I wish I had the sander when I made them. I shaped them by hand! Took forever tried power tools but it just didn't work. Every guy should just receive a belt sander. All of us!
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I know what ya mean. It used to take forever to make a set of scales but I bought a cheap belt sander at HF & it works good for what it is. I'll get me a better one. I see them all the time on Craigslist but when I saw some good used ones, I didn't have my truck that I now have.
I'm actually worried about Tom. We heard from him last night but not a word today. He might have water in his house or a power outage, possibly both but I pray not!
Yeah because we've been getting hammered all day long but I have nothing to worry about so far.
I think if you have a very strong smell from the material you are working on a belts sander with, you need to up you dust control. When sanding the thing you need to remember is that it is the very fine particles that are a health hazard. It you have a strong smell but little airborne dust, that is the dangerous stuff. Dust control is an amazing thing, or a respirator.
Here's my skinniest razor, 4/8. I haven't honed it yet; I bought it because it was cheap and pristine. I don't even like using a 5/8 that much, so... I guess I have RAD.
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Very true Shaun, it isn't healthy to breathe the dust. I had some of those cheap masks & my belt sander was right by the garage door so I wouldn't breathe it. I can buy myself a better respirator now, even though when I did use my belt sander, I held my breath at times but I hardly would smell it then but when I did, it stinks like when Sdm84 mentioned it.
Air volume and filtration is very important in dust control, amd for the little sanders we use there are some very good shop vacs with both of those features. I have some more serious tools, so I do have a very large dust collection system, but I still use the shop vac regularly or the little things. I often use a light bag in my shop vac and a serious pleated filter. The good filters are made of poly and not paper and you can clean them with the water hose and dry them, with also helps in dust control.