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A Great Little Sander

Improve the look of your skin by reducing wrinkles AND shape that wing tip block.

There are times when my orbital sander is too big, or hand sanding too difficult. Here’s a little sander that I use in that situation. Mostly to sand and polish old clock crystals, my small wooden clocks, and small plastic parts. However, it is great for lots of things. It is especially useful for sanding balsa that is hard to hold or you only want to take off a tiny bit.

Left: It is battery operated has two speeds and really vibrates well. Right: It is hook and loop and comes with some fine face sanding pads.

Use it as shown above to reduce wrinkles for a younger looking you. Then shape that wing tip block as shown below.

Left: I just cut out some various grit disks and work down to whatever microns I need. Right: Here’s a craft punch I use to punch out the disks.

By laying small parts on sponge foam, I can sand pieces that would be near impossible to hand sand.

Left: Sanding a thin piece of balsa. Right: Very thin piece of walnut burl veneer. Nice smooth back for gluing in an inlay.

’Til next month!

©2021 Tom Broeski

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