Disc Sander

[dhallnc]

What type & grit of sand paper should be used on a disc sander for squaring blanks and sharpening turning tools?

Thanks
Darryl

 

[johnnycnc]

I use 150 for blank ends, 220 for tools.
Your milage may vary, but 220 clogs too fast on oily woods for me,
and 150 leaves a rough edge on my tools!

 

[dhallnc]

Thanks. Any particular composition for the brass blanks or just plain old sand paper?

 

[johnnycnc]

Thanks. Any particular composition for the brass blanks or just plain old sand paper?

I like the medium to heavier weight discs. Just aluminum oxide works for me,
non stearated. The thinner paper ones are a pain to remove after you chew through them!
I like the ones form Menards.."Alligator grit" or something like that, they are gold colored, and fairly heavy.

By the way, a tip to ease removal of old discs..warm the disc. set it near a heater, in the sun, use a hair dyer on it..if you have fits with the paper
remains left behind, the heat can be a big help I think it softens the adhesive.

 

[dhallnc]

Good information, thank-you very much.

 

[Freethinker]

I use 150 for blank ends, 220 for tools.
Your milage may vary, but 220 clogs too fast on oily woods for me,
and 150 leaves a rough edge on my tools!

??

So....do you have two separate disc sanders with the two different grits installed?

Surely you do not change the abrasive for each job.

 

[johnnycnc]

I use 150 for blank ends, 220 for tools.
Your milage may vary, but 220 clogs too fast on oily woods for me,
and 150 leaves a rough edge on my tools!

??

So....do you have two separate disc sanders with the two different grits installed?

Surely you do not change the abrasive for each job.

I do not have two different sanders.
I can change a disc in a minute or two, and each job is not necessarily concurrent. So, yes.. I do change the discs.
And, that is irrelevant to the question I was answering.

 

[themartaman]

Sand Disk

But that was a logical next question to ask.