Power Sander?
 

I'm looking at getting a "power" sander and I'm looking for some advice or recommendations. I currently use Sorby's inertia sander that works well on the outside of bowls but it doesn't work to well in the center of the bowl. I'm considering the Souix angle drills and don't know if the slow speed or high speed is the one to use or should I just use a power drill. Any ideas or opinions would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

I like a flex shaft mounted with a fractional HP 1725 motor. It allows me
to sand the way some people scrape, by resting the handpiece on the toolrest
and allowing the work to come to it. Of course, I can also sand the way
others do, with pressure on the work, but there is a limit past which the
flex shaft twists and stalls.

Sanding with so little pressure on the piece increases paper life, decreases
surface hardening, and virtually prevents "soft" syndrome, where the spalted
areas or face grained areas are sanded away, leaving the harder areas high.
Each grit starts basically across the direction of rotation to get out the
last, then finishes basically with, since I can choose the contact portion
of the disc, or I can mix directions for almost a random orbit effect.

Old washing machine motor and
http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.a...rency =2&SID=


"Larry Day" wrote in message
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I'm looking at getting a "power" sander and I'm looking for some advice or
recommendations. I currently use Sorby's inertia sander that works well on
the outside of bowls but it doesn't work to well in the center of the bowl.
I'm considering the Souix angle drills and don't know if the slow speed or
high speed is the one to use or should I just use a power drill. Any ideas
or opinions would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

I use a Souix with the powerlock pad system and they recommend the higher
speed drill. I have the 2" and 3" size pads.

It works very well for me.

Lem

Sioux is a nice sander but......I found that you have to have a discipline
to constantly blow it out as it will clog up and burn the bearings. I had
to replace the bearings on mine twice, finally gave up and use my dependable
Makita angle drill. I might add, I use the sander heavily so that could
account for the problem. Again, this is my experience with the sander
others may offer a differing opinion. Your choice, good luck......Ralph

"Larry Day" wrote in message
...
I'm looking at getting a "power" sander and I'm looking for some advice or
recommendations. I currently use Sorby's inertia sander that works well on
the outside of bowls but it doesn't work to well in the center of the bowl.
I'm considering the Souix angle drills and don't know if the slow speed or
high speed is the one to use or should I just use a power drill. Any ideas
or opinions would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Larry, I have a Souix and Milwaukee angle drill. They are made by the
same companya nd the parts for the most part are interchagable. The
Milwaukee seems to give me less problems. You do have to keep both of
them cleaned out. Repalcement of the bearings is not difficult but
might be needed if you don;t keep the vents (and bearings particularly
the back one) cleaned out. I never use the hight speed of the Souix.
Found that slower is bette does not burn the paper and/or melt the
velcro pads. The piece should be turning slow and the paper just
ouching the wood. Works great. You can get a Milwaukee slcoe quarter
drill for about $70 on ebay most of the time. Watch the ads though
there are "close quarter drills" for about $29 but they are not
Milwaukee even though they are red.


Larry Day wrote:
I'm looking at getting a "power" sander and I'm looking for some
advice or recommendations. I currently use Sorby's inertia sander that
works well on the outside of bowls but it doesn't work to well in the
center of the bowl. I'm considering the Souix angle drills and don't
know if the slow speed or high speed is the one to use or should I just
use a power drill. Any ideas or opinions would be appreciated. Thanks
in advance.

I have used several electric drills in the past and have burned them
up. For that reason I can't see buying any more expensive drills. I
don't have a big air compressor (yet) so I have never purchased a good
air sander. Someday, maybe.

I have found that I do most of my finish sanding (180 grit and above)
with Sorby's inertia sander like the one you have. But I do some or
all of my initial sanding with an electric angle drill. I purchase the
cheapest 55 degree close quarter angle drill I could find (I have two
right now). They don't last forever but neither do the ones made by
Milwalkee and Souix. I have replaced bearings in these drills too.
When they finally won't run anymore they get tossed. They only cost
about $30 apiece plus shipping. You must clean out any electric drill
(expensive or cheap) with an air compressor or something from time to
time.

Here is an example of one of the cheaper angle drills:

http://www.nationalonlinesales.com/s...duct.asp?ID=28
You can find several companies that sell them by surfing the web.

I have a cheap Angle head grinder (cost about $30.00) 3 years ago. Start
with 36 grit and work up to 120 or 150 grit then fine grit on a 3/8 drill.
Finish off with 220 grit and steel wool.
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I have used several electric drills in the past and have burned them
up. For that reason I can't see buying any more expensive drills. I
don't have a big air compressor (yet) so I have never purchased a good
air sander. Someday, maybe.

I have found that I do most of my finish sanding (180 grit and above)
with Sorby's inertia sander like the one you have. But I do some or
all of my initial sanding with an electric angle drill. I purchase the
cheapest 55 degree close quarter angle drill I could find (I have two
right now). They don't last forever but neither do the ones made by
Milwalkee and Souix. I have replaced bearings in these drills too.
When they finally won't run anymore they get tossed. They only cost
about $30 apiece plus shipping. You must clean out any electric drill
(expensive or cheap) with an air compressor or something from time to
time.

Here is an example of one of the cheaper angle drills:

http://www.nationalonlinesales.com/s...duct.asp?ID=28
You can find several companies that sell them by surfing the web.

Hi Larry

Larry you got some good advice here, but what I have done after the
usual problems with burnout's, is that I bought a couple real cheap
drills, one was a reconditioned one and I bought the 1/2" Milwaukee
angle drill, I use the cheap regular drills for sanding and polishing,
and the angle drill for those bowls or hollow forms where I cannot use
the regular drills, and whenever I hear that my drills not run right I
open them up clean out and oil and now they seem to keep on running.

Have fun and take care
Leo V

Larry Day wrote:
I'm looking at getting a "power" sander and I'm looking for some advice
or recommendations. I currently use Sorby's inertia sander that works
well on the outside of bowls but it doesn't work to well in the
center of the bowl. I'm considering the Souix angle drills and don't
know if the slow speed or high speed is the one to use or should I just
use a power drill. Any ideas or opinions would be appreciated. Thanks
in advance.

Thanks for all the input. It looks like no matter which way I go, I need to keep the drill clean. I'll take a look at e-bay and see if I can get a deal on something and give it a try.
Thanks
Larry
"Larry Day" wrote in message ...
I'm looking at getting a "power" sander and I'm looking for some advice or recommendations. I currently use Sorby's inertia sander that works well on the outside of bowls but it doesn't work to well in the center of the bowl. I'm considering the Souix angle drills and don't know if the slow speed or high speed is the one to use or should I just use a power drill. Any ideas or opinions would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

I have one of hte ebay "close quareter drills" and for the $40 I am very
pleased and will spend another $40 in a year for a new one - because that is
what you get from a Milwaukee, Souix and Makita - so save yourself some
bucks and bu the ebay no name on and tehn get good sand paper and a good
holder

Ray
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Larry, I have a Souix and Milwaukee angle drill. They are made by the
same companya nd the parts for the most part are interchagable. The
Milwaukee seems to give me less problems. You do have to keep both of
them cleaned out. Repalcement of the bearings is not difficult but
might be needed if you don;t keep the vents (and bearings particularly
the back one) cleaned out. I never use the hight speed of the Souix.
Found that slower is bette does not burn the paper and/or melt the
velcro pads. The piece should be turning slow and the paper just
ouching the wood. Works great. You can get a Milwaukee slcoe quarter
drill for about $70 on ebay most of the time. Watch the ads though
there are "close quarter drills" for about $29 but they are not
Milwaukee even though they are red.


Larry Day wrote:
I'm looking at getting a "power" sander and I'm looking for some
advice or recommendations. I currently use Sorby's inertia sander that
works well on the outside of bowls but it doesn't work to well in the
center of the bowl. I'm considering the Souix angle drills and don't
know if the slow speed or high speed is the one to use or should I just
use a power drill. Any ideas or opinions would be appreciated. Thanks
in advance.

if you have the space, an air compressor and an air drill will be a lot
better solution than an electric drill

"Larry Day" wrote in message
...
I'm looking at getting a "power" sander and I'm looking for some advice or
recommendations. I currently use Sorby's inertia sander that works well on
the outside of bowls but it doesn't work to well in the center of the bowl.
I'm considering the Souix angle drills and don't know if the slow speed or
high speed is the one to use or should I just use a power drill. Any ideas
or opinions would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.