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Tips &Techniques
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CONSTRUCTION VIEW
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5/s"-dia. dowels, 3/a" long
Jig Storcs, Aligns
Random-Orbit
Sanding Disks
I'nr one of tl-rose lvoodworkers
cursed with having to wear bifoc.rls.
So rtis leally tottqh for ttte to
get the holes in tl"re sar.rding disks
lined up u,'ith the dust collection
ports on l rlndonr-orbit sander.
It! aiso tough getting the disks
back in the c:rrdbolrd sleeves tl.rey
conre in. So they wind uP scattered
aronnd in in my sandpaper
clr:rwer with dust ruid dirt clir.rging
to the fuzzy loop nrateri;rl.Then
they don't wrult to stick to the
sander's pird.
The sinrplc' jig I built solved
botlr prublcrrr:. Usirrq .r srtrrdirrq
c-lisk as ri p:ittel'n, I tracecl tl"re location
of the holes ot-tto a 5'lr" X
5'l," piece of %" l-rlrdboald.Then I
taped this piece ofhardborrd to
rurother one the saure size aud
drilled t/'""-dir. holes at errch t'nark.
Next, I separrted tl-re two
pieces, switching to a slightly larger
bit ("/.,:"- or t/"'-dia.) irtrd
borcd thc holes ;r little l:rlqcr irr
the "cover" piece. Finally, I
instrlled t/'u" t/*'
do'uvels, long itl
the "lrasc" picce. I{ourtdittq ovt'r
tl.re ends of the dowels nrakes it
easier to slip the cover olt.
To store the disks, I sinrply fit
thcm over the dowels (sar-rdplper
side down) and slide the cover
down against ther.n.They stay
clean, flat, and orqanized.
Wl-rer-r I neecJ to install a ttew
disk. I r'crrrovc tltc covct-. positiorr
the sander\ dLlst ports over the
dowels, then slide' the sander
clor'vn r,rntil the ped's "hooks"
erlgage the diskh loops. The holes
llign perfectly, the disk stays in
place (because it'.s cleln), and I'nr
quickly b:rck in rction.
Ccor.qt E. Lortl
Macort, MO
Workbc t t t I t oflers its corlgrtttllations
to (leolqe Long for submitting
this issue'.s Ferrtured Tip. Irt
lecoqnitiot't of his tip, George will
receive $250 worth of tools fi-on't
The Strrley'Works.
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