air sanders

Re: Speed Kills

Mark Mandell - Gone Round In Jersey

>Wayne,

Remember, the higher the speed, the more heat, the more heat the faster the paper clogs, the poorer the result. I use a Sioux CQ that will go up to 2,500, but I rarely spin it that fast and then only with the lightest of touches in fine grits. Run the lathe as slow as you can, but spin your paper faster (but not too fast) to get better results.

BTW, you (and others in the house) are gonna get really tired of the air tool scream in a short amount of time. "Here Honey, just wear these nifty hearing protectors while I'm sanding," gets old pretty quick when Honey wants to watch TV, listen to music, or talk on the phone.

M

I forgot about the noise

Wayne Cooper Charlotte NC

>Where is the best place to buy a Sioux close quarters???

Thanks for preventing me from making a mistake.

Wayne Cooper Charlotte

Re: I forgot about the noise

Raymond Overman in SC

>Wayne,

I saw one at Klingspor here in Charlotte the other day. They are quite proud of them at around $150. I'm sure their worth it. Just expensive for the hobbyist.

Re: air sanders

John

>Wayne, you may also want to look at the Milwaukee version same price maybe better quality?

Re: Packard

Mark Mandell - Gone Round In Jersey

>Sells both the the 1300 and 2500 rpm models

1300 = $150

2500 = $165

Had mine for 3 years, blow it out with air after each use, runs smooth with no problems. Will change chucks for a key-less when I get the chance.

Mark

Re: air sanders

Paul Porter in Phoenix, AZ

>I use a Sioux pneumatic random orbit sander I bought from Craft Supplies. It works great for sanding natural edge bowls, around large voids and to touch up a piece that's already off the lathe. It uses a three inch pad (sometimes I wish it had a two inch pad). I had to upgrade my air compressor to handle its' air needs, my old compressor was on its' last legs anyway. I also use a Milwaukee CQ drill for "regular" power sanding.

Re: I forgot about the noise *LINK*

Brian McKearney

>I bought the Sioux 8800ES a couple of months ago at http://www.coastaltool.com. They had the best price that I could find anywhere and since I'm in New England, standard shipping got it to me overnight. I had no problems doing business with these folks.

--- Brian


Coastal Tool

Re: Speed Kills

Dick Hines

>Not to mention the size of compresser you will need. I have a small die grinder and stoped using it because the pan cake compresser could not keep up.

Re: air sanders

Eduardo Sarmiento Hall-Lima Peru

>Well I use an angle grinder with a chuck and it works much much better than any drill it turns at 11000rpm and with a 40 grit it really hogs wood out with 80 does a nice smoothing job and for polishing is just fantastic