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General Category => General Scroll Saw Talk => Topic started by: Pancho on June 11, 2014, 11:16:56 pm

Title: sanding mop vs sanding flee
Post by: Pancho on June 11, 2014, 11:16:56 pm
New to scrolling. Can someone tell me the difference between a sanding mop and a sanding flee.  Thanks
Title: Re: sanding mop vs sanding flee
Post by: don in brooklin on on June 12, 2014, 04:58:03 am
lots of videos on youtube on sanding mops but Steve did one a few years ago and it can be seen at

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95YOx1Zicqs (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95YOx1Zicqs)

The Sand flee is a surface sander and Steve's review is at

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skfR2Aapzv0 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skfR2Aapzv0)

Title: Re: sanding mop vs sanding flee
Post by: Pancho on June 12, 2014, 09:47:47 am
Thanks for the info.  What confused me was the flee/mop at this site

http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_00921297000P?sid=IMx20120601x002000-Tools-activeusers

It uses flee and mop in the name of the product.  Sand Flee maybe the name of the product.  Have seen other site that call the product a "flee" but looks like a mop to me.

Thanks
Title: Re: sanding mop vs sanding flee
Post by: don in brooklin on on June 12, 2014, 12:51:48 pm
RJR studios who make the sandflee also make sanding mops.  It looks like Jflex that I use on my lathe and is very good.

My guess is that they want to take avdantand of the brand name and attachment to add the mop on the side of the Sandflee

JRJ web site is

url]http://rjrstudios.com/Index.aspx[/url
Title: Re: sanding mop vs sanding flee
Post by: julief on June 14, 2014, 08:52:15 am
The sand flea has a 1/2" chuck on the side that you can attach any sanding mop to.  You do not have to buy the ones from RJR studios.  I bought mine from Klingspor woodworking.  The are exceptional quality.
Title: Re: sanding mop vs sanding flee
Post by: ChuckD on June 15, 2014, 10:57:54 pm
The sand flea has a 1/2" chuck on the side that you can attach any sanding mop to.  You do not have to buy the ones from RJR studios.  I bought mine from Klingspor woodworking.  The are exceptional quality.

That is also where I get my Sanding mops, and I don't have a sanding flee.  I use them in my drill press.
Title: Re: sanding mop vs sanding flee
Post by: pddesertrat on June 16, 2014, 09:57:15 am
Just a little off topic here, but I wanted to give thanks for this thread.  My son-in-law is refinishing his kitchen cabinets.  The doors have some grooves in them that he was really struggling with and in fact even though the kitchen is all tore up with the doors off everything he still was avoiding the sanding.

I read this thread and looked at the sanding mop site posted here and emailed him the info, telling him this might work good on his cabinet doors.  Well he went to Harbor Freight and bought some real cheapies but they worked great, got the grooves done in one days worth of work.  So THANKS for this thread and the info it provided.  And, I'm going to order myself a real sanding mop.
Title: Re: sanding mop vs sanding flee
Post by: julief on June 17, 2014, 09:06:14 am
I can't do without them.  I have various grits in both 4" and 6".  I use the 4" in my drill press and the 6" in my sand flea.  You can make them yourself but that is a total pain in the backside.