Wolf Kiessling
02-17-2004, 5:20 PM
I have been carving on a fluted bowl and the last couple of days I have been involved in "everybody's favorite chore", sanding. I was surrounded by several different types and grits of sandpaper and just telling myself how much I love this. Then I got thinking, just how much sandpaper do I have? I did a little inventory and was amazed that I have so much of what I hate the most. Here are my findings:
sleeves for the drill press 2" drum sanders - coarse and medium grits
sleeves for the rotary tool 1/2" and 1/4" drum sanders - coarse and medium grits
hook and loop disks for 5" 8 hole ROS - 120, 180 and 220 grit
disks for 5" x 1/4" ROS - coarse, medium and fine
stick on disks for 6" disk/belt sander - 150 grit
4" x 36" belts for disk/belt sander - 50, 80 and 120 grit
1/4" belts for sanding stix - 120, 180, 240 and 320 grit
euro type rolls - 150 and 220 grit
foam padded sticks (nail files from beauty supply) 100, 180 and 400/600 grits
9" x 11" sheets
garnet - 100, 120, 150 and 220 grit
aluminum oxide - 180 grit
wet/dry - 400, 600 and 1000 grit
Norton 3X - 100, 150 and 220 grit
I try to always buy the 9x11" sheet garnet and aluminum oxide in the contractor packs and have quite a bit of that stuff left in almost all of the grits. I am, however, going to phase that stuff out and ultimately have only the Norton 3X, or 3M Sandblaster, in those grits. IMHO, the additional cost for this sandpaper is made up by superior performance and lasting power.
2" disks, locking back - 60, 80 and 100 grit
2" disks, velcro - 100, 150, 220 and 320 grit
flap sanders - assorted sizes - 60, 80 and 120 grit
I am not even going to count the belt type sandpaper I use on the sharpening machine wheels nor the aluminum oxide, silicon carbide, ceramcut stone and diamond burrs.
That seems to be a lot of "disposable tools". I am now wondering how much I spend on this stuff every year. I don't even think I'll keep track of it, it might make me cry. I would guess that just about everybody has an inventory similar to this. How about you?
sleeves for the drill press 2" drum sanders - coarse and medium grits
sleeves for the rotary tool 1/2" and 1/4" drum sanders - coarse and medium grits
hook and loop disks for 5" 8 hole ROS - 120, 180 and 220 grit
disks for 5" x 1/4" ROS - coarse, medium and fine
stick on disks for 6" disk/belt sander - 150 grit
4" x 36" belts for disk/belt sander - 50, 80 and 120 grit
1/4" belts for sanding stix - 120, 180, 240 and 320 grit
euro type rolls - 150 and 220 grit
foam padded sticks (nail files from beauty supply) 100, 180 and 400/600 grits
9" x 11" sheets
garnet - 100, 120, 150 and 220 grit
aluminum oxide - 180 grit
wet/dry - 400, 600 and 1000 grit
Norton 3X - 100, 150 and 220 grit
I try to always buy the 9x11" sheet garnet and aluminum oxide in the contractor packs and have quite a bit of that stuff left in almost all of the grits. I am, however, going to phase that stuff out and ultimately have only the Norton 3X, or 3M Sandblaster, in those grits. IMHO, the additional cost for this sandpaper is made up by superior performance and lasting power.
2" disks, locking back - 60, 80 and 100 grit
2" disks, velcro - 100, 150, 220 and 320 grit
flap sanders - assorted sizes - 60, 80 and 120 grit
I am not even going to count the belt type sandpaper I use on the sharpening machine wheels nor the aluminum oxide, silicon carbide, ceramcut stone and diamond burrs.
That seems to be a lot of "disposable tools". I am now wondering how much I spend on this stuff every year. I don't even think I'll keep track of it, it might make me cry. I would guess that just about everybody has an inventory similar to this. How about you?