Thread: PSA Sanding Disk Kit Supplies are in! If you ordered one then pls. read this post.

I can't wait to get my paws on it. Also am anxious to see the pictures. Thanks again.

I know you are eager to get your kits, but I missed the Friday 5pm Canada Post deadline so I will drop the packages off today but they will not be processed until Monday.

I consistently underestimated the effort for 20 kits. Even simple stuff that takes 3 min per kit results in 1 hour of effort. Now I know . Just getting Paypal to print shipping labels took over an hour.

Here are some pics to tie you over until the kit arrives.



1. Is a close up of the pressure plate and the other tools of the trade. The screwdriver was used to pry the minted disks from the punch, at least it was a screw drive till it snapped from all the effort. The tweezers were used to catch the pried disks. The bar of soap in the background was used to lubricate the outside of the punch and prevent PSA from sticking to the punch. Of course that only worked until 150 grit. Then the PSA would be burned off.

2. The pressure pad with its foot pedal. The thing worked extremely well for something that was strapped together from bits and pieces. The belt sander on the bottom was used as a counter weight to keep the back of the pedal from lifting.

3. What was left behind of the sandpaper sheets after the punching.

4. Picture of all the disks except for 100 grit which were not punched yet when the picture was taken.

5. The boxes ready to go.

6. What you will be getting in a week or two, depending on the postman. I added a close-up, note that the labels for the grits proceed from backmost row to front most row, the label boxes align with the compartments when the lid is closed. So, if you try to take 800 grit disk and it feels a little rough, it is because you grabbed a 100 grit one instead. Don't drop the box and mix up the disks or you will have a hell of a time sorting them out.


This is a before and after picture of the second punch. The shorter one in the before picture is the first punch that I made. It wore through more due to my excessive playing around with the cutting edge than from punching. It was only used to punch 2500, 2000 and 1500 grit.

The second one wore mostly during punching of 150 and 100 grits. It is toast.



Note, that the disks were punched from the PSA side, this cupped the edge a bit, when you put the disk on the carrier just run its edge against something hard for a couple of turns to flatten out the edge. Make sure you do it against something that you don't mind scratching. The 100 and 150 grits rip through wood with devastating speed.

Some of you will be missing a disk from a grit. I found a four disks but could not tell which stack they were from. This was from different grits and different operations so for any one of you to wind up with more than one missing is highly unlikely.

I still have two kits with: no payment for one and no e-mail for the other. I actually underestimated the cost of S&H, budgeted $5, paid $10. So if you changed your mind about getting the kit don't feel bad about it. Just let me know. I'll be greatful because I can sell it on e-bay and make up for the shortfall.

Vlad

I guess now is not the time to ask about reording supplies after we tare through these.

Excuse me... where's my latte

Reordering supplies will have to wait until I can line up an outfit that can die punch the disks out of sheets. Took me two days to recover from the manual punching effort. Plus I don't think the drill press will survive another session of punching and I need that puppy in good working order.

I doubt you will go through 50 disks any time soon unless you decide to strip the paint of you car with them.

Bill on the other hand will probably run out in no time but Rio Grande owns him, so they'll provide him with a substitute product.

got mine today along with an ebay razor for trial and error. Thanks

I´m not complaining. Just curious. I checked the package number on the link provided by paypal for tracking to see if it had made it across the border yet and it shows only an electronic scan, no progress.

Is the canadian tracking kept up to date or no? Just wondering.

Glen F

I'm in Canada so there's obviously no delay in customs -- I'd assume I was one of the closer ones to Vlad as well. From experience, Canada Post "tracking" can be 24-48 hours behind and I don't believe there is any info on the weekend.

From my experience Canda Post web tracking for US packages will show no progress until two days after the package is delivered. Then suddenly it shows all the intermediate steps.

Seems kind of useless but it was included in the cheapest shipping price.

It has only been less than a week since they were shipped. Don't expect them before one week at least. Probably somewhere in the range of 1.5 to 2 weeks is more likely.

I received mine today Vlad, thanks, very well put together. I wasn't expecting the storage box. Can't wait to start using them.