redfishsc
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I'm sure someone has already thought of this and posted it, but I thought I show a short 13 second clip of how I do it.
First, the video quality is lacking b/c it's from a cell phone. I didn't plan on taking the video while processing these pens, and then had a sudden "aha!". But you can see what I'm doing.
A random-orbit sander is attached to a wooden vise. Any method of holding the sander should work fine. I am using a 100 grit pad, which works great for me, but I've used everything from 100 to 220 grit and it all works fine, I don't think it's critical.
The tubes are 7mm slimline tubes, but fatter tubes can be done with a bit of imagination. I just slide the fat tube on the 1/4" dowel and use my other hand to roll it around on the rotating sanding pad.
The 1/4" dowel has a cone chamfer on the end to accept the skinny 7mm tube, otherwise it's a bit too fat to slide the tube on.
I have sanded tubes for 30 pens in a matter of minutes, with no sore fingers whatsoever!
I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE BACKGROUND NOISE IS, LOL, GO FIGURE. There isn't any audio worth hearing so just turn the volume down unless you want to hear weirdo pointess noises.
First, the video quality is lacking b/c it's from a cell phone. I didn't plan on taking the video while processing these pens, and then had a sudden "aha!". But you can see what I'm doing.
A random-orbit sander is attached to a wooden vise. Any method of holding the sander should work fine. I am using a 100 grit pad, which works great for me, but I've used everything from 100 to 220 grit and it all works fine, I don't think it's critical.
The tubes are 7mm slimline tubes, but fatter tubes can be done with a bit of imagination. I just slide the fat tube on the 1/4" dowel and use my other hand to roll it around on the rotating sanding pad.
The 1/4" dowel has a cone chamfer on the end to accept the skinny 7mm tube, otherwise it's a bit too fat to slide the tube on.
I have sanded tubes for 30 pens in a matter of minutes, with no sore fingers whatsoever!
I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE BACKGROUND NOISE IS, LOL, GO FIGURE. There isn't any audio worth hearing so just turn the volume down unless you want to hear weirdo pointess noises.
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