Sanding tips
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Sanding tips
If you happen to send mail order for some sanding belts for your belt sander and find when they arrive that they are slightly too small (well it happened to me ) and you can't be bothered to go through the hassle of sending them back and changing them, then:
- make some off-cuts of birch-ply into sanding board lengths, cut a matching strip from the sanding belt and stick with double-sided tape and you have some fab sanding boards
- cut other bits of the sanding belt into 6-7" by 1-2" strips and use them to "shoe-shine" necks when you are shaping them. The cloth backing strip means they will never break, they are flexible and easy to use, make short work of the final stages of neck shaping (I had 80 and 120 grit belts) and are easy to clean up afterwards.
- cut other strips to the size used for "flossing" the neck heel cheeks when fitting the neck to the body and find those off-cuts y'all have of the mylar clear self adhesive pickguard sheets and attach a matching strip onto the rear cloth face of the sanding strip. This will then slide beautifully on the body with no damage to wood/finish when you floss.
Speaking of sanding tips, this is what the belt-sander did to my finger today - typical, the week before I go to my annual Summer guitar camp week. I'm drinking lots of fluids to aid the healing process
- make some off-cuts of birch-ply into sanding board lengths, cut a matching strip from the sanding belt and stick with double-sided tape and you have some fab sanding boards
- cut other bits of the sanding belt into 6-7" by 1-2" strips and use them to "shoe-shine" necks when you are shaping them. The cloth backing strip means they will never break, they are flexible and easy to use, make short work of the final stages of neck shaping (I had 80 and 120 grit belts) and are easy to clean up afterwards.
- cut other strips to the size used for "flossing" the neck heel cheeks when fitting the neck to the body and find those off-cuts y'all have of the mylar clear self adhesive pickguard sheets and attach a matching strip onto the rear cloth face of the sanding strip. This will then slide beautifully on the body with no damage to wood/finish when you floss.
Speaking of sanding tips, this is what the belt-sander did to my finger today - typical, the week before I go to my annual Summer guitar camp week. I'm drinking lots of fluids to aid the healing process
Dave White
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Liquid Bandage and a Guiness would be my suggestion. I found out about liquid bandages after doing just about the same thing.
I have never used Liquid Bandage, but have and do use New Skin, a lot. It works great on cuts, but I have had some problems on burns of this type. When you seal them up, it tends to foster the fester factor!
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I can - it's the New Skin that stings. I have tried Liquid Bandage, and I liked the spray, and the fact that it did not sting, but it was like 2 to 3 times as expensive. I don't mind the sting.Lillian wrote:Waddy, its basically the same stuff. One of them stings a whole lot more than the other, but I can't remember which.
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Clip for #1 Barrios' "Una Limosna por el Amor de Dios" - Not me playing
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Re: Sanding tips
Obviously a digital sander there Dave.Dave White wrote:
Speaking of sanding tips, this is what the belt-sander did to my finger today -
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