Popular Post gee-dub Posted April 21, 2022 Popular Post Report Share Posted April 21, 2022 Any of you who subscribe to Fine Woodworking Online probably saw this as I did. I have some duplicate toy items planned and thought this might be an asset so I took one for the team. The idea of template sanding is similar to template sawing at the tablesaw with an "L" fence or offset template routing with a template collar. I used a scrap of melamine leftover from a closet project I helped a neighbor with. Size yours however you like. A slot is cut for a fence. I placed mine so that I had an approximate 3/8" offset from the disc sander's surface. Although you can get quite accurate with a sander there is always the discrepancy of grit size, backing material and bonding method. I set mine up for my coarsest paper assuming finer papers (if used) will leave the blank proud of the line. I've found it a lot easier to remove more material than to put material back on ;) A "bar" is attached to use the miter slot for positioning as well as a stop to keep the "table" in place. If your sander does not have a miter slot you can make the table oversized and add stops to capture the machine's table and orient the fixture. As per my usual, when I made the fence I made a couple of extra. So if I need to sand to a line on a dozen parts I just hold or double stick tape the template in a position that is at the correct offset; 3/8" in my version. For convex curves the method is the same as for template sawing or non-flush template routing. The template has to provide the required offset. The benefit is that once you make a template you just use it as many times as you need to for your project. As with most jigs in the new shop this one gets a 1-1/8" hole so it will hang on the wall. If you use melamine be sure to ease the edges to avoid cutting your hands while handling. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave H Posted April 21, 2022 Report Share Posted April 21, 2022 Interesting I think I like it now I just need to get a disk sander. I have a miter slot on my Ridgid oscillating spindle sander maybe I could make this concept work in conjunction with the belt sanding attachment.....hmmmm. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gee-dub Posted April 21, 2022 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2022 On 4/21/2022 at 10:49 AM, Dave H said: Interesting I think I like it now I just need to get a disk sander. I have a miter slot on my Ridgid oscillating spindle sander maybe I could make this concept work in conjunction with the belt sanding attachment.....hmmmm. Thanks You could definitely apply this method to the Ridgid. In a different vein; I had an EB4424 and used to use a simple jig to allow me to edge joint with the spindle. I cannot find any pics but it was just a hole drilled in the edge of a milled piece of scrap clamped to the table. I took a few shavings off the "infeed" side with a hand plane. You set the "outfeed" face even with the outer diameter of the spindle . . . if that made any sense. I'll keep looking for a pic of it in use; I know I have some. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave H Posted April 21, 2022 Report Share Posted April 21, 2022 @gee-dub It seems I've seen a version of the jointer method you mentioned but, it was on a drill press with a drum sanding bit, I think it was a episode of The Woodsmith shop, I could be wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gee-dub Posted April 22, 2022 Author Report Share Posted April 22, 2022 On 4/21/2022 at 3:41 PM, Dave H said: @gee-dub It seems I've seen a version of the jointer method you mentioned but, it was on a drill press with a drum sanding bit, I think it was a episode of The Woodsmith shop, I could be wrong. That could be very well where I got the idea . I tend to gather a lot of folks good ideas as I go along and put them or a variation of them into use later on. This is why I share some of this random stuff in the hope that it will benefit someone else down the road. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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