Any woodworkers?

Those are really cool Tom!

 

My random orbital sander started sounding like it was about to come apart the other day, then started stopping intermittently. It also left a ton of swirl marks in this tv stand top. I thought I had hand sanded them out, guess not. I guess I need better lighting in the garage and a new sander.

 

If you were to buy a new sander, would you get a random orbital sander or a 1/4 sheet sander?

 

I Iike random orbital. Gives a better result and far less swirls. It is a bit tough on edges but big flats like that is perfect

 

Finished our dining table after like 2 years. I don’t have time to dedicate to do these honey-do side projects, so I have to chip away at it over time.

Using the folding chairs to get an idea of how two chairs will fit, which should be the last thing for this.

 

Festool makes a nice sander. (Among other things)

 

Of course they do...lol

 

I just bought one a few months ago and have zero regrets. I really like not having my hand buzz when I finish sanding and how well it works with their dust extractor.

In fact, I liked the first few Festool products that I bought so much that I just got a TS-60 track saw a few days ago. Unfortunately, I have not had an opportunity to use it yet.

 

I'm always amazed at what you guys build in here. Keep it up guys!

 

thats brutal to find after the fact!

 

Swirlmarks suck. I've always found that I get swirlmarks when I don't clean the surface AND the sanding disk. I blow off or use a rubber sander cleaner to remove larger bits of abrasive from the sanding disk . Especially at thr low grits like 80 and 120. Also good sandpaper matters too. I use 3M cubitron Xtract and I love it. Great dust extraction.
If your looking for a great sander, and don't wanna pay festool prices, I highly recommend the Bosch GET75. I've had mine for 4 years and it's a workhorse.

 

Pick yourself up a TSO tracksaw square now. It's great and makes very accurate 90degree cuts. I use mine almost everyday.

 

I just got a get65, ill be testing it out on the workbench top build.

 

You won't be disappointed. The turbo mode is life changing when you gotta do a lot of removal!

 

You can also get an eraser. It works amazing for cleaning sandpaper and takes seconds to use. They come in different sizes. I think the one I bought is about the length of the one below but twice as wide.

Cleaning Eraser Stick Small

$8 Abrasive Cleaning Stick Sandpaper Cleaner | Remove Dust and Debris from Sanding Belts & Discs | Small Natural Rubber Cleaning Block for Woodworking | 8" X 1-1/2" X 1-1/2" (Small)

https://www.amazon.com/Cleaning-Era...locphy=1018794&hvtargid=pla-568899461174&th=1

 

A little more progress on the bench top glue ups.
I got the 3rd one out of the clamps, flipped it and scraped off the glue drips. Used my favorite Stanley scraper for that. I don't know why they quit making these, they work excellent.

Then I got 2 halves glued up and in the clamps. This makes one 12" section. I need 2 more

 

Sander ran fine today, only stopped once. However, I did switch back to Diablo sanding discs. All swirl marks are gone. The supervisor said it was fine, but I knew if I didn’t fix it now I would later. I still take pride in most of the things I work on. The cheap Amazon discs I was using must of had one piece of grit higher than the rest. Lesson learned, again, sometimes cheaper discs are not as good.