Thread: Method for blade sanding with a drill press

Hmmmm Gents, we need to ease up here...

Goggles gave more then enough safety warnings in this thread...

Simple facts are, taking pieces of sharp steel, and combining them with spinning machines is not that safe at all.. PERIOD

Please read the entire thread, before you decide to post
Please understand that Restoring razors is Dangerous.
Heck shaving with them ain't all that safe...

But do not make this thread into anything personal...

TIA

I'd agree that this is not the safest of setups, but using it is not the mark of Cain set upon anybody's forehead. There are some ways I think it could be improved.

The vertical drum isn't the most natural of positions in use. A lathe would be easier, but you need a paper or sheet-metal guard to keep sanding grit from the bed and saddle, where it will cause abrasion.

Wood-turners do indeed apply stain, wax or polish to spinning objects. They take great care that the pad used has no projections that can grab, and for this purpose an edge is a projection. I would expect that pad to go flying at least once in a lifetime, and nobody remembers. But with a straight razor (and razor-dull is unlikely to be dull for other purposes) you are playing in the big league.

Side loading on a bench drill is not advisable, and yet people do it with greater loads than this, and all that happens is that they may, after a long time, noticed progressive looseness of the bearing. I can't see any reason why the spindle needs to be wood, or of a diameter as small as 5/16in. A four-bolt flange beaaring, with a sealed ball race,could be bolted to the four slots in the drill table.

i' m not a monster...

Thing is,
Wear goggles. They're safer than not wearing them.
Wear sturdy clothes / apron / whatever. That's safer than without.
Wear ear protectors or earplugs. That's better than without.

But with gloves, the answer is less clear.
gloves protect your hands for example if you are using a belt sander. But with a drill presses or buffer wheels, the might be grabbed by the equipment and that would be very bad. They also generally provide less grip than bare hands and might hinder blade control, leading to increased risk.

Quick update: Yesterday I had safety training at work to get access to the construction site where the new plant is being built.
Among all the other things, I was told that it is forbidden to wear gloves while using stationary rotary power tools. there are official regulations regarding this in the health and safety code. The reason is that gloves can be caught and rip your hand off. For non stationary tools like angle grinders this does not apply because you hold them in your hands, and your hands are in a safe zone.