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As of this writing, there are 42 shop (not shopping) days until Christmas. If you are organized and on top of your game, you have everything finished and waiting to be wrapped. If you are l … read more

If you think about it, there are two basic methods of sharing "how-to" information with others. One is teaching from the front of the class, or the "I am an expert in this and will be sharing my exper … read more

Ok, so I am still not sure exactly what to call this thing, but that won't stop us from completing the project. In the last blog we chose the sanding belt we wanted to use for our block sander, and cr … read more

Fortunately for our industry (not to mention our sanity) most commercial belt and drum sanders have become standardized so that they all take belts of standard sizes. But there are still a great many … read more

While contemplating new ways to use the roll sandpaper we keep on hand for lathe work, we hit on the idea of making our own flap sanding wheels. In Part 1 of this series, we showed you how to layout a … read more