Convert Your Scroll Saw Into A Power Sander !!! - Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts Message Board

trekinator · 03-22-2009, 01:26 AM

Has anybody ever used these? If so do the work?
Scroll Sanders
Rick

wood-n-things · 03-22-2009, 01:33 AM

I have a set and they do work they are pretty coarse.... I still prefer using an emery board much cheaper.

Max · 03-22-2009, 02:04 AM

I have used them but don't care much for them. I also like using emery boards.

KtownScroller · 03-22-2009, 02:04 AM

Tried them, don't like them even a little bit. They easily tear apart and do not work, as well as you would think. Of course you could try a set to see what you think. Maybe you will like them better than I do.

JohnB · 03-22-2009, 02:31 AM

G'day Rick,
I bought a couple of packets a few years ago and still have one unopened pack in the shed. I wouldn't touch them mate, they come apart.
You can do the same job with just a strip of sandpaper folded in half and placed in the clamps and it's stronger.
As Dan, suggests, emery boards are also good, cheaper. tougher and last longer.

As you progress and use appropriate blades you will find that sanding inside cuts is not necessary.

Wood Dog · 03-22-2009, 02:45 AM

Have them and I think they are O.K., but the more cost effective are the ones you make yourself.
Steve Good has a video on just how to do that. Check it out.
YouTube - Turn your scroll saw into a sanding station

trekinator · 03-22-2009, 02:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wood Dog

Have them and I think they are O.K., but the more cost effective are the ones you make yourself.
Steve Good has a video on just how to do that. Check it out.
YouTube - Turn your scroll saw into a sanding station

Wow...don't know how I missed that one. Thanks! I sat there the other night and watched a ton of the vids...learned a lot!
Yes I have been using emory boards, and they work good, and your right...when I get better and use the right blade inside cut sanding won't be needed.

Thanks for the help on this issue.
Rick

03-22-2009, 01:26 AM	#1
trekinator Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Tennessee Posts: 397	Convert Your Scroll Saw Into A Power Sander !!! Has anybody ever used these? If so do the work? Scroll Sanders Rick __________________ Thank GOD for everything You Have, and HE will provide everything you need. Member Of The Scrollsaw Association Of The World

03-22-2009, 01:33 AM	#2
wood-n-things Behave Yourself..I can't. Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Right here ---silly Posts: 4,478 Blog Entries: 1	I have a set and they do work they are pretty coarse.... I still prefer using an emery board much cheaper. __________________ The Mike One of them anyway. Don't be so open-minded. Your brains will fall out!

03-22-2009, 02:04 AM	#3
Max Dismembered Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Independence, Ky Posts: 383	I have used them but don't care much for them. I also like using emery boards. __________________ Dan ___________________________________ "Whenever I feel blue, I start breathing again." --L. Frank Baum, author of "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz"

03-22-2009, 02:04 AM	#4
KtownScroller So much better :) Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: PA Posts: 2,665	Tried them, don't like them even a little bit. They easily tear apart and do not work, as well as you would think. Of course you could try a set to see what you think. Maybe you will like them better than I do. __________________ - Rick

03-22-2009, 02:31 AM	#5
JohnB 1 Tin Soldier Rides Away Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Kalgoorlie, Western Australia Posts: 4,860	G'day Rick, I bought a couple of packets a few years ago and still have one unopened pack in the shed. I wouldn't touch them mate, they come apart. You can do the same job with just a strip of sandpaper folded in half and placed in the clamps and it's stronger. As Dan, suggests, emery boards are also good, cheaper. tougher and last longer. As you progress and use appropriate blades you will find that sanding inside cuts is not necessary. __________________ Regards John "The Golden Mile" I got holes in both of my shoes Well I'm a walking case of the blues Saw a dollar yesterday But the wind blew it away Some of my Stuff Retired Medically Unfit WA Police Officers

03-22-2009, 02:45 AM	#6
Wood Dog Senior member--Absolutely Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: MA USA Posts: 3,451	Have them and I think they are O.K., but the more cost effective are the ones you make yourself. Steve Good has a video on just how to do that. Check it out. YouTube - Turn your scroll saw into a sanding station __________________ WD

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