How I built a very long (and extremely useful) Drum Sander based on Toxik's theory
Hello gents,
Based on Toxik's tutorial where he explains how to build loads of drum sanders of various grits, I picked up some of his ideas and achieved something that helped sand a blade in no time.
I first did some drum sanders like Toxik does, but the drum sander only sanded a very narrow area of the blade at a time. I began noticing that the sanding process wasn't being even throughout the blade, maybe because my pressure and balance were uneven.
To sand more area at a time near the tip of the razor, I didn't put the drum sander in 45 degrees like Toxik says but I put it in 0 degrees. This way, all of the drum sander is sanding the blade, not just the top.
I realised that the tip began to look better than the area near the heel of the blade, so I came to a conclusion that if I could sand this way the blade in all its length, the result should be better.
I needed to find something long and slim enough to be wrapped around with tape and then with sand paper.
Here's the material I used:
- Sand paper of various grit
- Tape (I used duct tape)
- Rotary tool
- and the plastic tube of a PEN, yes, a pen, that's right :roflmao
http://img503.imageshack.us/img503/7...0064kp7.th.jpg
How do I do it?
The same way Toxik tells us to do. The only difference here is that I wrap the tape around the pen tube instead of the drum. This way I have a very long (and sticky) tube ready to grab a strip of sandpaper.
In the next image, you can see how the length on the pen tube is perfect to reach the heel of the blade.
http://img56.imageshack.us/img56/168...0066cz0.th.jpg
Once it's wrapped with sand paper, it's ready to go to work. Slide it into the rotary tool and let the sanding begin.
I needed about 10 minutes per grit. I stopped at 1600, because that's the highest grit I could find.
Here's how it looks, without being polished and cleaned. It looks really good, it has a beautiful, even and uniform shine and I'm thrilled that it turned out this good!
http://img67.imageshack.us/img67/243...0068eo1.th.jpg
So, what do you think about my looney invention? :D
