What is this tool? - Scroll Saw Woodworking & Crafts Message Board

MikeDingas · 02-24-2007, 02:50 AM

Sorry but I can't even post a pic. I've seen it in magazines, though. Looks like a long, thin bar of spring steel that you can attach a strip of sandpaper to. I wanted to try to find one but Google isn't much help if I don't know the proper name.

Gill · 02-24-2007, 03:30 AM

Hmmmm.... this is difficult.

I suspect it's a gizmo, but it might be a widget.

Helpful Gill

CanadianScroller · 02-24-2007, 05:23 AM

sounds like a sanding bow

there is a similar one here http://www.intarsia.com/Hardware.html
and here http://www.intarsiadesigns.com/bowsander/bowsander.html
or here http://www.sawbird.com/flex_sanders.htm
and a home made one here http://www.demo.com.hk/project/modelboat/kaifeng.htm

MikeDingas · 02-24-2007, 02:45 PM

Thanks, Carl. They are similar. The one I'm trying to find has a simple clamping mechanism on one or both ends and is a straight bar. I've not seen the whole length of the tool so I'm not sure if there is a handle of some sorts on one end.

Mick Walker · 02-24-2007, 04:20 PM

Mike, that is either a wachamacallit or a thingamajig and it's used for sanding an object that smells real bad.

Rick-H · 02-24-2007, 04:53 PM

I think this is what you are looking for. I thought it came from PS Woods but I don't see it on their web site.

GrayBeard Phil · 02-24-2007, 05:12 PM

Mike:

This is a wild asp guess:

Try this site, http://www.mcmaster.com/

do a search for: abrasive strip holder.
On the bottom of page 2576 there seems to be something like you have been describing.

Don't know if this industrial site will sell to general public. But maybe as a business owner of your web site?

Phil

owler · 02-25-2007, 08:19 PM

If the picture in Rick'ss post is what you want, then Carl's link tio intarsia.com will get you there. I own these and they are very handy.

02-24-2007, 02:50 AM	#1
MikeDingas Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Georgia, USA Posts: 823	What is this tool? Sorry but I can't even post a pic. I've seen it in magazines, though. Looks like a long, thin bar of spring steel that you can attach a strip of sandpaper to. I wanted to try to find one but Google isn't much help if I don't know the proper name. __________________ Mike Craftsman 16" VS, Puros Indios and Sam Adams! Scrollin' since Jun/2006 My Gallery http://scrollcrafters.com (reciprocal links welcomed)

02-24-2007, 03:30 AM	#2
Gill Fallen Angel Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 2,625	Hmmmm.... this is difficult. I suspect it's a gizmo, but it might be a widget. Helpful Gill __________________ There is no opinion, however absurd, which men will not readily embrace as soon as they can be brought to the conviction that it is readily adopted. (Schopenhauer, Die Kunst Recht zu Behalten)

02-24-2007, 05:23 AM	#3
CanadianScroller Moderator CUT IT OUT Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Chilliwack British Columbia, Canada Posts: 3,937 Blog Entries: 12	sounds like a sanding bow there is a similar one here http://www.intarsia.com/Hardware.html and here http://www.intarsiadesigns.com/bowsander/bowsander.html or here http://www.sawbird.com/flex_sanders.htm and a home made one here http://www.demo.com.hk/project/modelboat/kaifeng.htm __________________ CAЯL HIRD-RUTTEЯ "proud member of the best scroll sawing forum on the net." Ryobi SC180VS scroll saw EX21

02-24-2007, 02:45 PM	#4
MikeDingas Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Georgia, USA Posts: 823	Thanks, Carl. They are similar. The one I'm trying to find has a simple clamping mechanism on one or both ends and is a straight bar. I've not seen the whole length of the tool so I'm not sure if there is a handle of some sorts on one end. __________________ Mike Craftsman 16" VS, Puros Indios and Sam Adams! Scrollin' since Jun/2006 My Gallery http://scrollcrafters.com (reciprocal links welcomed)

02-24-2007, 04:20 PM	#5
Mick Walker Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Janesville, WI Posts: 1,335	Mike, that is either a wachamacallit or a thingamajig and it's used for sanding an object that smells real bad. __________________ Mick, - Delta P-20 The future ain't what it used to be.

02-24-2007, 05:12 PM	#7
GrayBeard Phil Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Near Detroit, Michigan Posts: 1,156	Mike: This is a wild asp guess: Try this site, http://www.mcmaster.com/ do a search for: abrasive strip holder. On the bottom of page 2576 there seems to be something like you have been describing. Don't know if this industrial site will sell to general public. But maybe as a business owner of your web site? Phil

02-25-2007, 08:19 PM	#8
owler Guy with tools Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: North West, NJ Posts: 245	If the picture in Rick'ss post is what you want, then Carl's link tio intarsia.com will get you there. I own these and they are very handy. __________________ Dan -Just do'in the best I can every day

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