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Re: Tools: Making tools *PIC*
By:Bill Schill
Date: 5/15/2013, 5:19 pm
In Response To: Tools: Making tools (Malcolm Schweizer)

Hand held block sander.
This is not my idea I copied a guy who copied his fathers idea... and so on to Noah I imagine.

Using a piece of lumber, fashion a block that slides snugly into the belt. This is a 2" X 4" with the ends rounded off to fit a 3 x 21" belt. I think this could be improved upon by carving in some finger tip grip dimples along the wood sides or even make one of the sanding surfaces with an arc to it. Not as elegant as making your own saw handles but I do use this often.

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Tools: Making tools
Malcolm Schweizer -- 5/9/2013, 1:01 pm
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 5/9/2013, 1:12 pm
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Matt Jakubek -- 5/9/2013, 1:28 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 5/9/2013, 3:23 pm
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Matt Jakubek -- 5/9/2013, 3:26 pm
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Charlie -- 5/9/2013, 5:47 pm
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 5/9/2013, 8:24 pm
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Paul Sylvester -- 5/10/2013, 12:17 am
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John Messinger -- 5/9/2013, 6:05 pm
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John Messinger -- 5/9/2013, 6:23 pm
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John Messinger -- 5/9/2013, 6:42 pm
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John Messinger -- 5/9/2013, 7:19 pm
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 5/9/2013, 8:33 pm
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 5/9/2013, 8:18 pm
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John Messinger -- 5/9/2013, 7:25 pm
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John Messinger -- 5/9/2013, 7:58 pm
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 5/9/2013, 8:37 pm
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John Messinger -- 5/11/2013, 6:16 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 5/12/2013, 12:10 am
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John Messinger -- 5/12/2013, 7:45 am
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Kevin -- 5/12/2013, 9:57 am
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ancient kayaker -- 5/12/2013, 10:12 am
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ancient kayaker -- 5/12/2013, 10:10 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 5/12/2013, 12:50 pm
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ancient kayaker -- 5/12/2013, 1:40 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 5/13/2013, 12:12 am
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ancient kayaker -- 5/13/2013, 10:31 am
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JohnAbercrombie -- 5/13/2013, 12:04 pm
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Noel Bennett -- 5/9/2013, 11:13 pm
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 5/10/2013, 1:32 am
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Etienne Muller -- 5/10/2013, 3:34 am
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ancient kayaker -- 5/10/2013, 9:10 am
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Mike Bielski -- 5/10/2013, 12:45 pm
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Bill Schill -- 5/15/2013, 5:19 pm