cyrille de brébisson wrote:
Hello,

How do you sand small, more or less flat peices of wood (such as a 4" * 1/2"
* 1/8" peice) on the "flat" side?
the problem that I am having is that I can not hold the peice properly in
order to sand it.. what tricks are you using?


When I was building models, I'd either hold a sanding block in a vise,
or use PSA paper on a flat surface. I would then use my finger tips to
move the work back and forth on the sand paper. Friction tape on the
finger tips can help.

Friction tape:
http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=2&p=31213&cat=1,42207

Barry

Hello,

How do you sand small, more or less flat peices of wood (such as a 4" * 1/2"
* 1/8" peice) on the "flat" side?
the problem that I am having is that I can not hold the peice properly in
order to sand it.. what tricks are you using?

thanks, cyrille

Lay them on a piece of sandpaper (to keep them somewhat stationary) and
use a 1/4 pad sander. If that doesn't work well enough for you,
consider double faced tape to hold them down.

David

cyrille de brébisson wrote:

Hello,

How do you sand small, more or less flat peices of wood (such as a 4" * 1/2"
* 1/8" peice) on the "flat" side?
the problem that I am having is that I can not hold the peice properly in
order to sand it.. what tricks are you using?

thanks, cyrille

On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 14:48:21 GMT, "cyrille de brébisson"
wrote:

Hello,

How do you sand small, more or less flat peices of wood (such as a 4" * 1/2"
* 1/8" peice) on the "flat" side?
the problem that I am having is that I can not hold the peice properly in
order to sand it.. what tricks are you using?

thanks, cyrille

I use a piece of that rubber mesh stuff that you use to line tool box
drawers.. usually black and in small rolls..

It grips the work and also allows the dust to sift through the
pores/openings..


mac

Please remove splinters before emailing

A piece of high density carpet pad works well, too, and cutoffs/castoffs
can usually be had for nothing from an installer/distributor...

I use a Vacuum Clamp for this type of stuff. I couldn't think of a better
way. Works a treat!
http://www.onlinetoolreviews.com/reviews/vacclamp.htm


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"cyrille de brébisson" wrote in message
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Hello,

How do you sand small, more or less flat peices of wood (such as a 4" *
1/2"
* 1/8" peice) on the "flat" side?
the problem that I am having is that I can not hold the peice properly in
order to sand it.. what tricks are you using?

thanks, cyrille