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General Category => General Scroll Saw Talk => Topic started by: arkiewood on November 20, 2012, 09:17:21 pm
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I was sanding the imperfections out of some projects I did today. I don't have any mini files so my wife asked me if her emory board she uses on her nails would work?
I gave it a try and wow it worked great. One side was course and one was fine.
I trimmed one end very narrow with scissors to get in tight spots and it worked great.
Now I realize many of you already knew this and used it, but hey, 57 and still learning!!
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Arkie My wife is a retired beauty shop owner and they had a nail girl for a few years. I got all of the silghtly used emory boards of different sizes. I stil have a peanutbutter jar full. You can pick them up at a lot of places very cheap. I use them all the time
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Probably a bit more expensive than regular sand paper.. By the way, Harbor Freight tools has Diamond Pin Files for something like $5.00 The work great to get into very tight spaces and quickly remove material..
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i get mine at the dollar store they come in really handy
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I make my own sanding sticks by glueing sandpaper to tongue depressors and then trim the edges. Use many grits.
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Now thats a Great idea. Using tongue suppressors.... Cool.... Have a Box full of um.
Surely will glue different grits on um. Thanks for the hint.... Danny :+}
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Hmmmmm, don't have any tongue suppressors, but I bet popcicle sticks would work. Especially in small spaces.
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Arkiewood, thats the great thing about this hobby. Always learning new ways and new things and meeting new people.
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Arkiewood, I'm 68 and still learning. I still have a lot to learn about this scroll saw...
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I also make my own using tongue depressers.
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Yeah but now when your wife is out of emory boards guess who's gonna get the blame ;D
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This is a good thing to point out. Someone on here told me that once and it does work great. I am hoping that for Christmas I will get a small file set...but if not I can still use them emery boards. Good tip thanks for sharing.
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Does anyone use a dremel or is that too strong? My saw hasn't even arrived yet but I was thinking of what I could use for sanding and assumed a dremel on a slow speed would be good?
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Candi, the dremel works great for shaping and some applications but for general sanding, you will want a sander. Your blade should give you a nice smooth cut that will require very little sanding on the edges unless you are using a spiral blade (that will leave some fuzzies on the back). A reverse tooth blade has a few teeth in the upward direction at the bottom of the blade so the bottom of your piece has a nice smooth back with no tear out. I use reverse tooth blades most of the time. The mini files are extremely handy when trying to clean up inside cuts.
I recommend a 1/4 sheet sander. They are inexpensive and do not require specially sized sandpaper. (You can cut a regular sheet into 1/4 to fit.)
You will eventually want a belt sander/disc sander combo and a sanding mop or two. They are your best friends when sanding scrolled objects.
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Thank you for the info! I have a 1/4 sheet sander already so I'll research some of the others you've mentioned as I progress :) I have the FD blades arriving so that should help too!
Candi, the dremel works great for shaping and some applications but for general sanding, you will want a sander. Your blade should give you a nice smooth cut that will require very little sanding on the edges unless you are using a spiral blade (that will leave some fuzzies on the back). A reverse tooth blade has a few teeth in the upward direction at the bottom of the blade so the bottom of your piece has a nice smooth back with no tear out. I use reverse tooth blades most of the time. The mini files are extremely handy when trying to clean up inside cuts.
I recommend a 1/4 sheet sander. They are inexpensive and do not require specially sized sandpaper. (You can cut a regular sheet into 1/4 to fit.)
You will eventually want a belt sander/disc sander combo and a sanding mop or two. They are your best friends when sanding scrolled objects.