Knowledge You Can Build On — Est. 1998
Sanding advise please
Tom Mullane
>I am working on a nice little cherry bowl and am about to use my power sander for the first time on this...
The question is...
What speed do I want my Jet 1236 at and how fast should I be running the sander.. it is a Sioux Slow Speed Variable... I am using 2" disks..
Thanks..
Re: Sanding advise please
Paul Keller in Minnesota
>I have had the best results with lathe turning very slowly and then just run the sander at what feels natural.
Re: Sanding advise please
Darryl Hansen
>Yep slow on both items. Too fast and youll melt the vlecro an burnish the bowl. Just lightly touch the wood and you'll get good results
Re: Sanding advise please
john Lucas
>Ok that's 3 of us. I try to make the surface of the bowl turn slower than the sandpaper and use light pressure. High speed only creates heat which isn't good for the sandpaper, velcro or the bowl.
Re: Sanding advise please
Richard Allen
>I generaly run the lathe at about half the speed I was using while turning.
I usualy run the sander flat out and try to keep the spinning disk as close to flat as I can with a little bit of presure on the counter rotating edge of the spinning sandpaper.
The key for me is to start off with a grit that is coarser than I would with hand held paper. Once the initial sanding is done with the coarse grit it usualy only takes two or three passes with each additional grits to get a smooth scratch free surface.
Good Luck
Richard
