It’s great for sanding wooden bowls, platters, and other things.
Some things, like wooden bowls that have curved surfaces, can be hard to finish by hand because they can take a long time. Sanding your project by hand can also make you tired and give you bad results. The 14 shank sanding mandrels have a thick padded base that fits into any shape. Make sure you put the mandrel in a variable speed drill or flexible shaft, and you’re ready to go.
Afterward, you can choose what kind of pad to use. The padded base is a hard pad that works well on flat surfaces that have a lot of curves. The medium interface pad is good for bowls that have tighter curves, like the ones made from wood that are bigger than a cup. The soft interface pad is great for making small, tight curves and radii. You can also use both interface pads at the same time if you need even smaller, tighter radii, like when you need to.
There is a pad that goes on the mandrel, and each interface pad is compatible with hook and loop. This means that most hook and loop sandpaper discs will fit. : The shank is 1/8″ in diameter. It will fit most drill chucks that are the same size. The mandrel pad is a firm foam material designed to give enough flexibility for larger convex and concave curves. One of the soft interface pads can help you when you need a more gentle touch when you sand your project.
People have made these sanders so that they can be used at slower speeds and with more control. Heat is bad for any project where you need to sand. You should set your lathe to run at the slowest speed possible when you use these sanders on it. When you rough sand the bowl, you won’t burn the bowl or damage the sander. Speed up your drill as you move up in grits so that you can sand faster.
Use an electric, variable speed hand drill to use the sanders when you use this system. Variable speed hand drills let you be more precise and let you control the speed of the sander. They also let you set the speed of the sander. A full-color guide on how to use this set is included with it. They’re not meant to be used in high-speed grinders.
To me, this kit looked like it had a lot of different pad sizes and grits, and I thought it would be a good way to finish my projects. After just one use, the hook and loop on the back of an 80 grit paper came off the pad. There’s nothing else I can do to get it off. It looks like there’s glue on the paper. A lot of people were not happy with how well the product worked.
