A successful sanding idea

[crokett™]

Apology refused because it WAS a plain ole pine 2x4 from the scrap bin.



Both times!

 (I would put a laughing smiley here but I can't get to them with the new forum software.)

   

[Angus]

Why not just use say a three inch wide board longer than the diameter of your cole jaws. Set it on the tool rest and move it back and forth across the ring?

[SceneryMaker]

1) I thought just cranking the tailstock would be easier.

2) A lot of people use sandpaper on a board so I had to look for some other way. I had a pretty good career doing things differently than everybody else and I guess I still have the habit.

[Arlin Eastman]

1)  I thought just cranking the tailstock would be easier.

2) A lot of people use sandpaper on a board so I had to look for some other way. I had a pretty good career doing things differently than everybody else and I guess I still have the habit.

Just thinking here Ken

With the sanding disc off set from center and cranking it down I would think it would put unequal pressure on it since the very bottom may deflect some.

I made a big 15" one for my lathe and just glued up and cut some 1x12s in many pieces and glued them up until I got 15.5" and then taken the rest off.

[SceneryMaker]

If I crank hard on the tailstock, the whole thing chatters and bounces but a light touch just throws clouds of sanding dust out, letting the paper do the work. The disk doesn't deflect with the light load.

[DFJarvie]

You can always use the old fashioned way by spray gluing a piece of sandpaper on MDF. I don’t have a drum sander so I use this to get my rings flat.