Sanding

[harry strasil]

I hate sanding to start with, usually use only a plane and a scraper, but when its necessary, I built a downdraft sanding table today.
I finished making repairs to an old fold up highchair last night for a friend,, what a nightmare, someone had tried resin glue and nails and all the screw holes needed repaired, almost gave up twice, but I am getting 3 slicks as payment from my friends dad''s tools. he passed not to long ago.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v81/irnsrgn/wood/sanding001.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v81/irnsrgn/wood/sanding002.jpg

[David Christopher]

looks like a pretty nice sanding table.....have you used it yet...does it work good

[harry strasil]

No, haven't used it yet, my puter was sick after an auto update, so I have always wanted to do something about the dust for what little sanding I do. So while the IT was operating on my sick puter, I whipped that up from some of the mainly useless pieces of the latest salvaged lumber from the monument works and a scrap of pegboard I had. The plywood is salvage too, so I plan on putting a coat of varnish on it to make the sawdust slide better. And I cut the hose hole a bit too big, Duh didn't check it with a scrap first, DAA (dumb a-- attack) on my part, and the temp tape is not a solution.

[David Christopher]

let us know how it works when you get time

[harry strasil]

Works great, there wasn't even any dust that collected on the surfaces between the holes.

[Prashun Patel]

Nice, Harry. Question: Where's yr dust port?

[harry strasil]

At the bottom of the V, the second picture shows the inside with the top removed, the 2½ dust port at the top doesn't show up very good.