Sanding small peices of wood

[B a r r y]

When I was building models, I'd either hold a sanding block in a vise, or use PSA paper on a flat surface. I would then use my finger tips to move the work back and forth on the sand paper. Friction tape on the finger tips can help.

Friction tape:

Barry

[cyrille de brébisson]

Hello,

How do you sand small, more or less flat peices of wood (such as a 4" * 1/2"

• 1/8" peice) on the "flat" side? the problem that I am having is that I can not hold the peice properly in order to sand it.. what tricks are you using?

thanks, cyrille

[David]

Lay them on a piece of sandpaper (to keep them somewhat stationary) and use a 1/4 pad sander. If that doesn't work well enough for you, consider double faced tape to hold them down.

David

cyrille de brébiss> Hello,

[mac davis]

I use a piece of that rubber mesh stuff that you use to line tool box drawers.. usually black and in small rolls..

It grips the work and also allows the dust to sift through the pores/openings..

mac

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[Duane Bozarth]

A piece of high density carpet pad works well, too, and cutoffs/castoffs can usually be had for nothing from an installer/distributor...

[Woodcrafter]

I use a Vacuum Clamp for this type of stuff. I couldn't think of a better way. Works a treat!

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