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Re: Tools: Building a strip thickness sander
By:JohnAbercrombie
Date: 1/12/2018, 12:17 am
In Response To: Re: Tools: Building a strip thickness sander (Rich D)

My advice would be to keep the fence on the outfeed side quite short. That will make it easier to get a good grip on your workpiece after it's past the sanding area.
Don't stand in line with the work; if you lose your grip the sanding belt/drum will 'fire' the workpiece with a lot of force.

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Tools: Building a strip thickness sander
Paul Montgomery -- 1/10/2018, 8:39 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 1/10/2018, 11:19 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 1/11/2018, 12:47 pm
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Etienne Muller -- 1/11/2018, 12:43 pm
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Rich D -- 1/11/2018, 1:44 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 1/11/2018, 3:37 pm
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Randy Echtinaw -- 1/12/2018, 5:00 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 1/12/2018, 5:43 pm
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Randy Echtinaw -- 1/12/2018, 8:11 pm
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JayBabina -- 1/11/2018, 3:33 pm
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Paul Montgomery -- 1/11/2018, 4:09 pm
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Rich D -- 1/11/2018, 5:54 pm
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JohnAbercrombie -- 1/12/2018, 12:17 am
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Paul Harker -- 1/13/2018, 9:59 am
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Paul Montgomery -- 1/13/2018, 10:31 am
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Marc Upchurch -- 1/17/2018, 5:59 pm