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Re: Skin-on-Frame: What's the best sanding method
By:eric Ogata
Date: 3/17/2011, 10:59 am
In Response To: Skin-on-Frame: What's the best sanding method (Todd Olson)

: I've got the forms cut out for my wife's Chuckanut, and my Sea
: Cruiser and am ready to sand. What do people find easiest for
: sanding the curves, etc of the forms? It seems like a spindle
: sander would work well, but I don't know that I need to invest
: in anymore tools....my wife tends to think I'm done with
: that:).... I thought it would be worth asking everyone to get
: some ideas.

: Thanks!

I've found this thing to be darn useful for all sorts of little jobs. For Yost frames, I use the belt to clean up the rough outside shape
after cutting them out. I'll use the spindle on the frame insides. Once the shape is ok, I round over the frame edges on
a router table. Very fast, and easily carried outside to keep the mess down:

http://www.homedepot.com/h_d1/N-5yc1v/R-100061671/h_d2/ProductDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=10051&catalogId=10053

Only hassle with it so far is, well it's another thing taking up space in my small shop, and it does have quite a lot of small parts
to keep track of. So I have a little bag to collect all the little adapters and pieces that goes around with the sander. Both the
belt and spindle oscillate up and down while in operation.

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Ogata

Messages In This Thread

Skin-on-Frame: What's the best sanding method
Todd Olson -- 3/14/2011, 7:35 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: What's the best sanding method
Dave Gentry -- 3/14/2011, 7:54 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: What's the best sanding method
Todd Olson -- 3/14/2011, 8:08 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: What's the best sanding method *PIC*
Paul G. Jacobson -- 3/15/2011, 2:42 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: What's the best sanding method
Paul R -- 3/14/2011, 10:54 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: What's the best sanding method
Bill Hamm -- 3/15/2011, 12:51 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: What's the best sanding method
Bill Hamm -- 3/15/2011, 12:52 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: What's the best sanding method
Brian Nystrom -- 3/15/2011, 7:01 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: What's the best sanding method
ancient kayaker -- 3/15/2011, 7:10 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: What's the best sanding method
Brian Nystrom -- 3/16/2011, 6:42 am
10 inch sanding disk *PIC*
Paul G. Jacobson -- 3/15/2011, 7:12 pm
Re: 10 inch sanding disk
Bill Hamm -- 3/16/2011, 12:32 am
Re: 10 inch sanding disk
Brian Nystrom -- 3/16/2011, 6:47 am
Re: 10 inch sanding disk
ancient kayaker -- 3/16/2011, 10:21 am
Re: 10 inch sanding disk
Bill Hamm -- 3/17/2011, 12:20 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: What's the best sanding method
Eric -- 3/16/2011, 7:44 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: What's the best sanding method
Bill Hamm -- 3/17/2011, 12:22 am
spindle sanding method
Paul G. Jacobson -- 3/17/2011, 5:28 am
Re: spindle sanding method
Bill Hamm -- 3/17/2011, 6:57 am
Re: spindle sanding method
Eric -- 3/17/2011, 3:19 pm
Re: Skin-on-Frame: What's the best sanding method
Jay Babina -- 3/17/2011, 8:51 am
Re: Skin-on-Frame: What's the best sanding method
eric Ogata -- 3/17/2011, 10:59 am