Sanding Car Windows (earlinjax)

[JohnB]

G'day all.
Earl enquired about how I sand the inside of my toy car windows, in this thread.
I started to explain, but a fear it was turning into a novel so, as they say, a picture paints a thousand words.

1st I drill the holes with a 1" forstner bit, just deep enough for the point to protrude from the bottom, flip the piece over and drill out the remaining piece.

Then I route the inside with a 1/4" round over bit.

Next I sand the hole with a 1" mandrel wrapped with 80g paper.

I then use a sanding jig I have made (a very basic flap sander).
It is a 3/8" bolt with the head cut of and slot cut down to about 1" from the end.

I place a piece of 180g paper in this about 3" wide by 8" long.
The pics will explain I hope

Any Questions, just fire away.

BTW, The pics with the paper in the hole were taken with the machine spinning, the camera froze them.

[knothead]

John,
When I saw the heading I thought you must have had a heck of a storm that you had to sand your windows.

Tom

[minowevie]

Thanks John, that is pretty cool. your friend Evie

[scrolling_grandma]

Originally Posted by knothead

John,
When I saw the heading I thought you must have had a heck of a storm that you had to sand your windows.

Tom

Would that be a sand storm?

[earlinjax]

Thanks, John, that helps a lot.

Earl

[CallMeKelly]

Nice camera! How did you cut the slot in the bolt? (& thanks for the tut, I have a stack of little rolly cars waiting to be sanded and the dremel only does so much)

[JohnB]

G'day Kelly,
I used that most amazing of all tools, the Hacksaw.
Just aim where you don't want to cut and it'll cut where you want it to LOL.

I think I had two attempts at getting the cut near enough to the centre. The first looked good on the side I was cutting from but on the back I'd just about cut the piece off.

[Pajaro]

Your the man John. Another amazing trick by the man of "The Golden Mile"