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Down to Size(Post)
In the finishing room or on the jobsite, being able to quickly and cleanly cut up full sheets of sandpaper into whatever size is needed helps maintain productivity and reduces waste, but we o ...
Why That Size?(Post)Before random orbit sanders – and sanding discs – became all the rage, sandpaper was usually sold in rectangular sheets and 9”x11” was considered the standard size. So, why 9”x11”? You gue ...
We Love THIS Stuff Too!(Post)Ok, we've admitted it before. We tend to think mostly about sanding supplies as they relate to woodworking because that is our background. We do know that many of our customers are using the supplies ...
Lathe Disc Sander, Part 3(Post)At the end of the last blog post, we cut a disc from 3/4" MDF, trued the edge and flattened the face to make a platen that spun true on our lathe. We had also attached the large cloth sandi ...
Lathe Disc Sander, Part 2(Post)This is part 2 of our three part series about building a Lathe Disc Sander. Here's a link to Lathe Disc Sander, Part 1, if you missed it.The lathe provides the motor and frame for our disc sand ...
Parts is Parts?(Post)Around 1904 King Gillette introduced the safety razor. Prior to this a razor was a fairly thick piece of sharpened steel. Gillette teamed up with William Nickerson to invent a very thin disposable st ...
There’s Nothing Tacky about Microfiber Cloths(Post)Tack cloths have been around for a long time, initially consisting of waxes soaked into fabric, usually cheese cloth. Modern chemistry has improved the dust removal performance and reduced r ...
The Rusty Days of Summer(Post)During the month of August, you "can't swing a dead cat" without seeing some reference to the "dog days of summer". And while we may think of Southern hounds lazing under the porch, too hot to bother ...
Using Your Lathe Disk Sander(Post)If you've been following along and building your own Lathe Disk Sander, you've already been using it. Typically, most folks just use the flat table to round edges, sand rough cut edges to the lines a ...
Too Cool to Not Share(Post)OK, we are a sanding supplies company, and although some people might tell you that all we talk about is sanding, that's not quite true. We do have other interests, and this week proves it. We found ...
What's with all the Websites?(Post)You may or may not know that RJ Stroman, proprietor of our own 2Sand.com runs a number of sanding supply websites, and during a recent conversation I asked him why that is. Here is what he had to say ...
Cranial Download(Post)Ralph Bagnall of Consultingwoodworker.com is guest blogging this week.As I mentioned in the last blog post, the International Woodworking Fair is next month in Atlanta, and I had promised to talk thi ...
