Nice & Easy…no, not the hair dye, sanding rolls

by patpruitt on January 29, 2009

Well, heres another trick that has served me well.  Im in the midst of making a stainless steel manly man link bracelet that requires a TON of edge clean up.  Since the clean up is pretty important and the stainless chews thru any abrasive material like theres no tomorrow, this is how I keep things sanely inexpensive, all things considered.

Start by getting some 1″ masking tape, and cut your abrasive sand paper into strips of your preferred width.  here, I have cut 3/4″ wide strips (19mm for the rest of the world) by 4.5″ long (115mm)

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Stick the tape under your bench and start applying the strips only half way on the tape.  Once you have enough…

Take that tape with the sandpaper strips and stick it on the front side of the bench, progress to cut thru the tape with a razor or some other impliment of destruction, at the very least score the tape, this makes it easy to remove and go to the next step…

When you need a new roll, grab a piece of abrasive, put it on a blank mandrel, at the edge here, using the side with the tape, not the non-taped side…

Fold the tape onto the other side of the abrasive…

Slowly wind the abrasive on itself….viola’ you have got a nifty sanding roll.  As the abrasive wears out, just tear off what is worn…when you get to the end, rip off the left over abrasive and tape, grab another one and start all over again.

Yep, niiiice & easy…the nice thing about this, the abrasive doesnt fall off the mandrel like the ones that are just held in with a slot, the easy thing about this…well its easy and adapatable to the sandpaper stash that you have.

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Helen Hill January 31, 2009 at 7:30 am

That is a great idea Pat! Someone told me of the method of doing it with just putting the abrasive strip in the slot, but they just kept flying off – very frustrating! Your method is definitely worth trying – thanks.

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patpruitt January 30, 2009 at 2:14 pm

Thanks, one thing I didn’t mention is the mandrel will determine the sanding roll size…need a bigger roll, use a bigger mandrel.

shelbyvision January 30, 2009 at 9:14 am

Excellent idea, Pat. I’ll have to file that one away, I’m sure I’ll have use for it sometime.

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