Sanding Heads

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Capt. Frank Miller

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Curious how you guys sand your heads. I am trying to get a little faster process on my heads. I rough out the head with a band saw then round it up with a drawknife and knife then sand. Just curious what grits or tools you use to get it finished to a paintable surface in a reasonable amount of time.
 
Cloth backed sandpaper strips. I start with 45 grit and then 60, 80,and 120. The strips are either loose, shoe shine method, or on a bow sander. Which one I use depends on the spot to be sanded.

You can buy the strips in rolls for some grits and others in sheets to be ripped down. The really heavy grit is from belt sander belt that have broke. Although you could buy new ones to cut up.
 
a well made rasp will take a lot of hand sanding out of the process. on heads 80 is the finest I use, 120 on bills.
 
Here is a thread we did on Bow Sanders that might help... Personally, I use the heck out of my bow sander and, make all my own. I also us a Sandrite Drum Sander or, an "Illinois River Drawknife" as the Seamstress calls it... :) Hope this helps... Pat
 
Here is a thread we did on Bow Sanders that might help... Personally, I use the heck out of my bow sander and, make all my own. I also us a Sandrite Drum Sander or, an "Illinois River Drawknife" as the Seamstress calls it... :) Hope this helps... Pat
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Looks like Pat may need a bit of help from the "Seamstress" to get his link to work. ;>) ;>)
 
Here is a thread we did on Bow Sanders that might help... Personally, I use the heck out of my bow sander and, make all my own. I also us a Sandrite Drum Sander or, an "Illinois River Drawknife" as the Seamstress calls it... :) Hope this helps... Pat
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Looks like Pat may need a bit of help from the "Seamstress" to get his link to work. ;>) ;>)
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I think Pat was too busy making fun of me to bother to put the link in...

Anywho, I think this is what he was refering to ...



http://www.duckboats.net/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=190761#190761

I can't afford a fancy pants sandrite on a seamstress' wages, but I have a padded sander for my grinder as well as a small pneumatic drum for my drill press...not near as nice as an Illinois River Carving Knife but beats the heck out of hand sanding any day of the week
 
Ah, once again, a Seamstress has to clean up the mess after a decoy carver! Thanks brother! There my link sat, on my clipboard. Common problem for those of us over 50. Good to see the Spoonman at St. Charles. Always a treat..

I hope a Sandrite is in your future... pg
 
if you use power, there are mandrels with sponges and slots for sanding material available-i use 80 on everythign, which is MUCH smoother than the 60 i used when dong by hand, back in the dark ages of my oeuvre. HEHEHEH
 
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