How do you store your sandpaper?

[Bill Wyko]

Now that I have 3 different Festool sanders and several kinds of paper for each, I don't think I'll be buying a different brand sanders so it's time to organize the sand paper once and for all. I'd like to see some pics of what you've got please. Thanks.

[Joe Jensen]

I got lazy. A neighbor replaced their kitchen cabinets and I took a 48" wide upper cabinet from the old kitchen. 1/2 holds most of the Festool paper. The rest of the cabinet holds other paper and assorted finishing supplies...joe

[Don Abele]

I made this about four years ago from some left over 1/2" BB. Took a couple of hours and still works great.

http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=10875&d=1096339648

http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=10876&d=1096339660

http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=10877&d=1096339672

Be well,

Doc

[Matt Ocel]

Here's what I do, and it works extremely well.

Keep all your workshop table tops all junked up with stuff so when you need to sand something you just have to find a little space somewhere.
Then as I switch grits, I rip off a pad leave it right there and sooner or later i'll have to sand something in that same spot then "jackpot" the sandpaper is right where I can find it. Well sometimes it falls on the floor.:D

[Carl Fox]

I use a 'bankers box' from Office Depot for now.:rolleyes:

[Brian Willan]

Now that I have 3 different Festool sanders and several kinds of paper for each, I don't think I'll be buying a different brand sanders so it's time to organize the sand paper once and for all. I'd like to see some pics of what you've got please. Thanks.

Isn't there a systainer for that purpose? :rolleyes:

Cheers

Brian

[Matt Meiser]

I just made up a little box a little over 6" wide x 6" deep x something tall from some scrap 3/4" BB. Before assembly I cut dados in the sides about 1" apart. Hardboard shelves separate the grits. I just keep a small stack of each grit in there--the rest stays in the original boxes in the back of a cabinet.

[Jason Beam]

all my small, flat paper goes in an accordian envelope type thingy - with about 30 slots, i haven't had a problem filling it up, yet - but i'm gettin' close. I put standard filing tabs on 'em for each grit and size. Keeps it portable and pretty quick to find what I'm lookin' for.

[Chris Barnett]

Keep all the sandpaper envelopes on a clip board in my shop.

[Bill Wyko]

I made this about four years ago from some left over 1/2" BB. Took a couple of hours and still works great.

http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=10875&d=1096339648

http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=10876&d=1096339660

http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=10877&d=1096339672

Be well,

Doc
Very nice. I like your idea. I'd like to do some kind of drawers like this. I have such limited space so this will work great. Thanks very much.

[Bill Wyko]

Here's what I do, and it works extremely well.

Keep all your workshop table tops all junked up with stuff so when you need to sand something you just have to find a little space somewhere.
Then as I switch grits, I rip off a pad leave it right there and sooner or later i'll have to sand something in that same spot then "jackpot" the sandpaper is right where I can find it. Well sometimes it falls on the floor.:D
:DMatt, I'm looking for new ideas. What you describe is the method i already have in place.:D

[glenn bradley]

I use a small plastic file "tote" for my sheet goods with hanging folders and this for the discs (complete with line-up pegs for the ROS):

http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=83594&d=1204935151

http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=83592&d=1204934399

[Chris Parks]

A concertina file always works.

[Richard Dooling]

For standard size sheets, I keep them in file folders with the grit written on the tab. I store these flat with my sandpaper cutting board on top to minimize curl. It gets humid in coastal Virginia.

The cutting board is just 3/4" ply with a hacksaw blade attached to one edge about 1/32" proud of the edge. Common cut dimensions are marked on the board. For instance I have a 1/4 sheet sander that in not really 1/4 of a sheet.

Low tech but it works OK.

[Keith Beck]

I made this about four years ago from some left over 1/2" BB. Took a couple of hours and still works great.

http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=10875&d=1096339648

http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=10876&d=1096339660

http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=10877&d=1096339672

Be well,

Doc

A couple of hours?! :eek: At the speed I work, that would have taken a good week at least.

Keith

[Jeff Wright]

I bought a plastic file box with a hinged top. It is deep enough to hold my Norton boxed sheets on edge so I can easily read their grits on the box edges. There is a small rubber gasket where the top joins the box. It's my hope this helps to keep at least some of the moisture out. Has been working so far. I keep my Festool circular pads in the boxes they came in.

[Steven Wilson]

I use the Festool systainers for storing Festool sandpaper. For sheet paper I use clear plastic expanding files, for sanding belts I use plastic boxes.

[Bill Wyko]

I like the pins to hold the discs. I'll have to come up with a medly of ideas here and put them to use. Thanks, I knew I could count on all of you for great ideas.:)

[Doug Hobkirk]

Accordion files for 8.5x11 sheets - easier to keep sheets flat, IMO. Plus I have several that I can't find any other use for!

[Eddie Darby]

I have the accordion type file holder case right now, but I don't like the way the sandpaper curls up in it, so I am going to build a box with 1/4" hardboard dividers, that are free to slide up or down in it. The dividers will provide a load on the paper to flatten it out.

I hope to make the box air-tight, since I was given a tip, that sandpaper has a shelf life, and it can be extended by keeping it in a zip-lock bag.

[Cliff Rohrabacher]

flat in the 8*11 box it comes in - in a drawer.

[Clara Koss]

I made this about four years ago from some left over 1/2" BB. Took a couple of hours and still works great.

http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=10875&d=1096339648

http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=10876&d=1096339660

http://www.sawmillcreek.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=10877&d=1096339672

Be well,

Doc
hey i have the same thing on top of my dresser for makeup!!! it is a much smaller model of course!!!! each drawer holds a different kind of makeup...love it love it...your girlfriends or wives and daughters will too!!!!

[Chris Padilla]

Hanging file folders in a file drawer for sheets. :) All my Festool sandpaper is just stacked in a cabinet in their respective boxes.

[Dewey Torres]

I just use a large 3 ring binder with document protectors. Saves a lot of space:)

Dewey

[Don Abele]

hey i have the same thing on top of my dresser for makeup!!! it is a much smaller model of course!!!! each drawer holds a different kind of makeup...love it love it...your girlfriends or wives and daughters will too!!!!

Clara, I actually got the basic design from a storage bin thingy at one of the office stores.

The top two drawers are divided in half and hold my ROS sheets. The middle four drawers are sized to hold full-sheet sandpaper (still in the boxes) and have hardboard "weights" inside to keep the paper flat (because I don't keep them in the boxes). The lower four drawers fit my sanding belts.

Once I figured out what I use, I sized the drawers and cabinet accordingly. It's been real handy and can't say as I've seen anything I would change. I did find that I only use the top two of the bottom drawers for belt sander belts. The bottom left now has the belts for my Ridgid Belt/OSS and the right has the spindle sleeves.

The entire thing is joined with box joints I made on the table saw. The sides were dadoed for the runners (after assembly). The inside of the dado and the slides were waxed. The drawers slide out easily and I can take them to where I am working.

Be well,

Doc

[Curt Doles]

Here's mine, not quite as eloquent as Don's, but it accomplishes it's goal!

Curt

[Bill Huber]

I am bring this back because I forgot to post on it the first time.

A few weeks about I picked up a Sand Box from Eagle and I will have to say I really love this little storage box for my sand paper.

It could be made very easy but I just bought it for the sale price of $20.

It keeps it organized and the big thing to me is it keeps it flat.

http://eagleamerica.com/product.asp?pn=599-0100

Picture from Eagle's site.

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[Brad Shipton]

Labelled zip lock bags stored in cabinet with the other sanding items.

Brad