopefully better quality sanding discs for it asap.

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I did give a wood turning chisel handle a sanding on the lathe while it was spinning and it seemed fine. Very good and much faster than hand sanding it actually. That was a roughly half finished turned handle that I would normally finish much finer with the chisel that was a good test.
Wearing out the paper so fast on such a small disc seems the only issue.



Rob

May it last you many sandings.

I'd prefer one with the trigger hinged either at t'other end or mounted on the back, to improve finger clearance but that's just a personal thing.

Originally Posted by BMKal

Most of the time though, I do not "power" sand anything on the lathe. I have a couple of friction sanders I bought when I first started playing with a lathe [...] these are what I use more than 90% of the time.

Yup. Inertial sanders for final finish. Most of the time.

But for those other times? It's nice to have a machine that handles spindle work as facilely as it handles flat work.