A quick video on how to make the most essential sanding block for woodworking. It’s durable and extremely precise, it’s a must have. Materials used: 3/4” birch plywood, 150grit Freud Diablo sandpaper, STA’-PUT spray adhesive.
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You can also use self adhesive sandpaper rolls from Porter Cable to make sanding blocks. Amazon carries them. I carry a roll of 80 grit and 120 grit in my van, and stick them onto whatever I have handy (paint stir stick, offcut, etc). I will also take an "expired" foam block sander and stick on a fresh sanding surface for 10 cents instead of buying a new block. Greetings from the 416.
Can you do an episode on how you prefer to organize misc bits of wood? Is there a method to control the madness that is wood collecting? I've got such a mess on my hands. LOL
It’s cool to see a cabinet installers channel. I’ve been making those exact blocks for 10-15 years. What’s your goal for the channel, think you’ll get into much onsite tips and tricks?
Kermit definitely will get into some onsite stuff once I get a little better at making the videos or when I do some cabinet stuff in my own house. Goal for the channel: have fun making the videos, help people improve their living space, and ramble on about tools:).
Do you always go for diablo sand paper? I have a bunch of cheap princess auto and crappy tire sand paper - is there a large quality difference? When you sand paint drips on drywall ( had a bad painter - not my drips ), do you find the sand paper clogs up? When you get a clog on the sand paper which is visibly thick - typically paint - do you unclog it ( I've been using a snap knife to unclog if the rest of the paper isn't terrible ). Great videos !
There's a rubber block you can buy that skateshops use to clean the grip tape. It looks like an old school honey colored eraser from the 1920s. It's good for cleaning up gummed up paper but more so on large areas. You could give it a try and if it doesn't work just give it to a skater near by.
@@razetw Yeah I bought some of the rubber ones from amazon... they work ok... sanding paint drips really adds big gummy messes though so those seem to be easier just with a snap knife... the sanding erasers also carry the california cancer warning... not sure what they are made from.
Why? I don't understand why you didn't just put your sandpaper onto a normal, purchased block of some sort? I go thru sanding paper too quickly to actually glue it to a piece of wood. You couldn't be using your sanding paper as quickly - I wonder what you're doing differently than I'm doing? Thanks for your vids
@@anaesterhazy631 ▪︎ I'm a bit embarrassed to admit that I've never compared pricing. So there are more expensive sand papers - are they found in specialty retailers?
@@bethanyanderson1745 I think you can find a range of prices in any home improvement store. But, meanwhile, I watched other videos by him and he says there is actually very little difference in sanding paper performance no matter the price!
@@TheFunnyCarpenter thanks for the info. I have a set of the spring loaded ones but the sanding belts get pricey, while scrap plywood it abundant and sheet sandpaper is cheap. Gonna give this a try.
I’m too fastidious, but it made me wince, only a bit, that you sanded *over* the sandpaper that you ended up glueing onto the wood. Also, I was imagining the dust/debris from the final cutting and sanding falling into the hole and/or crevices of your machinery and causing trouble after accumulation. *But I still think your videos are awesome!👍👍
