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Author Topic: Feather grinding  (Read 232 times)

Offline magnus

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Feather grinding
« on: May 15, 2010, 05:57:00 PM »
Is 1780 rpm's good enough on a 6" disc sander?
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Re: Feather grinding
« Reply #1 on: May 15, 2010, 06:34:00 PM »
Folks do them with hand sanding blocks all the time,so yes.
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Re: Feather grinding
« Reply #2 on: May 17, 2010, 08:37:00 AM »
IAM ~ The only government I trust is my .45-70 ... and my 1911.

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Re: Feather grinding
« Reply #3 on: May 17, 2010, 08:45:00 AM »
That's what got me going in the first place. Thanks for the great tutorial Rob!!!
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Re: Feather grinding
« Reply #4 on: May 17, 2010, 08:52:00 AM »
fwiw, i like using 120 grit on the disc sander - cuts real fast ... and baby butt smooth, too!
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Re: Feather grinding
« Reply #5 on: May 17, 2010, 09:28:00 AM »
I got some 120 to use as per your how-to. Gonna give it a go this afternoon. I'll start with seconderies for practice the go for gusto
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