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Re: Tilt and move with fresh paper
By:Mike Scarborough
Date: 9/8/1998, 9:41 pm
In Response To: Tilt and move with fresh paper (Pete Ford)

It will also help if your sander has a flexible backing plate to help the paper conform to the inside curves.

A random orbital sander is a wonderful tool if you remember to keep it moving. I had 3 coats of epoxy on the deck of my stitch'n'glue boat, but no varnish. After a year of paddling I decided to redo the deck the right way. I sanded all the cloudy epoxy off the 3mm plywood deck with my ROS and never once cut through the top veneer of the plywood. KEEP IT MOVING.

Messages In This Thread

Sanding on the Inside
Matt -- 9/8/1998, 8:58 pm
Re: Sanding on the Inside
Jay Babina -- 9/10/1998, 10:32 am
Re: Sanding on the Inside
Nolan Penney -- 9/9/1998, 6:41 am
use a curved sureform to start
Mike Kestell -- 9/8/1998, 11:30 pm
Re: use a curved sureform to start
Nick Schade -- 9/9/1998, 4:16 pm
good point! (can also use curved scraper)
Pete Ford -- 9/9/1998, 2:05 pm
Tilt and move with fresh paper
Pete Ford -- 9/8/1998, 9:22 pm
Re: Tilt and move with fresh paper
Mike Scarborough -- 9/8/1998, 9:41 pm